Composers and Tradition in Karnatic Music

Benary, Barbara

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“…The main emphasis of the system is vocal music, known as the 'Gayaki' style [1]. A notable trait of the genre is the use of microtonal variations, where musical notes (Swaras) of phrases are almost always performed with ornamentation called 'gamakas'.…”

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Design of Hathaani - A Robotic Violinist for Carnatic Music

Sankaranarayanan

Weinberg

Nime 2021

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We present a novel robotic violinist that is designed to play Carnatic music -a music system popular in the southern part of India. The robot plays the D string and uses a single finger mechanism inspired by the Chitravina -a fretless Indian lute. A fingerboard traversal system with a dynamic finger tip apparatus enables the robot to play gamakas -pitch based embellishments in-between notes, which are at the core of Carnatic music. A double roller design is used for bowing which reduces space, produces a tone that resembles the tone of a conventional violin bow, and facilitates super human playing techniques such as infinite bowing. The design also enables the user to change the bow hair tightness to help capture a variety of performing techniques in different musical styles. Objective assessments and subjective listening tests were conducted to evaluate our design, indicating that the robot can play gamakas in a realistic manner and thus, can perform Carnatic music.

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“…Considering these requirements, we present a novel design of a robotic violinist that plays Carnatic music 1 . It is shown in Figure 1.…”

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confidence: 99%