Introduction: Western Music and Indian Music systems are different in many ways. And, there are similarities as well. Because, at the end of everything, we all are human being with similarities of moods of likes and dislikes. This article is about the Circle of Fifth’s contribution to the Indian Music system so that the family …
Tune, Note and Harmony
This is a chapter of my Bengali book published in 2007. My Bengali reader can read the article through the scanned pages. Page 1: Page 2: Page 3: Page 4: Page 5: Page 6: Page 7:
Is old Fur Elise mistuned today?
Introduction Fur Elise is one of the most famous masterpiece of one of the greatest composers of the world Ludwig Van Beethoven. This finest piece was first published in 1867, 40 years after death of Beethoven in 1827. There are some controversies. But the most accepted finding is that, this bagatelle piece was written in …
Nazrul’s Taals
The National Poet, song writer (and composer) Kazi Nazrul Islam also introduced some new chhandas on which new taals can be made. The new chhanda, rhythm, is to be sufficient to become a Taal when it is presented with some appropriate sounds, the Tabla notes. Unfortunately, the Taals were not really constructed and used in …
Taals created by Tagore
Taal Taal in Great Indian Music is the cycle of beats that repeats through the whole piece of musical composition. Some compositions may have a combination of Taals, that is, a mix of more than one types of beat cycles. Tempo of a composition is counted by time, and the smallest piece of the time …
