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    I'm looking for a good lick or full tab book of Indian sitar-induced mandolin tunes. I didn't know where else to put my post!

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    There are some amazing Indian mandolinists. U Shrinivas was the pioneer of the mandolin in Indian music and he is probably the best known exponent of it. He plays South Indian carnatic (classical) music on the electric five-string mando. He has also collaborated with a number of western artists including Brian Eno, John McLaughlin, and George Harrison.

    http://www.mandolinshrinivas.org/index.html

    http://www.icmca.org/artistes/mandolin/mandolin.html

    http://www.imsom.org/events/20030929.html

    Snehasish Mozumder plays North Indian classical music on an acoustic mandolin.

    http://www.amykumar.com/snehashish_bio.html

    Snehasish has several albums out, and he also performed in the recent Concert for George honoring the memory of George Harrison.

    You can get albums and hear sound clips from both artists at www.amazon.com.

    It is unlikely that you will find any handy tabs of Indian music for the mandolin. Indian classical music requires many years or intensive study, and the music is largely improvised by artists who have spent their lives immersed in the complex rudiments of the traditions, leaning almost entirely by ear. There are hundreds of musical traditions in India, and you might have some luck with some of the folk traditions, although I haven't seen any books that deliver what you are looking for.

    Here is a link to some resources that might help:

    http://www.batish.com/archives/



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    Here is a link to an interesting primer on Carnatic/Karnatic music.



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    The "Raga Guide" book and CD from Nimbus are quite good as an intro that includes transcribed music and plates of Indian miniature paintings that capture the moods of various ragas:

    http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/world/5536a.html

    text from above:

    "The Raga Guide
    A Survey of 74 Hindustani Ragas
    196 page book with 4 CDs
    Hariprasad Chaurasia, flute
    Buddhadev DasGupta, sarod
    Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar, vocal
    Vidyadhar Vyas, vocal
    Joep Bor, editor
    Suvarnalata Rao, Wim van der Meer, Jane Harvey, co-authors
    Henri Tournier, music transcriptions

    The Raga Guide is an introduction to the vast topic of Hindustani ragas, the melodic basis for the classical music of Northern India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is the modern reference work for listeners and connoisseurs, students and scholars."




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    Thank you alot for all of ya'll's information. It's a real help!

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    One of my favorite sources for Carnatic music (at least my favorite one aimed at American musicians) is An Introdution to South Indian Music by Charlie Mariano (Advance Music 2000) (no ISBN ! )

    The best concise intro to Carnatic rhythm that I have found is The Rhythmic Principles & Practice of South Indian Drumming by Trichy Sankaran (Lalith Publishers-Toronto 1994) ISBN 0-9698823-0-0

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    One of my favorite sources for Carnatic music (at least my favorite one aimed at American musicians) is An Introdution to South Indian Music by Charlie Mariano (Advance Music 2000) (no ISBN ! )

    The best concise intro to Carnatic rhythm that I have found is The Rhythmic Principles & Practice of South Indian Drumming by Trichy Sankaran (Lalith Publishers-Toronto 1994) ISBN 0-9698823-0-0

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    Wow, whoda thunkit? Thanks for the reference sources, everyone!

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