Ali Akbar Khan, Bach, and the Duke

A comparison of the intricacies in the music of J. S. Bach and those of Indian classical music.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ali Akbar Khan
• Misra
• Bach
• harpsichord
• Duke_Ellington
• counterpoint
• fugues
• Indian_music
• Baroque-music

[HerrWarja]

Wow! Amazing video!

[atree3]

Thank you for your comment, so here I was, I hit play.

Haven't seen this in over a year, and I'll have to agree with you (she said modestly)

[wizzlewolf]

This is so interesting! I was just watching a video about the work of composer, Phillip Glass and it touched on his influences from Indian classical music. All this boggles my mind too.

[atree3]

I have never been able to hear those "Indian influences" in Glass's music, it all seems so simple to me.

[periurban]

@ranjithshegde My point is that complexity can exist in any genre of music, and it does. It's arguable of course as to the value (or not) of complexity and what we even mean by the term. To answer your question go listen to Zappa's "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing" or "G-Spot Tornado". Complex? Rock?

[ranjithshegde]

@periurban Oh Come on...how can rock be anything as complex as baroque. The drummer is 90% the metronome and nothing more except for a 2 minute banging. And you can count the number of songs which transcend the 4 chord trend. There might have been good rock music which was complex as well but not anymore

[ranjithshegde]

I dont think any kinda comparison can be based on complexities of 2 different kind classical music...Indian music might have so many horizontal possibilities (Melody) as its use of intricate ragaas but Western is more complex vertically (harmonies) as there are endless possibilities of harmonic relations and progressions

[jammerjd80]

ragas maybe called modes ,,,,but not scales...so what we cn infer is that indian music based on the modalism is far more complex in terms of possibilities if u delve deep into it...whereas in western music only jazz has modal music..majorly...

[jammerjd80]

@ranjithshegde kinda agree there...12 parts was ok...but dunno y she added equidistant just a bit later...and even pianos can have just intonation...just that maybe 99.9%are equal tempered :) where as in hindustani music we have the swara or the note and the shruti...and one more place where i felt she was mayb e saying the right thing but used the wrong word was calling ragas scales....

[ranjithshegde]

Beg to differ...the scale divided in to 12 equidistant parts is true only in terms of the piano tuning which is called the equal temperament. There are various other tuning systems used in western classical. Violinists are usually used to just intonation, Pythagorean and equal temperament as well. And there is more to Bach than just harmonizing a melody in 4 parts. If you need modalism there are a lot of modal players in Jazz, specially Coltrane, George Russell and Tyner.

[HerrWarja]

@atree3 Yes indeed. She said it in a very modest tone.

[kingtetvideo]

Amen!