Blog Post 5: Indian Classical music

This musical piece of Indian Classical music is performed by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. The comments from the youtube account describe him as the reigning king in hindustani classical music, especially vocals. Joshi demonstrates delicate vocal control even at age 82 with his strong vocal ornamentations. Some the elements recognized in this piece is the use of solo improvisionation. Joshi seems to improv most of the piece. The drummer accompaniament (tabla) is in the piece and it does create a very cyclical conception of meter within the piece (tala). The comments also speak of how Joshi was trained by prominent gurus from his youth to develop his soloistic vocal skills. There also seems to be an ensemble of sitars, tablas, The raga of the piece would be difficult for my naive eyes todetect but it is most likely their and probably contributes to a very devotional type mood to help emphasize the religious aspect of the musical piece.