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Raga rock is rock or pop music with a pronounced Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar, tambura, and tabla. The term "raga" refers to the specific melodic modes used in Indian classical music. The style emerged as part of the psychedelic rock aesthetic in the 1960s.
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Raga rock is rock or pop music with a heavy Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar and tabla. More recently, scholars have included British rock music from the 1960s and 1970s that utilizes South Asian musical materials, along with instruments and Western ideas of ...
Abstract. In this paper we analyse one particular interaction: the development of a self-consciously “Eastern”-sounding music within Western pop music. We understand this in the context of several “journeys to the East”: some virtual (the interest in oriental religions, the adoption of Eastern musical forms) and some real (the journeys ...
- Brian Ireland, Sharif Gemie
- 2017
Feb 14, 2019 · Music. George, Ravi, and the rise of ‘Raga Rock’. 14th February 2019. George, Ravi, and the rise of ‘Raga Rock’. By Aidan Tinsley. Aidan Tinsley explores George Harrison’s famous relationship with Ravi Shankar and how the influence of Indian music has infiltrated the UK’s popular music scene. Categories: Music.
In the case of raga rock there are two main “solutions” or modes of assimilation. 1) The assumption of “surface” aspects, the mere sound of the Indian music. 2) The assumption of certain ...
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