Incantation No. 1 in Raga Todi - Stacy Fahrion, piano - 5 limit JI
This piece started as a collection of improv ideas in raga Todi, mostly riffing on ideas from my mentor, Michael Harrison. I'm grateful to Michael for his encouragement and how generously shares his knowledge both in raga classes and private lessons. Much of my music in the past several years has been subtly influenced by the vast, beautiful, and complex world of Indian classical music, but this is the first piece that is overt about it. The bandish (fixed composition) that this piece is centered around is a tarana in ektal (a 12-beat cycle) composed by Ustad Bahadur Hossain Khan. As I worked on this music, I was encouraged by this quote from Austin Saylor: "When you think of everything as practice for what's next, fear of failure fades away." I learned a lot in the process of creating this, and yet, as a musician, the more you learn, the more you are humbled by how much more there is to learn. I worked hard to get this ready for Piano Day 2023, since it's become a tradition for me to post a new piece to celebrate the 88th day of the year. Stay tuned to see if I post a Lumatone piece on the 280th day of this year. :) Raga Miyan ki Todi is a morning raga: 1 b2 b3 #4 (skip 5 ascending) b6 7 Thank you for listening! Played on Pianoteq, tuned in 5-limit just intonation. The tabla part was created using India by Native Instruments. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whimsicallymacabremusic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhimsicallyMacabreMusic/ Sheet music, including the book Polyrhythms for Pianists: https://pianopronto.com/composers-community/stacy-fahrion/ Recordings: https://whimsicallymacabre.bandcamp.com/ website: https://www.whimsicallymacabre.com/
This piece started as a collection of improv ideas in raga Todi, mostly riffing on ideas from my mentor, Michael Harrison. I'm grateful to Michael for his encouragement and how generously shares his knowledge both in raga classes and private lessons. Much of my music in the past several years has been subtly influenced by the vast, beautiful, and complex world of Indian classical music, but this is the first piece that is overt about it. The bandish (fixed composition) that this piece is centered around is a tarana in ektal (a 12-beat cycle) composed by Ustad Bahadur Hossain Khan. As I worked on this music, I was encouraged by this quote from Austin Saylor: "When you think of everything as practice for what's next, fear of failure fades away." I learned a lot in the process of creating this, and yet, as a musician, the more you learn, the more you are humbled by how much more there is to learn. I worked hard to get this ready for Piano Day 2023, since it's become a tradition for me to post a new piece to celebrate the 88th day of the year. Stay tuned to see if I post a Lumatone piece on the 280th day of this year. :) Raga Miyan ki Todi is a morning raga: 1 b2 b3 #4 (skip 5 ascending) b6 7 Thank you for listening! Played on Pianoteq, tuned in 5-limit just intonation. The tabla part was created using India by Native Instruments. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whimsicallymacabremusic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhimsicallyMacabreMusic/ Sheet music, including the book Polyrhythms for Pianists: https://pianopronto.com/composers-community/stacy-fahrion/ Recordings: https://whimsicallymacabre.bandcamp.com/ website: https://www.whimsicallymacabre.com/