Contents: Book. I: 1. Introduction. 2. Musicography. 3. Technical terms. 4. Vocalises. 5. Sapta Tala Alankaras. 6. Acoustics. 7. Structure of Alankaras. 8. Concert programme; some underlying principles. 9. Musical wealth of India. Appendix: Svarajnanam exercises. Questions.
Book. II: 1. Raga. 2. Tala. 3. Musical form. 4. The 35 Alankaras : additional Alankaras. 5. Gitas: 1. Jatisvaras. 2. Svarajatis. 6. Acoustics. 7. Technical terms. Appendices: 1. Manufacture of musical instruments. 2. Varga vadyas. 3. Yazh. 4. Vocal music vs instrumental music. 5. Raga rupa sanchari; Huseni raga. Questions.
Book. III: 1. Raga. 2. The 72 Melakartas. 3. Janya Ragas: computation. 4. Raga Lakshana. 5. Tala. 6. Musical form. 7. Musical form (cont.). 8. Folk music. 9. Musical instruments. 10. Sangita Mela—orchestra. 11. Musical compositions (Lakshana gita and Tana varnas). 12. Technical terms. 13. Description of Ragas. Appendix: Arohana and Avarohana of ragas. Questions. Musical aphorism. Sutra Gitas. Model appreciation essays. Analytical and synthetic portrayal of Ragas.
Book. IV: 1. Monodharma sangita. 2. Pallavi. 3. Svara kalpana. 4. Raga classification in ancient music. 5. 22 Srutis. 6. Gamakas. 7. Tala. 8. Musical form. 9. Obsolete forms. 10. Style in music and musical compositions. 11. Contemporary music. 12. Contemporary composers. 13. The influences of exotic music on the development of South Indian music. 14. Prosody. 15. Kachcheri dharma. 16. Comparative music. 17. Raga lakshana. Appendix: Ragamalika March. Questions. Passages for sight singing and Raga identification. Test Pallavis.
Book. V: 1. Music and mathematics. 2. Early experiments in music. 3. Survival of the useful and the beautiful in the realm of music. 4. Origin of scales and ragas. 5. Murchchanakaraka melas. 6. Murchchanakaraka Janya ragas. 7. Mela, Mela Paddhati and Mela nomenclature. 8. A new scheme of 5184 Melakartas. 9. Musical laws, facts and phenomena known to the Indian musicologists of ancient and medieval times. 10. The evolution of finger technique in Indian instrumental music. 11. Raga and emotion. 12. Mudras in musical compositions. 13. Music and temples. 14. Geographical factors and music. 15. Miscellaneous: (i) Plural sahityas for famous tunes and plural tunes for famous sahityas. (ii) The influence of music on health. (iii) Melodic harmony. (iv). Brinda Gana – its origin and development. (v). Strutir mata; laya: pita. 16. Raga Lakshana. Appendices I to V. Questions.
Book. VI: 1. Nomenclatures in Indian music. 2. Musical facts. 3. Facts relating to ragas. 4. Music and religion. 5. Indian music and western music-some parallel concepts. 6. Vestiges of Indian music in the music of the neighbouring countries. 7. Modern institutions for the preservation and development of music and dance. 8. Influences of Hindusthani music on Karnatic music. 9. Recent advances in the realm of musicology, repertoire, musical instruments and research. 10. Kuravanji Natakas. 11. Music of the ancient Tamils. 12. Folk music and classical music. 13. Consonance. 14. Music in Europe and other countries. 15. Ragas mentioned in ancient and medieval works. 16. Ragas mentioned in modern works. 17. Some acoustic marvels. 18. Raga Lakshana: a note on svara sancharas in vakra ragas. 19. Pallavis. 20. Rain producing music. 21. Mysore as a seat of music. 22. Honours bestowed on musicians and dancers in the past and present. 23. Music as a factor in promoting world harmony. Appendices: (i) Indian dance. (ii) Raga lakshana (cont.).
