Title: Living in the Musical Moment Dhamra Jazz.
Artists: Vic Juris, Karttikeya, Lewis Porter, Badal Roy.
Orchestration: Piano, Guitar, Idiophones, Membranaphones (Tabla).
Origin: India
Chapter five of our textbook discusses different aspects of musical structure. My clip focuses on the concept of improvisation and I found this clip interesting because the artists talk about the origin of their music and how they integrate their different cultural beliefs within a musical structure. For example, the artists define Dharma as a "your path," and everyone has a different dharma. Composition and improvisation can be considered a part of being a person's path. When discussing the structure of the music, the artists describe it as predictable because there is a pattern of reoccurring chords and beats. I like to think of this music as the culmination of multiple people's dharmas in relation to the underlying musical structure.
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