[AccessD] Last Business Day of the Month

[Arthur Fuller]

Rocky,

There's one rag called Himpalasi, in 17 beats. As a decidedly horrid tabla
player, I was lost after the intro, when they settled into the beat...
4-3-4-3-3, and a 1! Super-simple for a guy who could barely keep up with
Dave Brubek's Take Five. LOL. I remember attending a concert at Ontario
Science Centre with Ali Ahkbar Khan, Alla Rhaka (Zak's dad), Shivkumar
Sharma (santoor player) and Bismilla Khan (bamboo flute player), and they
went into Himpalasi. I was lost before they got back to the Sam (1) beat.

Don't know whether I mentioned it on previous post, but my first book about
programming was dedicated to Zakir.  He taught me a lot about coding.

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:39 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do like tabla. And sitar. I had a couple of albums of Ali Akbar Khan.
> Peaceful music.  I got to like it when I was traveling about India.  I
> would always try to find someplace where they were playing.
>
> But the rhythms I could never master.  One of the pieces we're playing in
> orchestra this session is in 5/4 time. That's hard enough.
>
> Our Western minds are attuned to 3/4 and 4/4.
>
> But I digress...
>
> r
>
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 3:02 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Wow, Rocky! Who knew such a seemingly innocent question could lead to
> such
> > horror stories? Well, all in the spirit of coding, I guess, and that's
> why
> > we love it.
> >
> > I am at work on a pair of short stories and a piece of journalism. There
> > was another screenplay in the works but currently it's on the back
> burner.
> > That's where I started, and it looks as if that's where I'm ending up. I
> > hope that once I've completed the two stories, I'll get back to the
> > screenplay.
> >
> > Not relevant to the topic, Rocky, but I wonder if you know of one of my
> > favorite musicians ever -- Zakir Hussain? He's perhaps the foremost tabla
> > player in the world. I dedicated my first book about programming to him,
> > and for a reason, although that reason might make sense only to me. He
> > taught me about the rhythm of coding. If you don't know his stuff, I'd
> > suggest beginning with "Making Music", with Zakir, John McLaughlin and a
> > few others. The interplay between John and Zakir is astounding.
> > o
> >
> > --
> > Arthur
> > --
> > AccessD mailing list
> > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> > https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
> >
> --
> AccessD mailing list
> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> https://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>


-- 
Arthur