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Traditional / experimental practice

Ancient Rhythms · The Time of India

In Hindustani music time is a cycle (āvart). First tīntāl: sixteen mātrās in four equal sections (4+4+4+4); the start of the cycle, sam, carries the strongest accent, and the third section plays without the low stroke. Then rūpak: seven mātrās, 3+2+2; its cycle starts on the weak section shown with a wave of the hand (khālī). Finally the same tīntāl, fast. The tabla syllables were turned into two abstract sounds: 'dha' and 'dhin' low and high together, 'na' and 'tin' high only. This is the skeleton of the cycle, not a performance: the positions and order of the strokes come from the sources, the sounds are abstract percussion timbres. There is no claim of any effect.

8 minNo headphones needed

Liner notes

Strikes
Percussion ×3
What do you hear?
busy

3 layers, one sound engine; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

  1. Percussion−8 dB

    Percussion · a 28-stroke pattern, cycle 10 s

  2. Percussion−6 dB

    Percussion · a 9-stroke pattern, cycle 6.25 s

  3. Percussion−13 dB

    Percussion · a 27-stroke pattern, cycle 2.5 s

  • Reverb: room, 12% mix

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Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 6 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.

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B: neighbours on the map

8 trials, half of them the same sound; get at least 7 right and the difference is audible. The result stays on this device.

What do we know, what don't we know?

S · Soundscape, no claim

No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.

This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.

A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.

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