http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fu2s2H-hlc
After the interview part, this video has a great example of tala talk, the Indian tabla-related art of vocalizing rhythms. I think this a really cool application of a type of babbling because you can do some really fast or complicated rhythms with this technique, and a lot of it seems to me to be about loosening your tongue. This video also has a great example of call and response (between the tabla player and everyone else), something that you hear in drum circles and other types of improvisation.
That "tala talk" is most commonly referred to as "solkatu" by the Indian musicians I've met (mostly from southern India). There's an interesting article here: http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/bol_percussion.html.
ReplyDeleteWow the babbling in this was really cool. It even aided in introducing the song even. Definitely if there was a way to master babbling I would say this would be a prime example. I wish we had been able to get to this level with babbling.
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