Proposed Courses (if any)
- Nature, definition and scope of music
- World music cultures
- Properties of sound
- Musical material of swar-laya and its structural design
- Sextet of music categories in India – Primitive, Folk, Art, Devotional, Popular and Confluence
- Regional Art music systems in India
- Hindustani and Carnatic music systems
- Concepts of laya-chand-tala-theka and shabda-kavya-geet-bandish
- Elaborative forms in Hindustani music like Dhrupad-Dhamaar, Khayal, Tarana-Trivat, Chaturang, Tappa, Thumri-Dadra and allied forms like Saavan, Jhoola, Hori, Kajri, Chaiti etc.
- Concepts of raag, taal and bandish – nature, importance and types
- Concepts of avartan, mukhada and vistaar
- Cultural associations: raag-ras and raag-samay
- Dhrupad bani-s and Khayal gharana-s of Gwalior, Jaipur-Atrauli, Agra, Kirana, Indore, Patiyala, Rampur-Sahaswan, Bhendi Baazar etc.
- Instruments and their types/classification
- Details of instruments like Veena, Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi, Israj, Dilruba, Santoor, Violin, Bansuri, Shehnai, Harmonium, Pakhawaj, Tabla etc.
- Instrumental music (melodic) – alaap-jod-jhala and types of gat-s
- Instrumental music (rhythmic) – taal presentation – peshkar, kayda, rela, paran etc.
- Western Classical, Pop, Jazz and Folk music
- Popular music in India – Gazal, Bhavgeet, Rabindra Sangeet and Film music
- Some important literature and writings on music
- Documentary film screenings
