Gurudev's drumming legacy: music, theory, and nationalism in the Mr̥dang aur tabla vadanpaddhati of Gurudev Patwardhan/ James Kippen.

Part 1 Music, Theory and Nationalism in the MrdaAg aur Tabli
Vadanpaddhati 1
1 Introduction 3
The Mrdaig aur Tabid Vddanpaddhati 3
A brief historical note on pakhavaj and tabid 7
2 Gurudev, Paluskar and the History and Context of the
Mrdaig aur Tablb Vadanpaddhati 13
Gurudev Patwardhan 13
Paluskar's quest 19
Lahore, and the establishment of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya 25
Gurudev's and Paluskar's work in Lahore 27
Gurudev's return to Bombay and Miraj 35
3 Vinayakrao and the Mrdartg-Tabla Vadanpaddhati 37
Vinayakrao's formative years 37
Vinayakrao's career 40
4 The Structure, Contents and Language of the Editions 45
5 Notation 51
The origins of Gurudev's notation 51
Paluskar's search for a notation system 51
The development of notation in Calcutta and Baroda 53
Paluskar's notation system 63
Gurudev's notation system 66
The notation system used for the transcriptions in this study 69
Vinayakrao's notation system 74
6 Hindustani Rhythmic Theory 75
Tdl and theka 75
Towards an explanation of tal's incongruities 84
The folk roots of tabid thekds 90
Lay 94
Conclusion 97
7 Gurudev's Rhythmic Theory 99
Lay, tal and theka 100
Formal theory 108
Conclusion 112
8 Vinayakrao's Rhythmic Theory 113
Vinayakrao and the das mukhya ahg of tdl (tdla dasa prdtza) 114
Vinayakrao on tal and thekd 118
Vinayakrao on lay 127
Vinayakrao on instruments and strokes 129
Conclusion 130
9 The Repertoire 131
Tabid repertoire 132
Theka and badid hud theka 133
Gat 137
Rela 150
Gatparan 155
Mohrd 160
Pakhdvaj repertoire 164
Thekd and badid hud thekd 164
Sath 166
Gatparan 171
Reld 174
Vinayakrao's repertoire 175
Conclusion 177
10 Conclusion 179
Part 2 Translation of the Mrdahg aur Tabld Vddanpaddhati (1903)
by Gurudev Patwardhan 185
Part 3 Translation of New Material from the MrdaAg-Tabla
Vadanpaddhati (1938/1982) as edited by
Vinayakrao Patwardhan 279