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dc.contributor.authorMani, Charulatha
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-21T01:27:28Z
dc.date.available2020-01-21T01:27:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn2246-8498
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390674
dc.description.abstractThis paper aligns the fundamental principles of Somaesthetics with pressing issues in the field of voice in Karnatik music, the music of Southern India. In doing so, it unpacks a composition and singing process from a bodily perspective, uniquely weaving together the philosophies of yoga and body awareness into the pragmatic paradigm of vocalised and perceived sound. After laying out an initial theoretical foundation and rationale, the author, a Karnatik singer, unpacks her journey into composing and recording an intercultural musical piece that incorporates Western harmony into the monodic melody type typical of the Karnatik system, a Raga. She uses journaling as her tool, and cross-references her reflections with those of her singing collaborator and sister, who is also a professional singer and yoga practitioner. The musical creation, Sonic River, in conjunction with written accounts of lived experience from both artists and certain yogic poses, as photographs, cumulatively forge an understanding of the crucial role of body awareness in achieving and inspiring a fulfilling and free artistic expression, particularly in the context of voice.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherAalborg University Press
dc.publisher.placeDenmark
dc.publisher.urihttps://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/JOS/article/view/3334
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom67
dc.relation.ispartofpageto85
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Journal of Somaesthetics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDrama, theatre and performance studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMusic composition and improvisation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMusicology and ethnomusicology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode360403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode360302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode360306
dc.titleCompoSing Awareness: Somaesthetics, Karnatik music and the Voice
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMani, C, CompoSing Awareness: Somaesthetics, Karnatik music and the Voice, The Journal of Somaesthetics, 2019, 5 (2), pp. 67-85
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.date.updated2020-01-20T06:00:28Z
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gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2019. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorMani, Charulatha


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