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Title: Good but not for total beginners
Review: I got this because I liked the Fundamentals of Tabla by David Courtney so much. The book is very much in the same format with much of the same basic material on general Indian music theory, different instruments and glossary all of which is excellent.The rest of the book is split in to two parts. Firstly a breakdown of different aspects of Indian vocal music, Druphad, Kyhal and the types of ornimentation used in singing and secondly a good listing of a large number of ragas in all of the different thats with examples in different Tals.As with Tabla playing vocal music is something that should be taught teacher to student rather than from a book. This book would no doubt be very useful to someone who has a either a good grounding in Hindustani music or has had a couple of lessons and wants to push themselves a bit futher however I wouldn't go for it if you are a total novice. Generally though the book is well put together and has some great material and appendixes.
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