Heres something to fiddle with. Its a little article on the use of electronic tanpuras vs. real live ones, and also why its absolutely essential for every classical musician / trainee to know it perfectly by ear...
To sum it up, the primary points dealt with, in support of real live ones and against the use of electronics substitutes which are gaining good popularity, are the science behind the construction, minor tweaks to achieve tonal quality and the effect with which a real live tanpura can make or break any classical performance.
Whoever thought there was so much acoustic engineering put into the age old tanpura!
Whoever thought there was so much acoustic engineering put into the age old tanpura!
www.medieval.org/music/world/martin_est.html
Kinda same as listening to a classical performance on TV and actually seeing / hearing it live....
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Kinda same with the tanpura....the actual thing creates and maintains the atmostphere...which cannot be achieved by ESTs.
-muttz.
@ RK - Totally... Did u read the article though?
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