Derek Charke - Raga Terah (for flute quintet)

Raga Terah for flute quintet (4 C flutes and 1 bass flute). Premiered at the 2014 National Association Flute Convention in Chicago. This recording is multi tracked flutes (Derek Charke). For more information visit https://charke.com/works/ragaterah.htm

Raga Terah is not based on an authentic Raga, but rather attempts to create a meditative character. It is repetitive and meditative in character. Raga Terah is in 13/16 time. ‘Terah’ is the English translation of the number thirteen in Hindi. Similar to the other Raga flute quartets, Raga Terah plays with several polyrhythmic patterns that define the rhythmic flavour of the piece. Flutes 3 and 4 act an isorhythmic talea, perhaps imitative of the tabla. While the other two voices provide melodic figurations. Many sounds are created with a technique whereby the flutist must enunciate the word ‘cha’ to produce the desired ‘toneless’ and rough sounding effect.

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