Todd Ferris Mosby - Indian/Jazz Guitar Virtuoso: Music & DVDS

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Composition built on the Rag Bhim Palasie, an ancient afternoon rag depicting the sun breaking through the clouds in late afternoon to early evening according to my teacher Ustadt Imrat Khan. He used to go to his teachers house and remembered him peroforming this rag many times.

I scored this piece to the movement of the rag melodically and chordally. One of the things which allows this music to cross genres is strict adherence to the rules of rag and harmony. A western person can improvise over the changes and go totally outside the realm of the rag yet the harmony and chordal movement holds it to the tonal center. An Eastern musician can improvise totaly within the rag and have the added beauty of chordal accompaniment wich stays within the rag structure.