Thanks, Padmini. The book you had suggested is a step in the rght direction. I
haven't had much luck finding anything useful online yet, but will continue to
google. :)
I follow the master and play the keyboards of course..hehe...not that well
though! :P I wish!! And yes, Piya Ho is just something else.. isn't it? Thanks
for your input.
Take care,
Dasun
To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:15:58 -0800
Subject: Re: [arr] General Question on Harmonic Structures of Raaga Scales
Hey Dasun,
I am not sure how much this will help but there is a book by Pt Nikhil Ghosh
known as an Introduction to Raga and Tala with a New System of Notation. This
might have some information that you are looking for. To tell you honestly, I
have not read the whole book completely, but seems like parts of the book might
seem useful to you. And you can always do a Google search with some of the
keywords like Raga scales, harmonics etc to see what comes up:-)
Hope this helps. I will try and see what else I can find for you to research.
Which instrument do you play? Piya ho is a lovely song.....
Best,
Padmini
On 2/28/08, Dasun Abeysekera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Guys,
I was just trying to find the chords for Piyo Ho (Water) today and it struck me
that there may be some studies currently being done or which have already been
completed on the harmonic structures of Raaga scales. We know harmony is not a
concept with which Raagas were originally associated as they were purely
designed to evoke specific feelings through the sequntial or horizontal
organization of tones. Even Western music originated through similar means, but
then later developed the vertical component of music that came to be know as
harmony. So has there been any serious attempts by Indian musicians to discover
any patterns that may lie at the heart of Raaga scales harmonically like we now
have in Western music? I certainly will need to learn Raagas before I can
venture out into anything so profound, but I'd be surprised nobody has already
charted that course. Just curious. Let me know if anybody knows anything
regarding this subject. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dasun
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