Indian Music?

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!

[Paul Kotapish]

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/

[mad dawg]

Here is a link (http://www.khazana.com/et/music/gentle1.asp?mscssid=W765JKQCSQMC8G8M9K7J1RRJ14RJEL U9&mscsstcid=) to an interesting primer on Carnatic/Karnatic music.

[berkeleymando]

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."

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

[JimD]

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

[JimD]

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

[delsbrother]

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