Bhupali (Indian Jasmine)
Michael Robinson
About this work:
Indian Jasmine is based on Raga Bhupali, a universal pentatonic scale. This raga is traditionally played in the early evening. Indian Jasmine uses sitar for the melodic voice. I have never to this day heard Bhupali played by a sitar except for here. After the alap, the music undergoes a number of tempo increases.
- Michael Robinson, December 1999, Lahaina
© 1999 by Michael Robinson All rights reserved
Year composed: 1997
Duration: 00:29:08
Ensemble type: Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources:Live Electronic Sound Sources
Instrumentation: ,1 Computer/Laptop soloist(s), ,1 Sampler (Keyboard/Other) soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: A computer and sound module are programmed to perform the fully notated composition in real time. Indian Jasmine (Bhupali) is voiced with samples of the following acoustical timbres using Indian tunings: sitar, Indian, Latin American & Near Eastern percussion and two tanpuras.