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MUSC435

South Indian Music (Flute)
MUSC435 FA

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Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       4      0         4

Beginning: an introduction to concepts of raga and tala (metrical cycle) 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: Discussion Performance

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Viswanathan, T
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997



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Professor Viswanthan performing on a South Indian bamboo flute.

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