Nakul S. Deshpande

contemporary modal music
Cretan lyra with sympathetic strings

Recordings

title	composer	year	mode	length
Placeholder Title One	R. Daly	2026	Hijaz	6:42
Placeholder Title Two	K. Thoma	2025	Saba	9:15
Placeholder Title Three	trad.	2024	Rast	2:30

Placeholder Title One (2026)

Lyra, field recordings. One line about where this came from. [placeholder]

[youtube] [mp3, 6.1 MB] [wav, 68 MB]

COMPOSER  Ross Daly          [placeholder]
MODE      Hijaz on D
TUNING    A3  D4  G4       bowed, low to high
SYMPATH.  D3 Eb3 F#3 G3 A3 Bb3 C4 D4
LENGTH    6:42
RECORDED  Santa Fe, NM, March 2026, one take
PLAYERS   N. Deshpande, lyra

Placeholder Title Two (2025)

Lyra and percussion. Recorded at home in Santa Fe. [placeholder]

[ youtube video embed goes here ]

[youtube] [mp3, 8.4 MB]

COMPOSER  Kelly Thoma        [placeholder]
MODE      Saba on D
TUNING    A3  D4  G4
SYMPATH.  D3 E3 F3 Gb3 A3 Bb3 C4 D4
LENGTH    9:15
RECORDED  Santa Fe, NM, 2025
PLAYERS   N. Deshpande, lyra
          [name], percussion

Placeholder Title Three (2024)

A short sketch. [placeholder]

[mp3, 2.3 MB]

COMPOSER  traditional, Crete
MODE      Rast on G
LENGTH    2:30
RECORDED  2024

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Last updated: October 2026.