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by HungryGuy on November 22nd, 2004

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Why does Indian music (from India) seem to sound off-key?

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  • by Jeremiah Britt on November 29th, 2004

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    Western music is based on a 12-note, repeating and mathematic scale. Eastern music is based on a different palette (to mix metaphors) made up of different collections of notes organized not by ordered blocks but by meticulous melodies and rules (in the middle east "maqams"). If you're used to one or the other the new music sounds as alien and exotic as speech from a different language family from most western tongues (protoindoeuropean).
    Give it some time and you can grow to like it. Trust me.

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    • Eastern music is divine.

      Alatea

      by Alatea on November 3rd, 2005

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