Re: Looking for microtonal traditions of the world, particularly pol

Graham wrote :

> ...Indian classical music? It's easy to
> find reputable CDs and a top performer is unmissable live.
> All melody instruments bar the harmonium are microtunable.

Is available now a 22 shrutis microtunable harmonium, conceived by Dr. Vidyadhar Oke :

http://www.22shruti.com/homepage_22_shruti_positions_on_harmonium.asp

(price is 30 500 indian rupees when picked up in Mumbai)

More interesting videos on Dr Oke's website, where he plays harmonium super nicely -
(this will interest Petr I think) :

http://www.22shruti.com/

Well, my raga models concerning Todi or Marva slightly differ from the examples he gives, but his approach is interesting,
and this shruti harmonium could initiate some major reflexions on indian ragas shrutic modelling.
But more and more I realize there are also other valid temperaments behind indian music.
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Jacques

Jacques wrote:

> More interesting videos on Dr Oke's website, where he plays harmonium
> super nicely -
> (this will interest Petr I think) :
>
> http://www.22shruti.com/

Dear Jacques,

thanks for your suggestion. I know about that website. The recordings are definitely worth hearing. However, concerning Dr. Oke's tuning procedure, the way of tuning the shrutis which I prefer comes from a totally different concept. It surprises me quite a lot that although both Oke and Sambamourty come from India, both of them use a tuning which seems to disregard the "swarastana" context. If you are interested to know more, see here:
http://www.themusicmagazine.com/kvranganint2.html
http://anaphoria.com/kolin.PDF

Petr