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Thread #33983 Message #456668
Posted By: Peter T.
06-May-01 - 09:04 PM
Thread Name: Indian folk music sites??
Subject: RE: Indian folk music sites??
This site appears to be the best of the recommended. It appears that there are at least 10 modes, some of which can be related (in spite of GUEST's remarks) to Western modes, though there are obvious differences, since they are not well-tempered. As a rough approximation (certainly my Indian flute book happily makes the approximation), one of the modes, called Bilawal, would (on a C scale) have, as Indian notes (the stuff inside the brackets is the longer name):
Sa (Shadj) = C Re (Rishabh) = D Ga (Gandar) = E Ma (Madhyam) = F Pa (?) = G Dha (Dhairait) = A Nee (Nishad) = B
Other modes, such as Kammaj, approx. to Mixolydian.
Well, it is a start. Thanks to all: any advice helpful. I can at least begin to decipher my book. Now if I could just find some flute music, and some cowgirls.