AOS 4: Indian Music and Rag Desh - Steve Gorn Flashcards
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Structure of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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Alap: Improvised Drone Played by bansuri flute No tal Free tempo and longer rhythms
Gat 1: Fixed rhythm Introduces tabla Moderate speed Melody on bansuri and esraj Short
Gat 2:
Faster fixed rhythm
New tal rhythm
Tan (scalic runs)
2
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Tonality and harmony of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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Drone is on a D and an A
3
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Tempo and metre of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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Alap - free tempo
Gat 1 - moderate
Gat 2 - fast
4
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Instrumentation of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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Tabla Bansuri flute Esraj (bowed string instrument) Shruti box (electronic - plays drone) Swarmandel (plucked string instrument - plays counter melody)
5
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Rhythm / tal of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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There are 2:
(Alap has no tal)
Rupak tal
Gat 1: 7 (3 + 2 + 2)
Ektal tal
Gat 2: 12 (2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2)
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Melody of Rag Desh by Steve Gorn
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Improvised
Shared between the esraj and bansuri
Tan (scalic runs)
The tambura plays the drone in the alap