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Class 1
8/28/12 

We learned a gat (a "gat" is like a "head" in jazz- it is a main melody from which improvisation takes off) in Rag Iman Kalyan. We all played line 1 of the gat with a few different embellishments, and learned part of line 2. Arjun playes all of line 2 for us on the below recording, so we can learn on our own. He also gave the assignment to learn the main gat from a recording we can get on Itunes (hear the "assignment" recording below).

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iman_kalyan_gat.mp3
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iman_kalyan_gat_learning_line_2.mp3
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iman_kalyan_gat_more_learning_line_2.mp3
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iman_kalyan_gat_whole_line_2.mp3
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iman_kalyan_variation_1.mp3
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assignment_8_28_12.mp3
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Class 2
12/11/12 

We continued with Rag Iman Kalyan and did some improvisation within tintal, coming back to pieces of the gat. We also learned some exercises for ornaments and gamak (glissandi or portamento).
ornaments_1.mp3
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gamak_gliss_1.mp3
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iman_kalyan_improv.mp3
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Class 3
1/8/13 

We practiced simple ascending and descending scale in Iman Kalyan and added gamaks to it. We learned 3 key phrases and practiced them as Alap (un-metered) and within the teen-tal (16 beat cycle), then combined it with the Gat ("head"). Word!
ascending_and_descending-_iman_kalyan.mp3
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ascending_and_descending_with_gamaks-_iman_kalyan.mp3
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3_key_phrases-_alap.mp3
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key_phrases_in_teen-tal.mp3
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key_phrases_in_gat.mp3
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Our Work with Iman Kalyan so far:
1. Scale up and down with gamaks- Class 3
2. Gamak Exercises- Class 2

3. 3 Ornaments- Class 2
4. Gat (head) with 2nd line- Class 1
5. 2 Tans (variation runs, for learning fast improv)- Class 1
6. Improvising within gat (teen-tal)- Class 2
7. Key phrases as Alap and within Teen-Tal- Class 3


Also- listen and learn from the recording Blessings of the Heart- Ali Akbar Khan (Available on Itunes)

Class 4
2/6/13

We learned a new rag- "Madhu Vanti" which has minor 3rd and sharp 4, with no 2 or 6 in the ascending. Ascends starting on the 7. The gat is in Jap Tal, which is 10 beats.
jap_tal.mp3
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ascending_descending.mp3
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gat.mp3
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tan.mp3
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ti_hi_1.mp3
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ti_hi_2.mp3
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