The Daffodil And The Eagle one-word@ml.ee Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:02:37 +0300 * Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] * Next message: one-word@ml.ee: "Rehearsing In Milano" * Previous message: one-word@ml.ee: "Re: MO '74" * From: Bunard Continuing with Shakti's "Natural Elements" (1978): Probably the most beautiful piece in the whole Shakti catalog, "The Daffodil And The Eagle" brings us Shakti in the full bloom (unfortunatelly, this turned out to be their swan song). The form here is ingenious, and the title is brilliant -- it hints towards the fable (although now such encounter between the daffodil and the eagle is known to the average erudite anthropologist). Still, the crystal clear mountain air, that we can almost inhale while listening to this composition, conveyes the story of an ancient encounter. Here, animals speak, flowers speak, even rocks speak! It's a universe that reverberates with life, from the smallest grain of dust to the brightest sun. There are musicologists who maintain that music is not a universal language; that foreign forms leave us cold, cannot touch us. This piece alone is enough to prove them wrong. Eastern form, eastern ethos, ancient images, and yet, so relevant, so ever-present, so applicable to our everyday lives, so universal. Witness the glorious sunset as the song fades out. The eagle spreads his wings and flies away, and everything sinks in the dark red ocean of... primordial something. The encounter between the bird and the flower is finished, the song is sung. Why did it all happen, after all? E|----0-----0--------------| B|----0-----0--------------| G|-6.----6.----6-6-6-6-6-6-| D|-6.----6.----6-6-6-6-6-6-| A|-4.----4.----4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|-------------------------| E|----0-----0--------------| B|----0-----0--------------| G|-------------------------| D|-4.----4.----4-4-4-4-4-4-| A|-4.----4.----4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|-2.----2.----2-2-2-2-2-2-| Repeat the above; E|----------------------------------------9--------| B|------9-------12-9--------------9---------12-9-9-| G|-9-11--------------11------9-11------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------12-9---------------------| B|--------------9.-12.--------12---9.--12-9------| G|-11------9-11-----------------------------11-9-| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------12-9--------------------------| B|-----------9.-12.--------12---9.--12-9-----------| G|11----9-11-----------------------------11-11-9---| D|-----------------------------------------------11| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| etc, etc. The melody is very elaborate, yet simple. It's the meter, again, that throws us off kilter. Enjoy! Alex -------------------------------------------------------------- John McLaughlin mailing list list info: http://www.cs.ut.ee/~andres_d/mclaughlin/mlist.html * Next message: one-word@ml.ee: "Rehearsing In Milano" * Previous message: one-word@ml.ee: "Re: MO '74"