Pandit Pran Nath instruction: Haresh

Hello Haresh and all,

I finally found a list of the Gamukas/Ornaments that I took as notes after a
lesson with Pandit Pran Nath (of the North Indian Kirana style of Raga). I
was interested in the microtonalisms outside of the placement of sa re ga ma
pa dha ni .

As I remember, he felt a bit sideswiped by me. LaMonte Young and Marian
Zazeela were in on the sessions, sometimes droning, and playing tamboura.
Pran Nath thought he would start a semi-beginner, expecting to have to drill
me on matching new pitches and remembering there names and placements. At
one point he turned to LaMonte in what seemed an angered way. "Why did you
not tell me he was a musician?" So I sort of took the opportunity to write
down this list of gamukas with his explanation and demonstrations (which I
had to reproduce).

meend - sliding

soot (ooh sound) -- falling off at end

andolin -- swing (very slight)

gaseed -- sliding pond down

kutka -- sa, sa, sa (only 3 times or less)

houlik -- upwards glide

gitkree -- glottal

dhuran -- ascending slide

muran -- upper note/descending

layhuk -- snakelike/descending

consure -- part of other note, regarding its pitch

murki -- downward mordent

tan -- quick or medium putters through

It was a long time ago. best, Johnny Reinhard