Classical Music of India and Indonesia

Week 5

Midterm exam on Indonesian Music Monday, Feb. 5..

Introduction to Indian Classical Music

Preçis for final paper due Wednesday

Readings for Wednesday:

Introduction to pitch names and structure in Indian music

David B. Reck, "India/South India" in Worlds of Music. 5th edition, Jeff Todd Titon, ed. (New York: Schirmer Books, 2009), pp. 179–87, 191–208.

Weekly schedule:

Indonesian Music

Javanese Gamelan Tuning
Friends of the Gamelan
Sumarsam's Intro to Javanese Gamelan
Unplayed Melodies: Javanese Gamelan and the Genesis of Music Theory
Musical Worlds in Yogyakarta
Bali & Beyond
Gamelan Bali
An intro to Balinese Gamelan
Mekar Bhuana (Balinese)
Intro to Indonesian Gamelan
Streaming Indonesia Music on Smithsonian Folkways (UCI resource)
American Gamelan Institute
Pieter Duimelaar's Gamelan Bali
Ancient-Future Balinese Gamelan
Gong Kebyar
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Gamelan Anak Swarasanti
Rhythm of the Gamelan Makers
Michael Bakan's recommended Gamelan videos
Michael Bakan's recommended Gamelan recordings
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia (UCI resource
Gamelanhuis
Keizen's Gamelan Soundcloud page
Kanopy and Alexander Street Streaming video (UCI resource)
- The Three Worlds of Bali
- Balinese Requiem
- Releasing the Spirits: A Village Cremation in Bali
- Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java
- Bali: Beyond the Postcard

Listening to Indian Classical Music
Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas
Hariprasad Chaurasa's youtube channel
Raga Surabhi (Carnatic)
Carnatica
Dhrupad
Royal Carpet: Carnatic and Hindustani raga comparison
Carnatic Music Krithi Audio Archive
A Carnatic Music Primer
Appreciating Carnatic Music
Streaming Indian Music on Smithsonian Folkways (UCI resource)
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: India (UCI resource)
The Gharana (David Courtney)
Sitar Shishya
42 Lessons for Tabla (UCI resource)
Folk Grooves and Tabla Tal-s
Tana Varnam-s: Raga Delineation in Carnatic Music
Tihai and the Psychology of Threes
Moutal's Indian Music site
Ancient-futures Indian rhythmic cycles
Bikram Ghosh - Explosive Tihai!
Michael Bakan's recommended Indian music readings
Michael Bakan's recommended Indian music recordings
Ustad Imrat Khan
The Ravi Shankar Foundation
Kanopy Streaming video (UCI resource)
- Satyajit Ray's The Music Room