This book aims to study the key concepts of voice culture. Explaining the basics of voice culture and its benefits and importance, it discusses at length the metaphysics of production of voice, the merits and demerits of the voice shariram, and the methods to maintain the voice as suggested in ancient texts.

Further dealing with the effectiveness and usefulness of voice culture, it describes in detail the practical aspects of voice-training in Hindustani classical music, the use of voice for different musical forms of Hindustani classical music such as Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal, Tarana, Tappa and Thumri, voice techniques of different systems of music, and the application of voice culture in traditional and institutional methods of Hindustani classical music. The different methods of improving the quality of voice have been identified as well.