I feel this is the most relevant place to put this, even though the music he plays fits better under Jazz. He says so himself, due to the fast beats, unconventional scales, and improvisation; however I feel this is a good target audience. Start with this cd, the first track has a great short introduction to what it is he does exactly, narrated by himself. This is the cd that sold me. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f4a9bb3ddd5015ca7f7ec40ada4772a6c09a14dee2a7c6ed5be6ba49b5870170 Then I discovered this one . . . entirely different mood/feel to it, extremely relaxed, incredibly langorous and sensuous. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f4a9bb3ddd5015ca7f7ec40ada4772a688308502551fde44b8eada0a1ae8665a
My World Cultures teacher in high school made us listen to one of his concerts in class the one day and I was amazed by it. I think I was the only kid in the class who actually enjoyed it. Anyways, I love his music, but haven't listened to it in a loooong time. Thanks for reminding me about him lol. I'll have to get some of his music soon
I sometimes get into moods where I listen to Ravi Shankar non-stop for hours. His daughter Anoushka Shankar is just as good, in my opinion.
I've never heard his music. I've seen him mentioned a billion times on The Beatles' documentaries that my mum always watches, and other than that, I only know him as the father of Norah Jones (who sorta sucks now). Eh, too disrupted of a melody for my taste. I love some Indian music but others I find too foreign, the latter would be the case here. Still glad I got to hear it, so thanks =)
i love ravi but honestly his music should be listed under "folk music". What he plays is traditional & folk songs, hardly classical. The classical music of India is called Carnatic - a style much more intricate and detailed than the simple melodies Ravi uses. but, milk for babes, if you havent become familiar with eastern tones and scales Shankar is a good place to start! "If you like how we tune, you will love how we play" ravi shankar after a round of applause
There's some truth in that, but it's like saying Chopin or Dvorak or Copeland played folk music because so much of their stuff was based on folk tunes. Ravi Shankar was my introduction to Indian music back around 1965. As I learned more about the instruments of India the sitar is less my favorite instrument than it was.
Ravi Shankar passed away today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su0BB6cEcww"]Ravi Shankar Raga Parameshwari - YouTube
Yay I like Ravi Shankar a lot! Glad that there's more than just western-centered music here Improvisation is indeed more like jazz than classical (although there used to be much improvisation in the baroque period too), at least if you compare it to western music, which it isn't at all of course Fast beats though happen in jazz as well as classical as folk as popular music (just like there is calm jazz, calm classical, calm folk and calm popular music), and unconventional scales are actually used more in classical music (of the same time) than jazz music, Messiaen's music is full of them, moreover most jazz scales are actually based on scales used in classical music, some very new and some very old ones that are rarely used in classical music now, so you I guess could say jazz scales are very "eclectic"
