11 | Prof. Anurag Gupta | Acoustics of ancient Indian musical instruments (1) | 13 March 2019

Описание: In the first lecture, I will give an introductory lecture on physics of Indian Musical Instruments. The emphasis will be on highlighting the unique design features in some of our musical instruments, discussing their history, and also exposing simplistic mathematical models using which these can be studied systematically. We will restrict our attention to percussion instruments such as Tabla and Iddakka, and the drone instrument Tanpura. I will also discuss the historicity of these unique design features in classical Indian musical instruments.

In the second lecture, I will discuss aspects of acoustics in the reconstruction of ancient Indian musical instruments. In this respect, I will present some of our recent work on reconstructing Ektantri Vina, a popular Vina between the 10th and 15th centuries CE. We will deliberate on lessons to be learnt in science, technology, and archaeology from such an exercise. I will emphasize open research avenues and challenges in these pursuits.

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