Chapters
1) Introduction
2) Ragas and Talas
3) Melakarta Ragas
4) Concept of 'Srutis'
5) Nasikabushani/Vagadeeswari Ragas as Blues scales
6) Janya Ragas
7) Jazz improvisation with Janya Ragas
8) Minor Blues improvisation
9) Gamakas/Sliding techniques for microtones
10) Blues/ Rock improvisation with microtonal slides
11) Raga Todi
12) Rhythms
13) A sample Carnatic Composition - Sobillu Sapthaswara
14) Finale
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'Ragamorphism' is Prasanna's first guitar instructional DVD.
This DVD reveals the creative force behind Prasanna's outstanding artistry and patented guitar technique, demonstrating Carnatic music as a powerful resource for the modern improviser in Jazz, Blues, Rock and any other contemporary idiom. In an easy to understand conversational approach, Prasanna unlocks the potent wealth of his Carnatic vocabulary, that makes it possible for him to improvise in a way no other guitarist has ever done before.
Exploration of numerous ragas and their applications in soloing over chord changes, the blues, chord voicings derived from Ragas, microtonal slurring and sliding guitar techniques, mathematical treatment of rhythms etc., are just some of the material covered in this power packed 90 minute ride, which includes extensive close-up shots of his guitar playing, all supplemented with professionally laid out music notation. We hope this will open up a whole new world of thought for all musicians, guitarists and ethusiasts that are interested in the fine art of improvisation.
(taken from the sleeve notes)
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