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Maddy's Ramblings
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Maddy's Ramblings is a personal blog at maddy06.blogspot.com about history and culture. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-06, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
The linked post covers the harmonium's checkered history in India. The commenter quotes it while contrasting the harmonium with the violin in Indian music, including gāyaki style and gamaka ornaments.
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A Blog covering Indian history, Kerala, Malabar, music, books, films, personalities events and many issues of importance
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It is interesting to juxtapose the feelings of Indian musicians towards two Western instruments: the harmonium and the violin. The latter has been so enthusiastically embraced that it has long since displaced even the vīṇā in popularity. Being a fretless, bowed, string instrument, the violin is exceptionally good at the gāyaki ('as sung') style and in bringing out the ornaments, or gamaka , that are so pervasive in…
Comment linking /2018/10/the-violin-in-carnatic-music.html
on “The Harmonium and its checkered history in India”Submitted Aasha – and the Royal Game of Ur as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Harmonium and its checkered history in India as a story · 1 points
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