Aesthetic and Scientific Values in Carnatic Music/lecture-demonstrations by Vidya Shankar. Chennai, Parampara, 1997, viii, 255 p., (pbk).

Contents: 1. Sri Tyagaraja. 2. Gamakas. 3. Methods of teaching Vina. 4. A comparative study of the music trinity. 5. Ragas in Syama Sastry’s compositions. 6. Teaching of Gitams on the Vina. 7. Teaching of Tana Varnas on the Vina. 8. Derivation and application of additional srutis. 9. Subbaraya Sastry and his compositions. 10. Shades of srutis in Svaras. 11. Notation and teaching of gamaka-s. 12. Varnams of Syama Sastry and Annaswamy Sastry. 13. Sruti Vina. 14. The first compositions of the music trinity. 15. Capturing the human voice on the vina. 16. Mela-Raga-Malika of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan. 17. Srutis in Rishabha and Gandhara. 18. Swara—Sahitya in Syama Sastry’s compositions. 19. Compositions of Pallavi Doraiswamy Iyer. 20. Gamakas in vocal rendition and vina technique.