Appreciation of Music is a subjective phenomenon. Chitravina N. Ravikiran, in a simple and appealing style, provides a guideline to understand and appreciate Carnatic music by covering a range of topics, starting from what is Carnatic music to the techniques followed, the various forms it can be presented in and the improvisation techniques an artiste follows to showcase his talent as well as present the innate beauty of the compositions he or she is singing.
Excellent book introducing basic concepts of Carnatic music and appreciating it . Got it autographed by the author at The Music Academy ( He is the Sangita Kalanidhi designate this year )