Hindustani Vocal Virtuoso
The artist I will be discussion in the following paper will be Meeta Pandit. Meeta pandit is a classical Hindustani vocal artist accompanied by tabla percussion and harmonium aerophone instruments. The event took place in the Music Building. Before attending the performance I expected Meeta Pandit’s music to be like the type of music one associates with Bollywood culture, upbeat with various dance numbers. However, I obviously didn’t know much about Indian music and the genres that were considered pop versus Indian classical. In addition, I didn’t not expect to find so much meaning behind a women’s simple yet intricate performance and expression.
One of the components Meeta Pandit utilized during her performance was the use of her hands. Meeta Pandit appeared to use musical gestures with her hands to signify different ragas or tones. Meeta utilized her hands as a tala for signaling rhythms to the table player. Furthermore, Metta Pandit’s hand gestures to me were telling or guiding the audience through a story. Which has great …show more content…
These components enhance the musical experience by allowing the audience member to see the interactions between the members of the North Indian ensemble, the audience members, and between instruments themselves and the instrument player. Subtle differences, not noticed in a recording, between these interactions and traditional western ensemble interactions allowed me to draw connections and dive deeper into Pandit’s culture without having prior knowledge of it. In addition, Through the observation of Meeta Pandit’s musical perfomanrce I concluded that in my pespectiv ehisutani clascialmusic is an art form that is aimed in terms of musical pcomparehension, a way of teachning through
The artist I will be discussion in the following paper will be Meeta Pandit. Meeta pandit is a classical Hindustani vocal artist accompanied by tabla percussion and harmonium aerophone instruments. The event took place in the Music Building. Before attending the performance I expected Meeta Pandit’s music to be like the type of music one associates with Bollywood culture, upbeat with various dance numbers. However, I obviously didn’t know much about Indian music and the genres that were considered pop versus Indian classical. In addition, I didn’t not expect to find so much meaning behind a women’s simple yet intricate performance and expression.
One of the components Meeta Pandit utilized during her performance was the use of her hands. Meeta Pandit appeared to use musical gestures with her hands to signify different ragas or tones. Meeta utilized her hands as a tala for signaling rhythms to the table player. Furthermore, Metta Pandit’s hand gestures to me were telling or guiding the audience through a story. Which has great …show more content…
These components enhance the musical experience by allowing the audience member to see the interactions between the members of the North Indian ensemble, the audience members, and between instruments themselves and the instrument player. Subtle differences, not noticed in a recording, between these interactions and traditional western ensemble interactions allowed me to draw connections and dive deeper into Pandit’s culture without having prior knowledge of it. In addition, Through the observation of Meeta Pandit’s musical perfomanrce I concluded that in my pespectiv ehisutani clascialmusic is an art form that is aimed in terms of musical pcomparehension, a way of teachning through