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Coarticulation and Gesture: An Analysis of Melodic Movement in South Indian Raga Performance (2016)
Journal Article
Pearson, L. (2016). Coarticulation and Gesture: An Analysis of Melodic Movement in South Indian Raga Performance. Music Analysis, 35(3), 280-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/musa.12071

This article presents an analysis of small-scale melodic movement in South Indian rāga performance employing the concept of coarticulation, defined here as the tendency for the performance of a unit to be influenced by that which precedes or follows... Read More about Coarticulation and Gesture: An Analysis of Melodic Movement in South Indian Raga Performance.

Gesture and the sonic event in Karnatak music (2013)
Journal Article
Pearson, L. (2013). Gesture and the sonic event in Karnatak music. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3918

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between gesture and music in the context of a Karnatak vocal lesson recorded in Tamil Nadu, South India in September 2011. The study aims to examine instances of correspondence between gesture and s... Read More about Gesture and the sonic event in Karnatak music.