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Swara, the Sanskrit word for tonal center, forms the fundamental basis for the Indian path of music. Although it is difficult to be precise about the etymological meaning, there are references elucidating 'swara' as a tone which can shine or resonate by itself.

"(Harrington) utilized the entire ensemble in an alternately dark and rhythmic collage of styles, textures and bits and pieces from all over the world." - R.L. Ragsdale, Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Mo. Electronic music that is tonal and intensely contrapuntal, inspired by New Orleans and classical music traditions. "Harrington is the most intriguing new figure I've discovered on the Web..." Kyle Gann, Village Voice, July 7, 1999

Studio Almaya is a studio for music studies founded by Yair Dalal, who dedicates himself to continue the Jewish-Arabic musical heritage, and pass it to the future generations. His Goals are to connect and advance young musicians towards the ethnic musical branch, encouraging ethnic music creativity, and establishing an archive for ethnic music. Almaya became a meeting Point for people from all ages and origins, which find the studio the only place in Israel Where they can enrich themselves musically and intellectually in this unique tradition of Jewish-Arab music. Studio almaya is located in the old Jaffa Port , Almaya means The Universe in Aramaic and On the Water in Arabic. The classes and topics of the lessons are: Middle eastern music Rhythm Scales Tonality Instrumentation: Oud Violin Ney Percussion Vocal Theory and practice The Maqam phenomena and its philosophy The history of Judeo- Arab music : Composition Songs Composers and Singers as well as secular and religious songs

Its tonal system divides an octave into 24 non-equal) intervals. Each tone has its own name (not repeated in the next octave) and is defined by its position relative to other tones - rather than absolute pitch. Pitch can deviate by as much as 1/4 from named pitch. Independence in pitch is possible because Arabic music does not use harmony - no chords to sound "sour" or "off."

1. The Secessionist Manifesto (The Cognitive Dimension) 2. Abstract Tonality, Abstract Bitonality, Polysuspension (The Oscillatory Dimension) 3. Dodecametrics (The Spatial Dimension)

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CELTIC-BREIZH for CITTERN or BOUZOUKI. (BREST is a port in BRITTANY). The tuning is as follows: DGCF. But it is simply a tone below the EADG typically used. The reason for this tuning is to gain a tonality approaching the MANDOCELLO.

Dhrupad was structured originally around the poetic and melodic- rhythmic material from the tradition of devotional music practiced in the Vaishnava temples. Its entry into a secular environment paved the way for the acceptance of appropriate changes in poetic content, and mode of presentation.