MUS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mehndi, Shruti Box, Onchocerciasis
7 May 2016
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Taj mahal, henna tattoo, elephant, bollywood films, hinduism, spicy food, ghandi, tigers, kashmir, cricket. Similarities between western & indian classical: ancient traditions; deep roots, well-articulated body of theory, formality: Presentation (concerts & recitals: a small, educated segment of the population appreciates the music. 2 styles: north & south: north indian: hindustani music, south indian: carnatic (karnatak) music. Sound of indian classical music: performing forces: voice, hand drum & small hand percussion, string instruments- one looks like violin, texture: heterophony, character/style of melody: disjunct, 3 levels of icm: layers of sound. Drone: provides constant sounding of tonal center. Consonance & dissonance- we want dissonance to gravitate towards consonance. In western, we do this in harmony, not drones. No harmony in icm because drone provides refrence point & we compare melody allowing us to hear consonance & dissonance. Instruments: tambura: string like instruments, shruti box: electronic- makes sound. Melodic style in icm: very ornamented, gamakas: melodic ornamentations.
