Episode 1 focuses on the history of the tabla, its origins as a logdrum and the resonant sounds the tabla can create.
Kuljit Bhamra MBE in conversation with Kavi Pau
Episode 3 explores how the Bansuri is being used in novel ways outside of the Indian classical music tradition.
Episode 2 provides tips for composers and musicians who wish to write music for the Bansuri in their work. The episode explains what is stylistic in traditional Hindustani classical music, and explores similarities with western Baroque ornamentation.
Episode 1 is an introduction to the Bansuri, a bamboo flute of Northern India. In this episode, we explore the Bansuri's history from temples to courts to concert halls as well as the different sounds and moods created on larger and smaller flutes.
Episode 3 focuses on how western musicians can compose for the tabla, exploring stylistic features and how these might be notated.
Episode 2 focuses on the sounds of the tabla, exploring open and closed sonorities, and how these have been historically notated and passed down in India.
Episode 1 focuses on the history of the tabla, its origins as a logdrum and the resonant sounds the tabla can create.
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