Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram

Playing the nāgasvaram shawm involves gestures that are not directly involved in sound production: the instrument is indeed regularly set in motion, vertically, horizontally, or by combining these two planes. Musicians do not generally speak of these gestures and the movements they imply, but they s...

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Main Author: William Tallotte
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Language:English
Published: Éditions de l'EHESS 2012-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/339
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description Playing the nāgasvaram shawm involves gestures that are not directly involved in sound production: the instrument is indeed regularly set in motion, vertically, horizontally, or by combining these two planes. Musicians do not generally speak of these gestures and the movements they imply, but they suggest, sometimes, that their function is to gain the attention of the auditors/spectators, and even to seduce them. This article, from fieldwork carried out in Tamil Nadu, looks into the codes that underlie these gestures and the role, even the meaning, which we can reasonably grant them in various performance situations.
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Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
Transposition
ethnomusicology
South India
attention
instrumental gesture
nāgasvaram shawm
gesture studies
title Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
title_full Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
title_fullStr Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
title_full_unstemmed Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
title_short Captiver/séduire. Note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nāgasvaram
title_sort captiver seduire note sur la gestuelle des joueurs de hautbois nagasvaram
topic ethnomusicology
South India
attention
instrumental gesture
nāgasvaram shawm
gesture studies
url https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/339
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