Unit 1 - The Good Listener

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The good listener

Course curriculum

    1. Land Acknowledgement

    2. About the Course and Raag-Mala Toronto

    3. Discussion

    4. Acknowledgements and Disclaimers

    5. About the Aga Khan Museum

    1. What We’ll Cover

    2. A Short Performance

    3. The Central Role of the Drone

    4. What is a Raga (I): Origins, Basic Structures, and Melodic Personalities

    5. Two Basic Principles and Eleven Aesthetic Values

    6. Bandish: the Songs of Khyal

    7. Daad: Being a Responsive Audience Member

    1. Introduction

    2. Basic Training — Bhoopali, Bhairav, and Yaman

    3. Raga Bhairav a Short performance

    4. Song Texts

    5. Raga Yaman: A Short Performance

    6. Melodic and Kinesthetic Gesture — A Conversation with Dr. Matthew Rahaim

    7. Hindustani Rhythm (I) — Cycles Of Time And Rhythm

    8. The Sargam Syllables

    1. Introduction

    2. What Is A Raga II? Scales and Intervals- The Basic Ingredients

    3. Economy of Means — The Beauty of Pentatonic Ragas

    4. Raga Malkauns

    5. Raga Kalavati

    6. Raga Hamsdhwani

    7. The Tarana — Multiple origin myths

    8. Raga Shivaranjani

    9. Khyal pedagogy (I)

    1. Introduction

    2. What Is A Raga (III) — Rules Of Motion

    3. What Is A Raga (IV) — Analogies

    4. Raga Bihag

    5. Raga Bhimpalasi

    6. Raga Bageshri

    7. Raga Jaunpuri

    8. Hindustani Music Pedagogy

    1. Introduction

    2. Returning to Basic Principles and to 2016

    3. Recipe For a Raga

    4. Some Useful Questions About Improvisation

About this course

  • $75.00
  • 54 lessons

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