The grammar of Carnatic music

Vijayakrishnan, K. G.

The grammar of Carnatic music [electronic resource] / by K.G. Vijayakrishnan. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007. - xiv, 342 p. : ill. - Phonology and phonetics ; 8 . - Phonology and phonetics ; 8. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-334) and index.

Language and (Carnatic) music -- Introduction to a constraint-based approach to Carnatic music -- Conversion of pitch values to notes -- Classifying pitch variations and assigning structure to a line of Carnatic music -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : determining grammaticality -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : style/stylistic issues -- The lexicon of Carnatic music -- Accounting for variation in Carnatic music.


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Carnatic music--Theory.
Music theory--India.
Music and language.


Electronic books.

MT6.V54 / G73 2007eb

780.954/8