The Bamboo Flute-Techniques for Beginners and Intermediate Flautists
By Rasika Shekar
The Bamboo Flute - Expression Embellishments and Ornamentation
Flute playing techniques and methods to practice - This session, we'll take a look at the types of ornamentation and gamaks in flute playing both from an Indian classical and western music point of view.To give your playing and melodies more life, color and motion, we’ll cover a few aspects to like :
- Embellishments like gamaks, meend, grace notes, oscillations
- Rhythmic ornamentation
- Volume control & dynamics
This is open to all levels of flute players, all instrumentalists and vocalists as well. Do send in your questions before the sessions. I'd love to cover them during the class and/or at the interactive Q&A section at the end of the sessions. See you soon!
Medium
English, Tamil
Difficulty
intermediate
Duration
90 Minutes
Recording
Available
This Workshop is a part of the series:
The Bamboo Flute - Expression Embellishments and Ornamentation
With Rasika Shekar
1.
The Bamboo Flute - Expression Embellishments and Ornamentation CompletedRecording Available
₹600
2.
The Bamboo Flute - Deconstructing songs- Transcription methods and Ear-training CompletedRecording Available
₹600
3.
The Bamboo Flute - Techniques for Improvisation CompletedRecording Available
₹600
Submitted questions
Questions can be submitted by the attendees of the session till 1 hour before the session starts. The host goes through them and discusses the relevant one in depth during the session.
About the Artist
Rasika Shekar
Flautist, singer, composer, Rasika Shekar is an alumni and scholarship recipient at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her music education began at the age of seven, training in Carnatic music and continues to be molded by her gurus. Rasika’s music is an amalgam of decades of learning in the Carnatic and Hindustani tradition of music. She effortlessly fuses her rooted Indian sensibilities with global genres to create a soundscape so unique, that it shines like a crepuscular ray in today’s contemporary music scene. Her distinctive sound as a vocalist and flautist has led her to collaborate with some of the biggest names internationally like John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, classical legends like Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Shujaat Ali Khan, and many other renowned artists. She has been featured in shows like MTV Coke Studio, SRGMP, KBC and lent her voice to Bollywood films.
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