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Movement in Indian Raga Performance: Entrainment, interaction, structure, imagery, by Martin Clayton, Durham University, UK| old_uid | 17782 |
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| title | Movement in Indian Raga Performance: Entrainment, interaction, structure, imagery, by Martin Clayton, Durham University, UK |
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| start_date | 2019/09/12 |
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| schedule | 10h30-12h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The North Indian (‘Hindustani’) raga tradition offers an excellent arena in which to study the role of movement in musical performance. Performances do not follow written scores, leaving considerable room for variability between versions of the same raga; the need to maintain close coordination between members of a small ensemble while strictly maintaining a fixed metrical framework (tala) means that gesture and eye contact are crucial to maintaining ensemble. At the same time, the many and diverse melodic modes, the ragas, generate a rich variety of emotional expression and imagery, and performers – particularly singers – often gesture freely in support of this expression.
In the first part of this paper I will discuss research on entrainment in Indian music performance, with particular reference to the coordination of the body movements of performers. In the second part I will discuss the role of movement and gesture more broadly, presenting brief examples of the use of gesture to manage interactions between performers, support and communicate their understanding of melodic structure and dynamics, and reflect visual imagery associated with the ragas. I hope to show how musical performance can be understood as profoundly embodied and interactive, and how analysis of gesture can be a vital component of musical analysis. |
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| responsibles | Marin |
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