NPTEL : NOC:Appreciating Hindustani Music (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Lakshmi Sreeram


Lecture 1 - Hindustani Music - A World of Colour, Romance and History

Lecture 2 - Classical or Shastriya - What's in a Name!

Lecture 3 - Dhrupad, Khayal and Instrumental Music: A Bird's-eye View

Lecture 4 - Hindustani Music is Raga Sangeet

Lecture 5 - The Textual Tradition

Lecture 6 - Swara and Shruti: Tone and Microtone

Lecture 7 - Swara and Shruti in the Textual Tradition

Lecture 8 - Tanpura - The King of Overtones

Lecture 9 - Entering the World of Raga - Raga and Swara

Lecture 10 - The World of Raga-2: Strong and Weak Notes

Lecture 11 - The World of Raga-3: Ornament

Lecture 12 - The World of Raga-4: Paths of a Raga

Lecture 13 - Raga and Time Association

Lecture 14 - Raga-Lakshana or Features of Raga

Lecture 15 - Defining Raga

Lecture 16 - Classification of Ragas - The Mela or Thaat System

Lecture 17 - Classification of Ragas - The Raagaanga System

Lecture 18 - Classification of Ragas - Raga Ragini System

Lecture 19 - Extending the Raga Corpus - Winds from the South

Lecture 20 - Extending the Raga Corpus - Jod Ragas

Lecture 21 - Principles of Time in Hindustani Music - Tala and Laya

Lecture 22 - Some Aspects of Tala and a Few Important Talas

Lecture 23 - Tabla as Keeper of Tala in Khayal

Lecture 24 - Khayal, A Compositional Form - 1

Lecture 25 - Khayal, A Compositional Form - 2

Lecture 26 - Khayal Compositions by Contemporary Composers

Lecture 27 - The Vilambit Khayal

Lecture 28 - Tarana and Trivat

Lecture 29 - Raga Vistaar or Badhat - Improvisation in Khayal

Lecture 30 - Ashtaanga of Khayal - The Many Limbs of a Khayal Presentation

Lecture 31 - A Typical Khayal Concert

Lecture 32 - Gharanas - Schools/Styles of Khayal

Lecture 33 - Gharanas of Khayal - An Introduction

Lecture 34 - Gharanas of Khayal - Early Masters

Lecture 35 - Gharanas of Khayal - Twentieth Century Masters

Lecture 36 - Lecture Demonstration by Pt.Sathyasheel Deshpande

Lecture 37 - Melodic Accompaniment in Khayal

Lecture 38 - The Harmonium as Accompaniment for Khayal-Guest Lecture

Lecture 39 - Dhrupad and Khayal - Some Comparative Remarks

Lecture 40 - Dhrupad - An Overview

Lecture 41 - Dhrupad - Style and Structure

Lecture 42 - Dhrupad - Aalaap

Lecture 43 - Dhrupad - Song Texts in Different Talas

Lecture 44 - Dhamaar - A Compositional Form

Lecture 45 - Sadra - A Compositional Form

Lecture 46 - The Enchanting World of Thumri

Lecture 47 - Instrumental Music - A Brief Overview

Lecture 48 - The Sitar - The Instrument, Technique and Presentation

Lecture 49 - The Sarod - A Lecdem

Lecture 50 - Art of the Tabla - Introduction

Lecture 51 - Art of the Tabla - The Instrument, Its Vocabulary and Diverse Roles

Lecture 52 - Art of the Tabla - Gharanas and Repertoire: Peshkaar and Quaaidaa

Lecture 53 - Art of the Tabla - Gharanas and Repertoire: Qaaidaa, Relaa, Gat, Tukdaa

Lecture 54 - Art of the Tabla - Non Extendable Compositions

Lecture 55 - Bhakthande and Paluskar - The 20th Century Reformers of Hindustani Music

Lecture 56 - Hindustani Music in a World of Millions of Views