Theorizing Trikāla: A Generalized Intervallic Approach to Pulse Transformation in South Indian Carnatic Music

The rich rhythmic/metric construction of South Indian Carnatic music is characterized, in large part, by intricate interplay between an internalized metric cycle called the tāḷa and performed phrases that may generate expressive tension with this tāḷa. Thus, informed listeners, who track the tāḷa u...

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Main Author: Wells, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Analytical Approaches to World Music 2020-06-01
Series:Analytical Approaches to World Music
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Online Access:http://aawmjournal.com/articles/2020a/Wells_AAWM_Vol_8_1.pdf