Learn to Play on Harmonium

Learn to Play on Harmonium

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Author: Ram Avtar Vir
Publisher: Pankaj Publications
Year: 2000/2004
Language: English
Pages: 63
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81871`55221

Description

A Help-Guide, this book has been written for music lovers to learn and play the popular instrument Harmonium. The easy step-by-step direction guides the reader from basics of understanding the instrument to teaching fingering, learning the scale and octaves.

Harmonium is a foreign musical instrument. When the Europeans took over the reign of India in their hands, they brought several instruments like Piano, Organ, Violin and Harmonium etc., with them. The Harmonium is such an instrument that needs no tuning like other stringed instruments. Besides, the setting of keys of this instrument is so simple that one can fix every key according to the pitch of voice and play it easily. So, in a very short period the Harmonium became so popular in India that its sound was heard in every corner of the country from poor cottage to the royal palace. In historical music, too, it was played with Sarangi instrument in theaters.

People are fond of playing film songs. The author has explained the basic principles of playing tunes on Harmonium in an easy way. If a student of music tries to study and play according to the directions, he will not find any difficulty to play film tunes. The book carries illustrations of the sitting positions, handling of Harmonium, using fingers on keys and handling of bellows according to the tune of songs.

A Help-Guide, this book has been written for music lovers to learn and play the popular instrument Harmonium. The easy step-by-step direction guides the reader from basics of understanding the instrument to teaching fingering, learning the scale and octaves. The background preparation mentioned above leads you into explanation of Hindustani notation. You learn to read and interpret the notation on the Harmonium and begin to play your favorite songs.

Contents

Sitting Position

Handling of Harmonium

Movement of Fingers

Using of Bellows

Harmonium and Its Parts

Type of Harmonium

Brief Outlines of Indian Music Theory

Rhythm or Speed, Time and Rhythm

Thekas of Tabla

Thekas of Tabla

Indian Music Notation on Harmonium

Tune of Natural Scale

Sharp Note Exercise

Tune of Sharp Note

Half-tone Note

Combined Notation System

Film Songs with Combined Notations

TOP HIT SONGS

Tirchi Topi Wale

Ole Ole

Bazigar O Bazigar

Jado Teri Nazar

Ek Ladki ko dekha

Dekha hai pehli bar

Aaisi Diwangi

Saat Samundar Par