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A raga is something between a scale and a composition: it is richer than a scale, but not as fixed as a composition. A raga is like a tonal framework for improvisation and composition, just as chord changes and standards are for a jazz musician.

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Though Hindustani and Carnatic Music share a lot of common aspects (phrasing techniques, similar ragas, etc.), each one has a distinct structure of its own. These systems have continued to live over the centuries and are still performed with traditional expertise, and at times also incorporating modern music elements into them.

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The ideal guitar tuning for classical Indian Music has alternate strings tuned to the tonic and the dominant (perfect 5th) notes. The Tonic is normally taken as D or E due to feasibility issues on the Guitar.

Ragas and scales are quite common at the top level. In effect, both ragas and scales are merely a specific collection of musical notes played in a specific order, in ascent and descent. However the grammar of the Gamakas and its phrasing brings a completely different identity/texture to a raga and it cannot be musically compared to its equivalent scale, played as a collection of plain notes.

The basic seven notes in the Indian musical system are Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, Ni with variations for each note. These variations are notated as a number from 1 to 3 (these work similar to b and # in Western music).

Before reading the table, you need to understand that Indian music notes are not absolute values like their western counterparts. They are all relative to the tonic note (Shadjam), which is fixed to a reference value (for example C or D or any other semitonal value).

In Western music, scales are built with a strong foundation in harmony. Carnatic music focuses on permutation of all available semitonal values (swaras). This gives rise to the foundation of the family of ragas, called the Melakartha System (in Carnatic Music).

The Melakartha system is a set of 72 parent ragas. Each of these ragas contain all seven notes (swaras) of the octave in both ascending and descending order. These 72 ragas (parent) along with their derived ragas (child) exhaust all possible melodic combinations available to us through all music forms across the world.

That brings to light the depth of the melodic structure in Carnatic Music. Hence it is important to understand that melody and phrasing of Carnatic music is very complex compared to the Western music system, which in turn shows its complexity in harmony of musical notes.

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There is instruments for example sitar, bag pipe, gudulka that has strings or pipe that play continually one or several notes simultaneously while player plays melody line. They call that tone a drone. In my example I made with e and b notes continuous chord to different track while I recorded guitar to a different track.

This is a longshot, but I heard a new/newer, haunting (rock, alternative?) song that had almost incomprehensible English singing by a single male singer, unique beat and Asian sounding guitar. I would guess that it's a British band? The most similar thing I can think of is =PLmCu-vdq8VdoRd10oT2tQwaqEXuUZ9w0R

All gamaka can be broken down to some variety of slides and/or slurs. As a kid, I learned these sounds and later discovered that many guitarists called them hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides. The following exercises will help you apply these standard techniques in a different way.

In example 6, you again pick on beats one and three and slide to each of the notes in between. This effect is best achieved by playing all of the notes on one string. When I play guitar in Carnatic tuning (E B, E B, E B, from the highest string to the lowest), I frequently play on one string. In standard tuning, when you play this combination on two strings, it will present new fingering challenges.

In example 9, the notes are all slurred in groupings in eight; hence there is only one right-hand stroke on the first note of each measure. You can either play this on one string or across two or three strings. Example 10 shows the same eight-note grouping played with all slides along a single string. This one is also in the mode called Pantuvarali, which can be called Lydian flat-2, flat-6, in English. It gives a hint of various new and cool modes found in Carnatic music.

Finally, example 12 is a transcription of an improvisation in G major using many of the techniques in these exercises. As your vocabulary progresses, you will get closer to playing the raga with more detailed nuances With the few tools I have discussed here, you can begin to bring an authentic raga flavor to your music and make your phrasing unique and instantly identifiable. I framed this as a lesson for guitar, but these techniques can also be applied to other stringed instruments.

Growing up in India, guitarist Prasanna became renowned as a pioneer playing Carnatic music and rock before attending Berklee, where he became an accomplished jazz guitarist. He is a celebrated performer and teacher and an award-winning film composer living in New York. Visit www.guitarprasanna.com.

Country music has lost one of the most tasteful lead guitar players to ever fill a break. Will Indian, lead guitarist for country legend James Hand, as well as the guitarist for The Nortons, The Cornell Hurd Band, and many others, has passed after contracting a fatal infection last month. Will suffered from Hepatitis C. He died Wednesday night (1-8-14) according to his family.

Friends, fans, and fellow musicians threw a benefit for Will in July 21st of 2013 at the Saxon Pub, to help with the cost of his Hepatitis C treatments; a disease he had battled for over 37 years. James Hand, The Rhythm Rats, The Nortons, and many other acts played the benefit. In an interview with the Austin Chronicle before the benefit, Indian led on to the severity of his condition, but had hope he would recover.

It feels great and humbling to have the support from the friends I have made and people who are fans that tell me how much my music has meant to them. I am starting to archive my musical history of television, recordings, and photographs for an upcoming webpage.

Actually Will could play plenty fast when it was called for. He just used every tool in his toolbox with, as you say, impeccable taste. He was also hilariously funny, kind, gentle and insanely cool. A great, great man and great musician. Condolences to his wife and family.

Ami, I knew your stepdad in when he was in HS and I was in Middle school. Actually his sister Cindy was in my class. Then he was Billy and one of my favorite memories of the family was that there was always a lot of fun to go along with all the strawberry blond hair. The guys were just a bit on the wild side. I never would have guessed Billy was on his way to a career in country music. I am so glad he found what he loved.

The Rhythm Rats were one of the first bands I ever heard play in Austin. On E. 6th St. at the Mid-City Roadhouse. I remember walking up to meet the band and tell them how wonderful their music was and we were friends from that day forward. That was 1983.

Will was not only a great guitar player, he was a great guy! Always had a friendly word. I knew Will since the Rhythm Rats were guests on The Lone Star All Star Texas Music Review back in 1988 and was a fan of his before then. The World has lost a very special talent and a helluva good man!

Thanks for the article. Will started out teaching my son guitar. I peeked over their shoulder a bit. Then he said he could teach us both. After a while my son dropped out and he taught/played with me for a while. We developed a friendship and went through some rough times together. I remember his hound dog Sarge singing along with us. Haaarrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!. I cherish our time together.

How sad to hear of Will passing away.My best years playing guitar were in Austin where I met Will Indian and The Rhythm Rats in 1984. I was often hired when a 4th was required and enjoyed both Will and his young family as well as performance with him.Fond regards to all from back then.

The music of the Indian subcontinent is usually divided into two major traditions of classical music: Hindustani music of North India and Karnatak music of South India, although many regions of India also have their own musical traditions that are independent of these.

One of the main differences between North Indian and South Indian music is the increased influence of Persian music and musical instruments in the north. From the late twelfth century through the rise of British occupation, North India was under the control of a Muslim minority that was never able to extend its sphere of influence to South India. During this time, the music of North India began to acquire and adapt to the presence of Persian language, music, and musical instruments, such as the setar, from which the sitar got its name; the kamanche (1998.72) and santur, which became popular in Kashmir; and the rabab (alternately known as rebab and rubab), which preceded the sarod. New instruments were introduced, including the tabla and sitar (1999.399), which soon became the most famous Indian musical instruments worldwide. Legend has it that the tabla was formed by splitting a pakhavaj drum in half, with the larger side becoming the bayan and the smaller side the dahini. The barrel-shaped pakhavaj drum, which was the ancestor of both the tabla and the mrdangam, has been depicted in countless paintings and prints. New genres of music were formed as well, such as khyal and qawwali, that combine elements of both Hindu and Muslim musical practice. 006ab0faaa