Alfred - Guitar Atlas: India (Book/Cd)

Whether you play jazz, rock, blues, or any other style, Guitar Atlas: India will infuse the beautiful musical language of India into your playing. Explore ornamentation, modes, and rhythms of folk music from Darjeeling, Assam, Bengal, and other regions. Learn how ragas are structured, and discover the subtle, graceful improvisational art form of Hindustani music. The examples and compositions of east Indian music throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and guitar tab, and are demonstrated in an enclosed CD.
In 2006, Guitar Atlas: India and its author Sanjay Mishra were featured on NPR radio's "Sanjay Mishra: A Cross-Cultural Exploration in Music". Format: Book & CD

Hal Leonard Festivals & Folksongs Around The World - Multicultural Resource Book/CD

It's a global party, and you're all invited to Oktoberfest in Germany, Children's Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam, Loy Krathong in Thailand, the Festival of Holi in India and lots more! Step into the music and culture of ten regions around the world and read about festivals with moon cakes, sky lanterns, didgeridoos, Kintaro and a host of other interesting facts and legends. This quality resource features reproducible student articles and folksongs that are fun to read and sing, exceptional standards-based lesson plans, assessment and extension activities to enhance learning, and piano accompaniments with ethnic choreography for that special touch! It all comes in one value-packed Book/CD! The ENHANCED CD features each song recorded with and without singers, separate pronunciation guide tracks to help learn the foreign texts, and PDFs of the articles and songsheets for projection options! Promote cross-cultural education and reinforce language skills while focusing on the principle objective of having fun learning songs from different cultures! Available: Book/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades 3-6.