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)

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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

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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

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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)
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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

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