MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qasida, Kathak, Reciting Tone
13 Mar 2018
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Representation / reflection: value (cultural / musical: music is not a reflection of culture. Music is culture: music is representing values. Music is tied to dance, storytelling, sangita: dances: In the north: kathak dance: nritta, abhinaya, hindustani music: muslim influence of freedom definition / description medium. You have to be able to improvise with rhythm that is very important to them: sangita. This is music as tied to dance. The rough translation of the word sangita is music but it is more than that telling a story through music and dance. Sound and dance the importance of dance and storytelling. Friday, january 5, 2018: a cultural phenomenon. In india part of the hindu religions a diety sheva: part of the creation story changes and cycles of stars, the cosmos was about vibrations and creation is about vibrations. Sheva has a drum: the drum poured out the text sans-script, the word in sans-script represents that vibration.
