"TALKING THRO’ THE STRINGS: Art and Science in the Evolution of Music and Musical Instruments";Thursday 28th March 2013;4:00 pm

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CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES
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Invites you to a talk on:

TALKING THRO’ THE STRINGS

Art and Science in the Evolution of Music and Musical Instruments

Speaker: S. Balachander
               Renowned Acoustician
               Exponent of the Chandra Veena


Day and Date: Thursday 28th March 2013
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: CCS Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore 560012


All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3.30 pm

 
Abstract: From time immemorial, we have taken inspiration from nature in all walks of life – and so has Music. Some of the earliest forms of musical sound are wind howling through bamboo shoots or grass acting as reeds to create a whistling sound of varied pitches, birds singing as part of their mating calls etc. Since then, over many millennia, we have evolved from very crude skull-and-gut based, single-stringed instruments to very sophisticated ones such as Tanpura, Veena, Violin, Piano etc. What distinguishes one instrument from another ? Why are some instrument makers more prized than others? Why is the voice timbre of an Opera Singer very different from an Indian Dhrupad Singer?

As science and technology evolved, making of instruments has gone through a lot of sophistication too leading to better instruments of more consistent quality. How much of the Music is Art, and where does Science play a role? This is an attempt to address some of these aspects related to the evolution of Musical Sound as perceived through the eyes and the ears of an Artist.

 

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