Classical guitar and tabla: Svaranjali by Simon Thacker, with Sarvar Sabri
Order the Rakshasa album: (also new Trikala double album just released) Svaranjali ( tonal offerings ) is written by guitarist Simon Thacker, here performing with Sarvar Sabri on tabla. They make up half of Simon Thacker s SvaraKanti, an Indian, Western supergroup whose debut Rakshasa is now available. . Svaranjali explores a hybrid scale of A, B, C, D, D,, E, F, G, A, combining the ancient Aeolian mode with the sharpened fourth degree of the blues scale, a scale which has several close relations in the raga system. Classical guitar and tabla work particularly well together because they share a capacity for creating multilayered textures, both having highly developed solo repertoires, as well as a rich variety of tones created directly by flesh contacting the instrument (as opposed to a bow, plectrum, etc).
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