Indic Music Workshops
Publication Date
May 27, 2025
Creators
Description
The workshop led by Sandeep Bhagwati and his technical team centered around two digital scores designed to bridge traditional Indian classical music with contemporary technology. The workshop examined two digital scores—Smruti Ranga, composed by Sandeep Bhagwati, and DigiTabla, created by tabla performer and composer Shawn Mativetsky—which merge Indian classical music with interactive technology. Through collaborative experimentation, musicians engaged with the digital scores to rethink improvisation, notation, and ensemble dynamics. Designed for trained Indian musicians, these scores utilised North Indian Sargam notation while incorporating generative algorithms and colour-coded visual elements to guide the performance. The system presents short raga-derived phrases (yellow) and directives (green) that musicians interpret in real-time, creating a dynamic interplay between fixed structures and open improvisation. Unlike traditional performances that typically follow set forms or teacher-student dynamics, these digital scores encourage collaborative experimentation among multiple musicians, including both vocalists and instrumentalists, while maintaining connections to classical frameworks.
Parent projects:
Digital Score Project
Coverage (Spatial):
Montreal, QC, Nottingham, UK
Collection dates:
January-February, 2025
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Subjects
Subjects (JACS)
Subjects (LC)
Divisions
University of Nottingham, UK Campus
Data type
dataset: questionnaires, interviews, and video recordings
Funders
Funders
European Research Council
Grant Number
ERC-2020-COG – 101002086
Data collection method
questionnaires, semi-structured interview, video recording
Resource languages
English
Publisher
University of Nottingham
Date Issued
May 27, 2025
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