From: H V Sahasrabuddhe
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: different voice techniques
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, John Alexander Blyth wrote:

> also sa re ga ma pa da ni sa and do re mi fa so la ti do have enough
> in common that one may discuss the differences briefly: the Indian system
> changes the intervals, depending on the raga, but the names stay the same,

Oh, and if you sang a tone e.g. one semitone above do, what do you call
it?

> Since Europe has both a fixed do and moveable do
> system, I assume there may be parallel disparities in India.

Well, when talking about the (absolute) pitch of ones sa in the north
we say e.g. "kali do" (second black strip), counting keyboard keys L-R
starting from C, and in the south they call the same pitch
"two-and-a-half". Have not heard anyone making any other use of these
names except naming ones sa.

> ... being a musician tends to run in the family.

This is slowly changing. I can see a number of young first-generation
singers and instrumentalists with promise.

> The preferred tone quality
> seems nasal to western ears,

In the northern traditions each "gharana" (school) have their distinct
sound, and they are quite different from one another.

> My 10c worth. John

How prices have gone up! :-)

Veena Sahasrabuddhe