Music Articles

 “Jazz Improvisation: Licks as a Learning Tool," in Guitar International Magazine. 12/29/2012.

This article provides a method for getting the most from pre-composed licks as a model of jazz improvisation.

"Indian Classical Guitar: An Introduction and Review of Two DVDs," in Guitar International Magazine. 1/9/2013.

This is a brief introduction to some of the melodic concepts of North Indian classical music and a review of performance DVDs by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya.

"Cross-Cultural Pedagogy in North Indian Classical Music," MA Thesis, University of British Columbia. Fall 2012.

This thesis is an investigation of pedagogy in North Indian classical music. Historical, cultural, and philosophical elements of pedagogy in the Hindustani musical tradition are addressed in an overview of music education in traditional Indian contexts, the twentieth century, and in cross-cultural contexts. Themes include orality in Indian culture, the traditional guru-shishya parampara, the role of nationalism in twentieth century educational reforms, and the impact of technology in the latter half of the twentieth century. Trends in music education in India are then compared and contrasted with the state of education in Indian music in cross-cultural contexts in the West. From this data a model of the essential elements of Indian pedagogy is synthesized. This model accounts for pedagogical devices utilized to impart musical information as well as methods of transmitting cultural and social values. This model is applied to the experiences of five North American students of Hindustani music interviewed during the research process for this thesis.

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