Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-334) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction -- Language and (Carnatic) music -- Issues in modeling the grammar : language and Carnatic music -- Conversion of pitch values to notes -- Classifying pitch variations and assigning structure to a line of Carnatic music -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : determining grammaticality -- Construing meaning in Carnatic music : style/stylistic issues -- The lexicon of Carnatic music -- Accounting for variation in Carnatic music.