SOLVEIG MCINTOSH is a musician and research scholar in the musical traditionsof Northern India. She qualified as a teacher in the 1970s and completed herDoctoral studies in 1993. She has given talks in Britain, Holland, New Zealandand India and has contributed articles to various books and journals. As wellas publishing a book, Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song, she has produced aDVD, Ancient Indian Song, and three CDs, Traditional Vedic Invocations, Hymnsof the Vedas and Sanskrit Songs to the Divine. She has given workshops both inBritain and abroad.

• Contents List of Figures vii List of Musical Examples ix Preface xiii Notation and Script xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 chapter 1 Historical Background 5 chapter 2 Language 17 chapter 3 Scale and Mode 49 chapter 4 Recitation, Psalmody and Silence 89 chapter 5 Alan4kaaras and Neumes 101 chapter 6 Rhythm in Chant 129vi chapter 7The Hand: Mudraas and Cheironomy 137Epilogue 153Glossary 155Bibliography 163Index 169

SOLVEIG MCINTOSH is a musician and research scholar in the musical traditionsof Northern India. She qualified as a teacher in the 1970s and completed herDoctoral studies in 1993. She has given talks in Britain, Holland, New Zealandand India and has contributed articles to various books and journals. As wellas publishing a book, Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song, she has produced aDVD, Ancient Indian Song, and three CDs, Traditional Vedic Invocations, Hymnsof the Vedas and Sanskrit Songs to the Divine. She has given workshops both inBritain and abroad.

• Contents List of Figures vii List of Musical Examples ix Preface xiii Notation and Script xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 chapter 1 Historical Background 5 chapter 2 Language 17 chapter 3 Scale and Mode 49 chapter 4 Recitation, Psalmody and Silence 89 chapter 5 Alan4kaaras and Neumes 101 chapter 6 Rhythm in Chant 129vi chapter 7The Hand: Mudraas and Cheironomy 137Epilogue 153Glossary 155Bibliography 163Index 169

SOLVEIG MCINTOSH is a musician and research scholar in the musical traditionsof Northern India. She qualified as a teacher in the 1970s and completed herDoctoral studies in 1993. She has given talks in Britain, Holland, New Zealandand India and has contributed articles to various books and journals. As wellas publishing a book, Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song, she has produced aDVD, Ancient Indian Song, and three CDs, Traditional Vedic Invocations, Hymnsof the Vedas and Sanskrit Songs to the Divine. She has given workshops both inBritain and abroad.

• Contents List of Figures vii List of Musical Examples ix Preface xiii Notation and Script xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 chapter 1 Historical Background 5 chapter 2 Language 17 chapter 3 Scale and Mode 49 chapter 4 Recitation, Psalmody and Silence 89 chapter 5 Alan4kaaras and Neumes 101 chapter 6 Rhythm in Chant 129vi chapter 7The Hand: Mudraas and Cheironomy 137Epilogue 153Glossary 155Bibliography 163Index 169