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Post by Simba on Mar 10, 2013 8:26:03 GMT
Being an Indian, I'd love to share some Indian music, I think if you like Hayley you'd like music like this, this is Shreya Ghoshal one of our top singers, and I think she's Hayley of our country, very versatile too. She can sing anything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3K-HO7HtvwThose songs are in Hindi. Pi's lullaby from the movie Life of Pi, is by Bombay Jayshree, and Indian singer, and has sung in my mother tongue, Tamil. It was nominated for the oscars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbxdqCi_AQ |
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Post by stevemacdonald on Mar 11, 2013 5:30:48 GMT
Wow, Shreya Ghoshal's good. Definitely the Hayley Westenra of Indian music if there ever was one! My only previous exposure to this music was at Indian restaurants where Bollywood soundtracks are always playing in the background. Shreya Ghoshal has a much more listenable voice than the other singers I've heard in this genre.
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Post by Simba on Mar 11, 2013 15:44:59 GMT
I'm glad you like it! Like Western music, major radio plays are of junk music XD....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2013 19:45:08 GMT
I like her voice as well, Simba. Indian music in general seems to use alot of those dancing melodies where two or three notes are sometimes put together very quickly, which sounds very interesting compared to most western music. I noticed the same idea when l checked out a few videos of Sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who I'm sure you're familiar with. Actually, I always thought part of "Amalia por Amor" sounded a bit like it was inspired by Indian music, because Hayley sings a few lines in this way I'd hardly call it Indian music, but THIS song by guitar virtuoso Steve Vai has a similar flavor, at least to my American ears  -Rory |
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Post by Simba on Mar 12, 2013 12:22:49 GMT
Hmm yes, it's got some Indian essence here and there And yes in Indian music we have a lot of types, like Hindustani, Ghazal and Carnatic, the Carnatic music is one of the most popular and prominent and sometimes even fits over 10 notes in a second, which is not singable by just any person, but a classically trained person. Hayley often chooses not to do ornamentations in her songs which while is osm, I'm sure she should try more complex songs that'd make people thing, oh my gawd I cannot sing this. Portion from the "Bridal Ballad" where she responds to a violin piece with her vocalise shows her technical capabilities, always found that bit stunning. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 15:29:11 GMT
Indeed, her voice is capable of amazing things. However straightforward, I think Lezione di Musica reminds us of that everytime we hear it  -Rory |
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Post by Simba on Mar 12, 2013 15:40:20 GMT
Yes while that is indeed quite challenging, I'm sure she could do a lot more. Not an angelic voice, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX3eo4dEJZU but this woman Nithyashree is capable of singing some really complex songs. This song is an example, around 4:45 through she does a vocalese that has a lot of notes falling into place within a quick span of time. This song is like purely classical for us, whereas Shreya was classical crossover. This would be opera equivalent. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 17:48:38 GMT
That does sound quite challenging, although at that speed it becomes difficult for a listener to even distinguish the notes. I've noticed that these Indian singers seem to sing in an interesting legato style, where instead of leaving spaces between the notes they actually 'travel' to the next note, so all of the microtones in between the semitones are there. I've heard this before about Indian music, that they are known to use microtones (or quarter steps). Very distinguished and unique though, but maybe a bit beyond my palette. I very much like the scales and tonality though, alot of Phrygian Dominant, Double Harmonic, and Major Pentatonic in the examples you've shared, if you're familiar with these
-Rory
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Post by Bamafan on Mar 13, 2013 4:21:23 GMT
It would be interesting if Hayley ever did something of that nature... It's pretty cool! But, I think the likelihood of our Hayley performing a Bollywood musical number anytime soon is rather slim. -Taylor i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif |
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Post by Simba on Mar 14, 2013 13:26:09 GMT
I'd also include Chromatic to your list of scales, which is a major base for Carnatic ragas. Bamafan: Indeed, it'd be amazing, Canadian classically trained vocalis Natalie di lucco had an interest for singing bollywood music and uploaded some videos on Utube which reached million views and now she's working with one of our country's oscar award winning composers A.R. Rahman. The song "how many stars" which Hayley sung back then with Teddy appeared in "Bombay dreams" is composed by A.R. Rahman and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, So it'd be wonderful to hear Hayley to collaborate with A.R. Rahman, she could win the whole Indian market.... Here's Hayley's song . Love the way she sings this one |
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Post by Richard on Mar 14, 2013 14:27:37 GMT
Sorry Simba, but that video is a complete track from Hayley's live DVD, so I removed the link from your post for copyright reasons. However, I can allow this clip of Bombay Dreams because it was uploaded by the Really Useful Group on their official channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7xGhiMdXC8For your information, Andrew Lloyd Webber owns the Really Useful Group. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Useful_GroupRichard  |
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Post by Libby on Mar 14, 2013 22:01:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2013 2:45:27 GMT
Just caught THIS on Later with Jools Holland. Immensely melodic -Rory |
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Post by Richard on Apr 5, 2013 7:34:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2013 14:44:26 GMT
The sitar is a crazy instrument. It has tons of 'sympathetic' strings inside the neck that resonate with the main strings. Also, they make electric guitars that are designed to sound like the sitar, I wanna get one! -Rory |
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