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Cross-cultural concepts and approaches in musical rhythm

2012; Acoustical Society of America; Volume: 132; Issue: 3_Supplement Linguagem: Inglês

10.1121/1.4755515

1520-9024

Rohan Krishnamurthy,

Musicology and Musical Analysis

Western (written, notated) and Indian (oral, unnotated) systems of musical rhythm will be analyzed from theoretical and performance perspectives. Rhythmic concepts and parameters such as meter and tala (rhythmic cycles with constant duration and tempo), tuplet and nadai subdivisions of an underlying pulse, and accelerando (gradual accelerations in musical tempo) and decelerando (gradual decelerations in musical tempo) will be defined in a cross-cultural context. These systems of understanding temporal flow have wide-ranging implications on musical form, style and aesthetics, and artistic freedom. The corporeal or physical dimension of musical rhythm, resulting from instrumental techniques, vocalizations of rhythms, and physical systems of constructing and maintaining temporal flow such as tala visualizations and ensemble conducting, will also be considered. The presentation will include live, interactive musical demonstrations and will be followed by a performance on the mridangam, the primary percussion instrument from South India.