How to Play the Sitar : Using Tanpuras for Accompaniment

[MrWhySoSeriousKhan]

tanpura are mostly for raag singing and would be for having you voice develop as well.

[TheShabinski]

I'll bet her pussy smells like a yak's balls

[NinetiesYouth]

tanpuras are the reason Indian music doesn't have harmony/chord progressions

[lSTAYHlGH]

ive been trying to create stuff like Om's God is good record for a while im glad i figured what it was. now to drop out of life bong in hand

[dzlvs8]

whip out your box. :D

[defyinggeneration]

this instrument sounds beautiful but i mean it seems boring to play thats why i wanna take in sitar

[AGGOZZUR]

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

[pissballs]

Put on your mind relaxer.

Get the tablas out were jammin!

[ColoradoBansuri]

and now for all you that are about to blurt out that i'm saying indian music is the same as jazz or rock and roll.

I'm not. I'm saying that the learning process is not different. Jazz and rock sound like jazz and rock because they operate on a grammatical system. to learn any musical style effectively, one must learn the grammar.

[ColoradoBansuri]

I like her throw pillows and choice of wall paint. My wife would like her scarf, or whatever you call it. I would really like to just hear her play.

[eikogo]

should try slide on tanpura

[android7727]

the sitar is so beautiful sounding

[penta15786]

Indian Classical Music takes a lifetime of learning and then finding out for your own self the amount you can discover.

She knows quite a bit but it does not mean she knows all.

She is offering sound advice to novice or to somebody who is just getting ready t walk into ICM.

[ColoradoBansuri]

penta15786, All music can take a lifetime of learning. It's like science, not a fiction novel. Of course there is no end to what can be produced.

Just because, to us, it's "eastern" music does not make it harder to comprehend. it is music with a grammar and syntax, no different than jazz or rock and roll. It just has to be learned properly and studied.

[iw2mln]

@ColoradoBansuri I fully agree with you. If you start studying western music, it takes also a life time. You discover tha ancient harmonies, then the classic harmony then the contemporary harmony, then all the styles that going over all the harmonic rules and so on.

The music is a infinite world: western as well as eastern. I think that more than concentrate on rues to learn, people should start or better to re-start to feel just the music inside them. It doesn't mean to neglet rules. ;-)

[gnawaserge]

so does this lady, really know how to play? or does she just know the facts and history behind the instruments?

[rezanasseri1]

Tampora is my favourite band. It'd be rad if she whipped out her box. bahaha

[sighisoaraa]

what the hell is that man ? :|

[Brennna]

Why don't you listen and find out?

[dijonH]

there are no rules. find the music yourself.

[thewretchedrod]

i have a question, i'm about to buy an electronic tampura, so is there any "brand" or suggestions you could give me before buying it... wht kind of things should i have in mind before ordering one, thank you very much..! "saludos" from mexico city

[thewretchedrod]

sorry y wrote "taMpura" i was meaning a "tunura".. :)

[priyankeshu]

that is Tanpura

[stephsh69]

they are made much better now. Ragini brand makes a buzzing sound; try the Sony brand tanpura box!

[findpeaceofmind]

Any musical instrument should be as easy as beating on a drum. What I must suggest to take into consideration, is the fact that if you like music or playing any instrument, just imagine that you can do it; I guarantee you it will come to your soul much easier.

[sameersajja]

Try playing famous american songs on the sitar, like the intro to welcome to the jungle by guns and roses and other songs

then other ppl will be interested

this is just basic sitar tuning notes

play some raags and saregams, then show that you know how to play iit well

[13one]

Playing sitar is not about learning welcome to the jungle. Buy an electric sitar (6 string, standard guitar tuning, buzzing bridge) if you want to do that.

[sameersajja]

LOL yea but if you already know how to play, set a cool goal that the people watching will want to get there, and are therefore motivated to get a sitar.

[Scavenger574]

But why do that? The Sitar is renown for its sound and music, Everyone who hears it thing "India" and not "Slash". If you have a unique instrument, play it uniquely. Don't play what everyone else plays.

[XVeriandomNess]

the tanpuras look easier to play, yet more expensive on most sites.

[Gerrard42]

I have just bought a sitar. I have always adored the sound of this instrument.

I don't know how to get the best out of it.

Can anyone help me...I keep snapping the strings.

There must be a "how to string a sitar" on yooutube

[TheSleepingVillage]

ahah yh man... i ewant one but i know it will be fricken hard to get strings pluss i dont have a clue how to play them lol

[MissTake777]

I bought a little book written by Ravi Shankar on how to play sitar.. this is great... than I can easely tune, play, know stuff about my sitar...

Good luck.. playing sitar is VERY great... :) don't stop!

[silverman1410]

I LIKE TO HAVE THIS INSTRAMENT.

[saiph84]

Very informative, thanks :-) I wish I had you as a teacher, there is so much about Indian music I want to learn.

[discharge666]

You people are all such idiots. Yeah - YOU'RE RIGHT, everyone else is wrong. Freakin' morons. Enjoy the music and the education jerks!

[bachanalbaita07]

please visit Egypt, i could listen to your playing for ever.

[tabaranakathe]

good video explanation.

its funny how people below cannot appreciate the information being given and act plain stupid themselves by being narrow-minded.

and it is 'taanpura' as pronounced in the video, not tanpoora or any other weird pronunciation offered below.

[ChhotaNimbooda]

almost all of the spellings use the same pronunciation, and it doesn't mean every other spelling is wrong. It's hard to get one specific way of spelling when translating from a language that doesn't use our same characters.

[ChhotaNimbooda]

Hi! I think the tanpura sounds so nice. Where can I get one that isn't too expensive? Any links would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[djypsydjazz]

Try the lark in the morning website. They sell all types of indian instruments as well as many other types of ethnic instruments. They have good guitars too.

[paragrintook]

what are tuning beads for??

[nathanfornash]

If you want to learn then go to India and learn from an Ustad, not these idiots!

[92959921]

hey, are you from India? I'm a chinese from Cinkappur "Singapore".

[janelle90210]

At 1:00 - " . . . you just whip out your box." GREAT suggestion. Oh, wait, she means that electronic thingy. Dang.

[pm06d]

TANPOORA is the spelling. nice instrument.

[IanMooreMondoCada]

Actually, "cave 82" it can be spelled tamboura or tanpura as well as other variations, seeing as they are both Anglecised and are not in Urdu or Hindhi.

[catharticpoet]

its tanpura, and you spelled hindi wrong too.

[Chase55]

Yo, do the pillows and blanket come with the sitar or something? You sitar players always look so frickin comfy.

[grade4]

Considering to play the sitar you have to be in a half-Lotus position, I think the player wants to be as comfortable as possible.

[ChhotaNimbooda]

Is there something wrong with being comfy??

[dragonforce006]

craaazzy

[cave82]

it's spelled tamboura

[coolcrave]

fantastic stuff here thanks for putting it on

[RFI]

Nice. Now I have a good basis for composing such music. Reminds me of the bagpipes. A constant bass note plays with a melody working off of it.

[etnopinkfloyd]

amazing instrument