Jacob Charkey-Cello Indian music -Graduation recital-2

[kirtan4psm]

@ sheyona - hahahaa funny....Well you have a point of using our own indian instruments, BUT!!...there also comes a point in expanding our horizons. The sound that this cello can produce maybe can not be produced by any Indian instrument. It gives a deep rich sound.Crossbreeding instruments is actually a very good idea. They have been doing it for years now and they have come up with a whole new range of music. I think its brilliant. I play tabla myself and I LUV accompanying western instruments

[bachsxoxogirl]

@kirtan4psm i appreciate your polite way of putting things. mostly these discussions on youtube degenerate into nasty name calling matches. the tabla does accompany western instruments nicely. what really pissed me off was seeing another youtube link where someone had cut off part of the fingerboard and made other modifications for the "indian cello" to make it easier to play sitting down. having learned western classical, and that too specifically the cello, i found it hard to accept.

[bachsxoxogirl]

@kirtan4psm tell me, do you think the indian classical way of holding the violin looks elegant? or that the bowing looks graceful? (p.s. although basically a cellist, i did a few grades of violin western classical too just for fun).

[sheyona123]

Western classical instruments used in Carnatic music... Bah. Its like crossing a purebred pedigreed Basset hound and a purebred pedigreed Cocker spaniel and expecting pedigreed pups instead of mongrels. Why dont you leave the violin and cello to them? It's theirs. Dont you have the sitar and suramandalam and myriad instruments of your own?

[dbadagna]

Very nice alap playing. Can you please add the name of the raga to the video description?

[jyothisjames9]

i am the first to comment

[jyothisjames9]

@jyothisjames9 i guess not

[108BR]

well done - your feel is real good. Where did you graduate from? did you graduate in indian cello playing?