Composer John Pitts is today’s guest writer. He has just published a new and fascinating book: Extreme Heterophony: a study in Javanese Gamelan for one or more pianists. John has written several books exploring Indian Raga Music, adapting it to the piano. In this new volume, he continues his exploration into the music of the…
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Indian Raags for piano: John Pitts
My guest writer today is composer John Pitts. John has recently published two volumes of Indian classical raags for the piano. I asked him to shed some light on these books and why they might be of interest to students and teachers. Back in the mid-1990s I spent a year in Pakistan, where my love of…