par Weisser, Stéphanie 
;Demoucron, Matthias
Référence 163rd Meeting Acoustical Society of America/ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG KONG Hong Kong 13 - 18 May 2012(13-18 May 2012: Hong Kong), Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings, Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings (15), 035006 (2012)
Publication Publié, 2014-09-15
;Demoucron, MatthiasRéférence 163rd Meeting Acoustical Society of America/ACOUSTICS 2012 HONG KONG Hong Kong 13 - 18 May 2012(13-18 May 2012: Hong Kong), Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings, Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings (15), 035006 (2012)
Publication Publié, 2014-09-15
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| Résumé : | Most chordophones of the contemporary classical Hindustani tradition are characterized by the presence of numerous sympathetic strings (taraf), sometimes up to over 30. Generally tuned according to the rag, they are inserted within the handle of the plucked lutes sitar and sarod, and next to and below the main strings of the bowed fiddle sarangi. In some cases (e.g. some of sarangi's taraf and all of the sitar's taraf) are also equipped with a curved bridge, increasing the spectral richness of the sounds produced by these strings. Players consider the taraf's response as fundamental to the instrument's sound. Based on field recordings realized at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (Kolkata, India) this study aims to determine the contribution of these strings to the resulting sound of the different instruments and settings. Acoustical analyses are complemented with ethnomusicological analyses, in order to evaluate the taraf's aesthetic, musical and perceptual role. |
