How to Play Basic Sitar : How To Tune a Sitar

[whyyesyes]

I'm having trouble tuning my sitar. What notes should the strings be tuned to? Is there an online tuner that plays each tuned string?

[sonnetg]

Thank you very much for posting this video. I was wondering what scale you tune the sympathetic strings? Is is D major or D minor, if neither, then what is it? Thanks once again.

[dreamerjazz352]

click 0:54. soooo trippy man!

[kingramesses]

where can i buy one those electric tempora

[rogan71]

I want to buy a sitar, but want a good one...Not an ornament....Any idea what I should be looking for? And price?

[stripes5150]

damn this woman is like the martha stewart of sitars

[GunTotinHippie]

@stripes5150

has a similar voice, doesn't she?

[stripes5150]

@GunTotinHippie She does but she is awesome! I want one someday :)

[luiza177music]

I just got mine.. damn this is hard to tune. I just snapped two strings

[dzxdogg]

tuning will come automaticly when u are use to ur sitar..

[mykylc]

When I purchased my Sitar...it took three weeks alone just to research and learn how to tune it properly. Not only tuning the strings but also making sure the frets are intonated as well to the correct notes. It's been fun...but when everything is dialed in...that's when it comes alive. The sympathetics really ring out. Those sympathetic tuning keys can be heck on the fingers too...I bought a tuning handle for those. It saves my fingers.

[cactusleaf]

@mykylc Yeah man.. it's insane to watch her turn those things with her bare hands. I can't do that with mine. And I know what you're saying about coming alive.. when every string is in perfect tune, harmonics are lining up, sympathetics are dead on and tuned to the harmonics of the low Sa and Pa strings.. suddenly the instrument breathes with life! Everything starts ringing out and it's like a wash of beauty when you start playing. Good stuff.

[ShadowT23]

@cactusleaf i play guitar but i think it would be cool to have a citar

[calvery28]

just pause it every time she tunes a string and tune it to the same tone

[hiaseldri]

still out of tune

[shredfix1993]

where do you buy sitars because i realy want one

[MasterThibodeaux]

Andreas Inc

[calvery28]

i got mine off ebay

[calvery28]

about 200-300$ btw

[adixest]

hey its too fast ... nobody who wants to learn playing the sitar is able to tune the instrument in some seconds

[HexagonalBolts]

I might make a slower paced easier to follow video on how to play the sitar, I'm new to the instrument so I understand how complicated it is to a beginner

[nikguitar07]

:-) i think that she just shows that the sympathetic strings are tuned according to a scale (.. not to a chord) .. my guess is that the tuning of these strings depends on the scale / raga you play. If this is the case, it wouldnt make much sense to do it slowly.

[dg110710]

Thank you very much

[Obelo2]

Haribol

please, could you take more time to explain and show how excactly the tuning goes? Without the tampura

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