MUSC435 - South Indian Music--Flute

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Academic Year 2001/2002

South Indian Music--Flute
MUSC 435 FA

Clusters:

Southern Asia and Indian Ocean

Beginning: Concepts of raga and tala (metrical cycle) are introduced through the medium of the South Indian bamboo flute. Intermediate and advanced: There will be a continuation covering advanced technique and musical forms.

MAJOR READINGS

Required: Brown, Robert E., "India's Music" in CHAPTERS IN INDIAN CIVILIZATION, ed. Joseph Elder.
Optional: Powers, Harold S., "India", NEW GROVES DICTIONARY OF MUSIC, ed. Stanley Sadie.
Sambamoorthy, P., SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC, Vols. I-VI.
Wade, Bonnie C., MUSIC IN INDIA: THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONS.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Regular practice of lessons, periodic reading assignments, memorization of technical exercises and compositions; at the end of two semesters, students will give an informal presentation of their work.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Rudimentary sense of pitch and rhythm is required, along with at least one year's experience with any transverse flute. Admission by interview and audition. Those interested students should sign up in room 313 in the Music Studios.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Performance

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Viswanathan,Tanjore

Times: S.....S TBA; Location: MST313

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 4)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002