Re: India music; how ?

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:38:38 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.bass
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Some Greek music used quarter tones, some Arabic music can be approximated
by quarter tones, but is actually a division of the octave by 16 (unequal)
steps instead of our 12. Some Indian scales divide the octave into 22
parts, but use only 7. All very un-western sounding.
Another thing to consider in Indian music is the style of performance -
there are lots of trills and shakes and things like that. They often don't
hold notes for very long either.
If you are looking for something that sounds un-western, try a scale like
this:
C Db E F G Ab B C
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Steve
"Ian Hayward" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
news:EfWRa.616$email-address-deleted...
> I am really barely literate musically, but I believe that Indian and
Middle Eastern
> musical convention uses quarter-tones which are absent from Western music.
That
> would sort of account for the extra fret. Could this be a factor?
Perhaps one of
> our more expert contributors could advise.
> Ian
>
> "Heinz" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> news:bf8ha1$c3kla$email-address-deleted...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Just listened to the intro to Communique from Al Garcias cd Make It So
and I
> > just wonder what he is playing in terms of key or modes to make it sound
so
> > 'Indian'.
> >
> > I like that kind of melodic flow very much, but would like to
understand
> > what the 'musical theory' is to make it sound like this.
> >
> > So anybody knows and cares to explain ?
> >
> > Cheers and thanks
> > Heinz
> >
> >
>
>