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Subject: FAQ: rec.music.indian.classical
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Frequently asked questions on rec.music.indian.classical:
(posted on the 1st of every month)


The Newsgroup, Faq, and Archives:
---------------------------------
1. The FAQ: Access and Contents
2. Index to the archives
3. How to access the archives
4. About this newsgroup
   4a. Areas of discussion
   4b. Guidelines for posting

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1. The FAQ: Access and Contents
-------------------------------
The FAQ will be posted periodically, and whenever significant
revisions are made.  An easier way to access it is from the archives.
Simply follow the  procedure in section 3. and get the file rmic-FAQ.

The FAQ comprises several posts, each of which has a brief introduction
to its contents. I have grouped the posts roughly into similar
categories.

I.  1. Carnatic Primer
    2. Hindustani Primer
    3. Percussion Primer
   These three primers introduce the basic ideas and jargon of
   Indian music.  The two systems are close enough that all three
   are requisite reading whatever one's interests are.
II. 1. Listening Suggestions, Hindustani
    2. Listening Suggestions, Carnatic
    3. Bibliography
   The first two are annotated CD lists meant to give a broad introduction
   to the two sytems to a novice listener. The third is an annotated
   Bibliography of Indian music, containing both tutorial and reference
   material.
III.1. Sources
    2. Performers
    3. Schools
    4. Organizations
   The first is a list of sources from which one can get books, music
   or musical instruments.  The second has some basic information
   about performers who often tour the U.S.  The third is a list of
   schools where one can learn or study Indian music. Finally, there
   is a list of organizations that arrange concerts, to help you find
   one locally.
IV. 1. Carnatic Ragas
    2. Hindustani Ragas
    3. Great Performances, Hindustani
    4. Great Performances, Carnatic
   The first two lists contain some technical details about ragas, and
   could serve as reference material.  The Great Performances list is
   meant to induce critical listening and appreciation by listing what
   experienced listeners consider to be a great performance.
V.  1. Great Masters
    2. Pot Pourri
   The first is a file in the RMIC directory that contains
   biographical posts of performers.  The second is a subdirectory
   that has a few assorted posts that I felt would provide interesting
   reading material for a newcomer.  These deal with the problem of
   notating Indian music, a project to keep track of ragas created by
   modern musicians, a list of Thyagaraja kritis, etc.

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NOTE: All the topical FAQs mentioned above are available as a file
rmic-FAQ by anonymous ftp (Instructions in part 3) from

ftp.stolaf.edu        /pub/indian-music/rmic-FAQ

ftp.funet.fi        /pub/culture/music/indian/rmic-FAQ.gz
            (also available by mailserver)

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2. Index to the Archives:
-------------------------
The archives are simply a collection of files, stored on a hard disk,
that contain posts made to rmic.  The posts are stored chronologically.
The files are fairly long.  To help you locate specific posts, an index
to the archives is being maintained by Sridhar Venkataraman.  The
index simply extracts from each post the From, Subject, Date, and
Keywords headers, and associates these with the name of the file
in the archives in which this post is stored. The index and help
on using it is available by e-mail from [e-mail].
Send a message with the subject "request index".  It is about
600 K in size.

If you are looking for a specific post, an automated search facility
for the index is also available. (Unix cognoscenti might recognize the
egrep feature). Send [e-mail] an e-mail message with
a subject line in the format:
  <space or tab>search<space or tab>rmic<space or tab><any egrep pattern>
The subject line is case insensitive.  Thus, to search for all posts
by Murali, you could use either of the following subject lines
   Search RMIC murali
   sEarCh rmIc [e-mail]
Similarly, to search for all articles on the topic of tabla tuning, use
   search rmic tabla.*tuning
The third word is the search keyword; .* (dot and asterix) may be used
for space or tab or any character. Check your system's manual pages on
grep or egrep for further help.

You will get back a reply with the information you seek, as well as
a help message. Please use the service wisely! The whole index is
around 600 K and you will end up with everything if you use a
trivial pattern!

3. How to Access the Archives
-----------------------------
The newsgroups posts are stored chronologically and are available
by anonymous ftp as ftp.funet.fi. They are in the directory
/pub/culture/music/indian/rec.music.indian.classical/ .
Please consult your     system administrator if you need help on
using anonymous ftp. The archive maintainer is Juhana Kouhia
<[e-mail]>.  It is good etiquette to use your e-mail
address as password, so that the archive site has a record of
access. The files have names of the type c1993.07.14.Z (i.e,
year, month, and a date of the week) and will have to be
decompressed after retrieval (the command uncompress might work).

If you don't have access to ftp, then send e-mail to
[e-mail] with 'help' as the body of the message
(subject is not needed).  Follow the instructions you receive.
An alternative address is [e-mail].

The following sample session illustrates how you could
get the file  rmic-FAQ from the archives.


SAMPLE SESSION for use of archives:

    ftp ftp.funet.fi   (or ftp 128.214.6.100)
    username (or login): anonymous
    password: <type your e-mail address here>

    ftp>dir
    ftp>cd pub/culture/music/indian/
    ftp>dir
    ftp>binary (sets mode to binary)
    ftp>prompt off
    ftp>dir   (checks the contents)
    ftp>mget rmic-FAQ
    ftp>bye

    Explanations:

    #ftp transfers files in ASCII mode;
         reset the mode with binary command.
    #'get filename' transfers only one file.
    #'mget <files>' transfers many files, but for each file,
    it asks if you wish to transfer the file; 'prompt off' will
        set the system  so that you can transfer all files without
        these questions.



4. About this Newsgroup
-----------------------
This newsgroup was started by Mohan Krishnamoorthy and
Sridhar Venkataraman. To quote from the charter written by Mohan:

rec.music.indian.classical is an unmoderated group created for the
discussion, promotion and exchange of ideas on all aspects of Indian
classical music.  THE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO those involving,
in the main, the Hindustani and Carnatic schools of Indian classical
music.

4a. Areas of discussion

   Appropriate topics for rec.music.indian.classical will include:

   * Discussions of `ragas' and `talas'
   * Discussions of composers, their styles, their preferences and
     their patronage
   * Discussions of the lyrics, significance and meaning of compositions,
     where appropriate
   * Analyses of different singing/playing styles of various Indian
     classical music artistes.
   * Announcements of and information concerning Indian classical music
     concerts of major interest, taking place anywhere in the world.
   * Critical analysis and reviews of these concerts.
   * Critical reviews of Indian classical music records, CDs and tapes.
   * Issues relating to the Indian classical music records, CDs and
     tapes -- including, perhaps, availability, bootlegs, sale, rentals,
     dealers, pricing, etc...
   * and, in general, any other discussion directly related to
     Indian classical music.
   * Please note that any discussion not directly related to classical
     music should be followed up to rec.music.indian.misc (if it is
     created)

4b. Some guidelines for posting
   The archives are indexed by Subject header, as well as Keywords.
   To make it easy for others to read and locate your posts,
   # please make sure that the Subject header is pertinent to the content
   # use the Keywords header
   # if you intend to restrict the discussion to a
     specific newsgroup, use the Followup-To header (and please mention it).
   # Please browse through news.announce.newusers for information
     about Usenet.
   # The signal to noise ratio on this group is fairly high; keep it
     that way.  Avoid flames.

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Murali Sharma <[e-mail]>