Three Pentatonic Scales

Symmetric, pentatonic ragas are fun to play and experiment with, since most lend themselves to a great deal of experimentation. Maybe its just me, but my initial explorations of audava ragas was rather restricted. Although guided by some knowledge of the popular ones, I was (and still am) largely oblivious to most. The ones I have [...]

A Distorted Marriage of Two Five Place Melodies

I have rarely cranked up the distortion on my amplifier, but have been discovering some of the distortion effects and the degrees to which they can affect the notes at different pitches, during slides, bends, and so on. It has been fascinating, and I have had to look at the old Jimi Hendrix pieces for [...]