Rag Desh- Anoushka Shankar

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Created on: 29-12-14 18:08

Anoushka is a

pianist, conductor and sitar player

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her father is

a famous musicain

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this version was recorded

at a concert in 2001 in New York

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the two instruments used are

sitar and tabla

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A tabla is

A pair of drums named Bayan (left, lower, metal, larger), and Dayan (right, higher, wood, smaller)

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A sitar is

plucked string instrument with 7 strings

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name the two tals used

Tintal and jhaptal

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The tintal tal is

is a 16 beat cycle (4+4+4+4).

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jhaptal tal is

a 10 beat cycle (2+3+2+3).

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three sections of the piece

alap, gat and jhalla

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alap

slow with no regular pulse, and is played by the sitar only.The melodic line introduces the notes and mood of the rag

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gat

Both the sitar and the tabla improvise.The sitar's improvisation is based on gat and tabla's on the Tal, tempo increases towards the end of this section

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jhalla

a fast tempo, and the sitar’s strings are strummed to create rhythmic excitement

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