Sitar for Guitar Players: concerto New York City 2011

Sitar for Guitar Players: concerto New York City 2011

Indian Classical Music

The music of India sounds quite exotic to most Western audiences.
Two major reasons for this are the differences between the two traditions in tuning and scales.......

The term Indian Classical Music encompasses two distinct but related traditions.
The Northern Indian tradition is called Hindustani, the Southern Indian Tradition is called Carnatic.
WE will be focused on the Hindustani tradition........

The interest and complexity of its music lies in its melodies and its rhythms.

The sitar is...

The sitar is one of the most well known of Indian music instruments and has gained popularity , both in India as well as the West , over the last few  decades.
The sitar consists of a hemispherical base, a neck that runs into the long stem and the stem itself.
The base, which is made out of a dried large  gourd, is called "tumba" and acts as the sound base or resonating chamber......

concerto New York City 2011

one of our favorites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as3-fDCiU6E&feature=share

tampura

guitar tuning, 1

a nice easy slide guitar tuning, ccGCGC. Especially resonant on dobro. In any case, raise the nut and use a heavy slide. More about nuts and slides later.