Dr Thomas Graves
@thomasgraves.bsky.social
Music researcher focussed on South Asia, musical emotion/affect, moral emotion, music & Islam. Open Research Library Assistant at LSE, part-time teacher at Durham University Music Department. AFHEA, he/him. PhD thesis: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/15586/
This is really fascinating! I do wonder whether the presentation of intervals decontextualised from a melodic structure (as in a Western context) might prompt a Western listening schema in Indian musicians, as intervals are presented outside the context of the raga melody, intonation, and chalan?
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is really fascinating! I do wonder whether the presentation of intervals decontextualised from a melodic structure (as in a Western context) might prompt a Western listening schema in Indian musicians, as intervals are presented outside the context of the raga melody, intonation, and chalan?
This is a really great read!
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is a really great read!
Thank you for writing it! Much needed I think!
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thank you for writing it! Much needed I think!
Probably ‘Development as Freedom’ by Amartya Sen
May 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Probably ‘Development as Freedom’ by Amartya Sen
Oh its nice that Chara made it!
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh its nice that Chara made it!