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It is interesting to see an article about music, the Indian subcontinent and harmoniums and not see a reference to whether Indian music scales (raags) can be f
by j45 4y ago
It is interesting to see an article about music, the Indian subcontinent and harmoniums and not see a reference to whether Indian music scales (raags) can be fully played on a harmonium with modifications.
- ofalkaed 4y agoThey are not difficult to tune and they do tune them but they are used like any other fixed pitch instrument in Indian music, the more easily tuned instruments tune to the more difficult to tune instrument.
- jaipilot747 4y agoWhy wouldn't they be? They still use the same 12 notes that correspond to keys on a harmonium.
- j45 4y agoI’m looking for a different link but this explains it I think https://chandrakantha.com/forums/?p=post%2Fnotes-on-the-harmonium-10599150 https://chandrakantha.com/forums/?p=post%2Fnotes-on-the-harm...
- downsplat 4y agoPeople have made harmoniums with modifications to play the 22 shrutis of carnatic music, and with those you can probably more or less approximate the right tones for most hindustani raags too, but it's rare, your average harmonium probably just does bog standard western-style equal temperament. As the article says though, the main limitation of this kind of instrument is that it cannot generate glissandos (meend) and ornamented notes (gamaka).