Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Youtube video on North Indian Classical Music

I found this video on youtube on classical Hindustani music from this musician named Deepti Omchery Bhalla. Her music has eight beats to this specific classical song. She is playing veena while making ornamentations in her song. Her voice is never false seto always using original voice. I believe she is singing in Sanskrit. I really think besides the veena which is a chordophone, she is also using the atuvangum to make that ringing sound. Apparently, she is singing about her belief in her god. When she is singing she really emphasizes on the downbeats but I really think that her music is homophonic. The Performer’s name is Deepti Omchery Bhalla and she is singing Bhajan Tulsi das India. This particular performer is wearing traditional Indian clothes which I think is referred to as a sari. It is a green sari with a yellow band. She is sitting comfortably in what seems like a temple with marble floors and red pillars. Her environment is this open area that is very serene with flowers. In the exact video, the audience will be whoever is watching the video and listening to her because I really don’t see anyone else in this video except Deepti Omchery Bhalla. It seems that Deepti is singing in broad day light which indicates early morning. The distinctive timbre in her voice to me really suggests that this kind of song is north Indian classical besides the title being Hindustani.

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