In the Neanderthaal world of human beings bone flutes were used for tuning replaced by bamboo flutes . By 3500 BC , during the time of Krishna , flute has become a major instrument through which 16008 raga could be played .In 1711 Luther John invented tuning fork and showed that it is more accurate than tuning flutes which were used before. We have to ask two questions. 1 .Was the tuning fork invented by Luther John in 1711 ? Answer is an emphatic no.Because in BC 1500 Egyptian statue of a Pharaoh has tuning fork in his hand. Its structure and sound wave is shown in a separate sculpture nearby . 2 Is the tuning fork better than a flute in accuracy ? The answer again is no. The flute is a sophisticated later wind instrument for playing raga and tuning fork is a metallic instrument which produce a simple harmonic series , but cannot play a complex raga . Doppler effect :-All of us know Doppler effect now and we also know that it is applied in medicine for echocardiography and in astrophysics in spectrum shifts .Did the ancients know the Doppler effect ? What was the name they used for it ? How did they explain it ? Searching for such problematic questions I found the answer in a variety of books , including the Upanishad, Musicology texts, Literary theories like dhwani , and in Jyothisha and thanthra . This actually surprised me initially . Because I never thought this possible in the remote past . In my commentary on Upanishads , I have elaborately discussed how the Upanishadic Dwani and Varna are correctly and scientifically explained by Sankara as the Doppler effect ( but not in his name ! ). The effect of sound and its variations in pitch,intensity, time or rhythms , strength of the musician as well as the listener , and a variety of instruments played along with Vocal makes the infinite possibilities mathematically . Once we understand this the ancient music texts become less confusing , and interpretation becomes more scientific .But for that , we must have belief in our own genetic material and its infinite intelligent potential . We are only the genes of our forefathers .
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:14:00 +0000
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