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



Rodrigo,

Ooops, i should have made it clear that this was just an obscure lead and
not about ragas.

--greg

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Greg Meredith [SMTP:gregmer@MICROSOFT.com]
        Sent:   Monday, January 25, 1999 7:14 PM
        To:     'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com'
        Subject:        RE: creative ennui question/Oblique
Strategies.....ragas

        Rodrigo,

        A great resource is Henry Cowell's _New Musical Resources_. This 
was
the
        book that inspired Conlon Nancarrow, for example, to do his player
piano
        stuff. It's a brilliant little book and very accessible.

        --greg

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Kriist@aol.com [SMTP:Kriist@aol.com]
                Sent:   Monday, January 25, 1999 6:56 PM
                To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
                Subject:        Re: creative ennui question/Oblique
        Strategies.....ragas

                In a message dated 1/26/99 12:46:42 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
        tcn62@ici.net writes:

                > On the other side I wrote, at random, a key signature or
                >  something such as "D Modal" or a gamelan scale or raga,
or "no
        pitched
                >  sound, highly rhythmic". (You could also write a color 
on
there,
        and use
                Ive been trying to find out about ragas for a bit
                whats a resource for that type of thing?

                and any other obscure leads would be nice

                rodrigo