The Harmonium Handbook
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The Harmonium Handbook

Owning, Playing, and Maintaining the Devotional Instrument of India

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The Harmonium Handbook

Owning, Playing, and Maintaining the Devotional Instrument of India

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About This Book

The Harmonium Handbook provides detailed instruction in how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments such as the harmonium, which dates back to the time of Marco Polo. The story behind the modern version of the harmonium is a fascinating testimony to the love, skill, innovation, and intermingling of many of the world's great cultures.

The Harmonium Handbook Reveals:

  • The history of the Indian harmonium, from Ancient China to Europe and America.
  • The essentials of owning and caring for Indian harmoniums, helping them give many years of service.
  • How to play the harmonium in a variety of styles, from the simple to the complex, including single-note melody, melody with a drone, chords, and other more advanced methods (a complete appendix of chords and chord inversions is provided).
  • How to explore the "inner realms" of the instrument and perform a variety of adjustments and corrections, including how to tune a harmonium's individual brass reeds.

Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt is a Microsoft design engineer. He offers precision, inspiration, and an occasional dose of wit in sharing both his musical and technical experience with this special instrument.

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Publisher
Crystal Clarity Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
9781565896369
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Theory & Appreciation

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. One—A Short History of the Indian Harmonium
  8. Two—To Know and Love Your Harmonium: A User’s Guide
  9. Three—Playing the Indian Harmonium
  10. Four—The Inner Realms
  11. Five—Adjustments, Corrections, and Tuning
  12. Appendix A—Air Stops, Drones, and Tremolo Knobs for Select Bina Harmoniums
  13. Appendix B—Chords and Chord Inversions
  14. Appendix C—Tuning Sheets
  15. Index
  16. Photo Credits
  17. About the Author