Is Musical Truth Concrete?

[uday_shankar]

I think so ! With the right mixture of cement, sand and curing time, it is possible to create concrete with acoustic properties similarity to these granite and sandstone pillars of Hampi. I've personally tested 1 inch thick concrete slabs with reasonably stable resonant frequencies .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2EioZu ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3oX2Uh_cs

[cmlover]

Brilliant Uday!
The following 'columns' distilled and adapted from the entablature of a famous musician will add validity and strength to the 'musical truth' of the columns of Hampi.

"Musical truth is concrete--in its genesis and in its experience. The engines of its meaning are not represented on its surface--the source of its renewal will not be found there--in the architectural style. Music that is arrived by the appropriation of quick-sand (sound misspelled) cannot be real. The vast cultural legacy exacts such a centrifugal force (500psi) that it tempts us to go shopping in a hardwood store of styles--but our engagement in pre-cast contexts is only legitimised when articulated--through the small joints (piDis in carnatic parlance) inside. Music that is arrived at by the articulation of style cannot but be real. No matter how simple the technical means or manner of expression, it is only through this process that we can ever hope to convey our interior experience with which, at its still centre, music is joined."
(after) Steve Topping (jazz musician)."

Perhaps scientists like you.arun,VK, (?)Ranganayaki can expound the complex structure of these 'melodic and rhythmic constructions'.

[uday_shankar]

cmlji,
Brilliant yourself ! I think that adaptation of Steve Topping cements it for me .

[arasi]

Uday,
Thank you

CML, What can I say?!!

[appu]

Uday,


Thank you for that link. Loved it.

Regards