Utsav Lal performs Raga Bhairav Alap-Jod-Jhala on the Fluid Piano
Why Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange recommends it
Music Stack Exchange users link it as a concrete example of Hindustani raga on a piano with non-equal tuning, whether discussing tuning, alternate temperaments, or left-hand harmonization patterns.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2018 to 2019.
What it is
A 2010 performance of Raga Bhairav (alap-jod-jhala) by pianist Utsav Lal on the Fluid Piano, a piano adapted to play microtones and gliding Indian classical ornamentation. It runs about nine minutes and is posted on the instrument's own channel.
What people said
Strong rec Ray Butterworth · 2019-11 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “Was equal temperament caused by the invention of the piano, or was it inevitable?”
@Rusi, that's an amazing performance you provided a pointer to, Utsav Lal performs Raga Bhairav Alap-Jod-Jhala on the Fluid Piano - YouTube [this video] .
Recommends dry leaf · 2018-10 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “How do modern performers harmonize Hindustani classical music?”
The following can be said to be the typical left hand patterns: To generate the chikari effect in alap, jod and jhala, and even in the later sections. Watch here how the left hand is harmonizing the reference notes [this video] Use in melodic sections by completing the melody with both hands. Even if one distant note comes from the left hand, it can bring some relief to the right hand, especially if the right hand wants to move in the opposite direction. Watch here how both hands are participating in the melodic patterns [LINK] For speedy completion of long taans spanning multiple octaves. To double up the sound by playing exactly the same notes that the right hand plays. Watch here how notes are
Cites Rusi · 2019-02 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “Is practicing on a digital piano harmful to an experienced piano player?”
tl;dr Yes it spoils the touch I prefer electronic (still!) for other reasons most centrally alternate tunings I believe it also has contributed to spoiling my ears Yeah its a tough choice ! In more detail I grew up on an old upright hard steinway and also a schiedmayer boudoir grand. (And Bach and Beethoven were the only guys that mattered!) I find the sheer physical exercise of driving wood satisfying at a level that an electronic imitation never matches… but this is not a musical aspect of the discussion. After some twelve years of having no piano got a Casio celviano with something strange called alternate tunings — Werkmeister Kirnberger Just... and the usual equal. And found that even s
Cites Rusi · 2019-07 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “How to find music outside the 12TET system”
@phoog You can try this small experiment to check "tuning matters more than instrument" Here [this video] is a performance. Make a bunch of people hear it without seeing it. Make another see without hearing. And ask them all "What instrument did you see/hear and from which region of the world (if not western) "?