… between gesture and music in the context of a Karnatak vocal … correspondence between
gesture and sonic event that occur … on the factors that determine gesture. Shape and trajectory …

… sonic events, but also of sound-producing and other music-related body motions, meaning
that otherwise singular events … both the sonic output of sound-producing actions in music (and …

This thesis presents an examination of gesture in Karnatak music, the art music … Karnatak
music structure from a gestural perspective, looking both at the music itself and at the gestures …

… provide insight into which sonic features are indexed by performers’ gestures, and thus may
… gestures are intermittent in their activity, such that there are moments of vocalization without …

… find ways to transcribe the rich gestural and sonic content. I was overwhelmed by the precise
… On the Carnatic music stage, the new concert attire of female singers was characteristic of a …

… In this study we ask whether there is a systematic relationship between sonic similarity of
motifs … and their concomitant vocalisation need not be synchronised in their concurrent activity. …

… of a South Indian musical style known as Karnatak music, in … is a systematic relationship
between sonic similarity of motifs and … are coupled in time within a gesture-vocal event [13]. For …

… The analysis of similar spontaneous gestures in Carnatic music … Since Hindustani music
consists of language as a sonic … that musical events correspond closely to the kind of gesture …

… South Indian musical practice, Karnatak vocal music, chosen … into which sonic features are
indexed by performers’ gestures, … we know that gestures are intermittent in their activity, such …

… both musicians and listeners, mediated by gestures and vocal … they prepare their gestures
marking this event well in advance… used for pitch tracking, eg Sonic Visualiser, Pratt remains a …