Re: creative ennui question/Oblique Strategies.....ragas

[Kriist@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/26/99 7:10:47 AM !!!First Boot!!!, tcn62@ici.net 
writes:

> and a disclaimer: Just because I jot down an exotic ethnic scale on the
>  back of a slip of paper doesn't mean that I in any way consider myself 
>an
>  expert in the musics of India, Java, Bali, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, etc.,
>  and I hope I didn't imply otherwise in my earlier posting. Asian and 
>Middle
>  Eastern musics are among the world's most challenging, and are generally
>  characterized by students sitting at the feet of their teachers for 
>years
>  of disciplined study before being so presumptuous as to lay claim to any
>  musical proficiency. My suggestion of using ragas and gamelan scales 
>drawn
>  at random from a hat can certainly lead to some interesting and original
>  results, particularly in the context of something like Oblique 
>Strategies,
>  and can be extremely enjoyable, but is NOT in any way a claim of
>  proficiency, expertise or authenticity. It IS, however, one of many 
>ways to
>  get out of the type of stagnant rut we have been discussing in this 
>thread,
>  and it IS a good way to expose oneself to some great music. 
>  
>  Have fun,
>  
>  Tim
>  

Again, thank you.

Rodrigo