Music of India: Mridangam, Flute, Sitar, Tabla

[LEONARD15897]

people all over the globe has something in common, but also something in difference, everyone has their own sense of art, so, you can compare indian music to chinese music, they're ifferent, but both are beautiful, rock and roll and indian sitar, both beautiful, but they're different. So, what does that mean? Everyone has their own sense of art, everyone's passion, spirit, and soul, are all beautiful...

[lottaswan]

Wow, I guess I should not listen to what I thought was lovely music. Everyone wants to argue. I think I will just go to a bar-b que and eat some good food. And Never think of this episode when, I just thought of hearing some good music. And by the way someone said they don't know where the flute came from? Give us a break! Never mind I will Patel food tonight.

[dankbot420]

awesome

[MrCasiopcr20]

THE FLUTE IS ANNOYING I SEARCHED FOR SITAR AND TABLA, I DONT KNOW WHERE THE FLUTE CAME FROM

[possum2u]

I adore Indian music,and well all world music really ,I'm also crazy for Mongolian throat singing and Bulgarian choir singing

[helloiamfreeloj]

I wish the sound quality was better.

[captclassy]

Dang, I should have stuck with my Tabla lessons

[samuelnaushad]

Its realy good

[jeffmcaraturnbull]

the sitar player would make a great Metal bass guitar player.. lol or a guitarist. lol would rip it on classical guitar

[volbase]

Mr.sitar is  cool

[michaeltruhl]

The music section you have with the opening tag at the very front ruins it all. I'm not even gonna watch this whole video. Nice job - you overproduced it. Less is more.

[coortiz1]

SITAR SOLO!!!

[from0the0ashes]

hmm .. guess i was completely wrong abt the echo and time signature relation .. plz forgive my ignorance... i actually thought that the timing of notes was split into unequal intervals ! lol .. after reading somwhr abt time signatures .. i realize wat a fool i was.

[from0the0ashes]

i have no understanding of time signature myself... but i think that maybe this piece sounds off beat at times because of the echo effect which produces additional beats. Maybe when it comes to pop music , these echoes might not sound out of tune because of the particular time sequence of the music. But here it seems to have distorted the intended sound. This is just my opinion .. i dont know for sure.

[Herringish]

All I can say about that sitar player is daaaaaang

[dividedbymind]

Eastern Time Signature + Western Technology. Classic. I'm an American and really enjoy this type of music.

[acohen87]

This is wonderful, I love it all....especially mridangam!

[EZEPhotography]

It is so cool I saw the tabla player the other day! I got to meet him too. I love this stuff.

[danmirel]

Beautiful

[thechandrazone]

Try John Mclaughlin SHAKTI le danse du bonheur - jazz/rock musician plays Indian music and finds it very complex and beautiful. You are all stuck on your 4/4 islands little realising what isout there and how easy 4/4 is - which is why 99%+ of pop is 4/4

[thechandrazone]

Try John Mclaughlin SHAKTI le danse du bonheur - jazz/rock musician plays INdian music and finds it very complex and beautiful. You are all stuck on your 4/4 islands little realising what isout there and how easy 4/4 is - which is why 99%+ of pop is 4/4

[Rotscrek]

why should this be off time? it's perfect! (even for me of the west...oh yes, i listen to jhon Zorn, that's why)

[ketanisgods]

How does this compare with Justin Bieber's masterpieces?

[Karena65]

@ketanisgods LOL!!!!

[alsharpton666]

@ketanisgods Justin Bieber obviously has much more complexity in his music. For example, the song "baby" has many distinct rhythyms, tempo changes, and tasteful harmonies. The spoken interlude by Ludacris was inserted to create a sense of mystique within the listener's mind. Justin Bieber is the greatest musician that will ever be produced. His decades upon decades of musical training have allowed him to capture human emotion in musical form. Justin Bieber's feces are better than this video.

[Clario40000]

@alsharpton666 10/10

[ZeroRagnarok15]

@alsharpton666 you're kiddin' right? uff i thought you were meanin' it hahaha .... i've seen better artists than that Justin b.. but whatever...i "respet" your tastes or whatever you say it....but itsFOR SURE theres a lot music better than justin...A LOT BETTER

[abby495]

@alsharpton666 Yeah prime example of the West no knowledge of history art or culture of any relevance. Of course you know it all even if your country is like 200 years old. Of course nobody else that has been on Earth for thousands of years could possibly have any knowledge. You don't even know the level of your ignorance. If you did those like you wouldn't make a fool of yourself. You probably can't even point to India on the map..yeah France is a continent too pfft. LOL joke is on you

[mohasat01]

@alsharpton666 3/10, being generous today

[EZEPhotography]

@alsharpton666 and if you were serious you would be on this video all day instead of listening to your favorite POP CRAP :)

[niranjan808]

@alsharpton666 Aw!!! Shuddup u dick head

[michaellacy013]

@alsharpton666 Justin Beiber hasn't even been around for more than one generation...isn't he 15? how could he even have "decades upon decades of musical training"?

[Kyroshirolover]

Thats epic.

Those guys are beasts.

[shankyxyz]

terrible swar at 3:29

[Rhythmrancher1]

Beautiful!

[Tyrt8]

Been getting into this culture of music recently along with throat singing. Watched Genghis Blues for the first time and I was awestruck.

[TheReptilianElite]

I am a westerner who just started listening to non-western music. I just want everyone to know that we are not all brainwashed, and only recognize American music as being on beat... My mind is very open to all sounds and when I hear music, I actually LISTEN. No one had to tell me that this is how Indian music was supposed to sound. It was quite apparent to me that this is what it is supposed to sound like, and it sounds incredible!!!

[solarcow16]

I'm lovin the tabla and the sitar, but not the flute as much

[solarcow16]

not a huge fan of the flute, but the sitar and the tabla are rockin

[firebert2000]

Indian music is so freaking cool!

[PixieOnTheKnoll]

what is the name of this composition?

[KshatriyaHellas]

awesome

[Goatoftheforest]

Beautiful music

[terminatorgir]

this is cool

[mymurchunga]

Very good combination.

[Verdismusic]

Is this an original composition? if not, whats the name of it? It sounds fantastic

[bqureshi21]

actually indian classical music is 90-95% improv, but it usually does have at least some sense of direction through composition. im not entirely sure about this piece, but that is how traditional indian classical music is - mostly improvisation.

[RatRaceAce]

@Verdismusic : Actually, the in this short video is completely improvised music. It doesn't have any name as such, but this piece is based on the raag called Chandrakauns, and the musicians improvise on the spot, in keeping with the characteristics of that raag. That's Indian classical music for you.

[Quarker99]

@RatRaceAce ahh, i love chandrakauns, my fav

[shalinew]

I wonder if breath circulating is common, like Adi Hershko is doing on his tuba.

[mazter101]

this would sound bad ass electric...dnt u think?

[MrRedtick]

haha. He's goin' to town on that flute like Jethro Tull.

[videojosh20]

why, as a westerner, does this sound terribly uncoordinated and messy? (with all respect)

[BABABABA5555]

Because its not what you grew up with. Human nature is very culture centric on "what should be right" so to say.

[camel04]

First of all, timing in indian music is very different and a lot more complex than anything you will find in the west. So if it sounds off to you, its because you have no sense of musical, I dont mean that offensively, most people dont have a sense of musical time. Furthermore, western musicians will struggle grasping the timing as the time signatures are very atypical for western. Keep listening and expanding your mind!

[kannas219]

@camel04 I love this music so much! It's true, the beginning especially is so complex! though at the end its really easy to feel a 7 beat pattern... the drum is accenting the '2','4', and '7'.

[tpoucat]

@camel04 Quite right, the patterns of sound in Indian music are very different from the ones many people in the west would be used to. Someone who grew up with this music would probably find our music just as difficult to listen to; they just aren't used to the patterns. Continued listening will eventually bring about a better understanding of how this music works.

[NinetiesYouth]

@camel04 there is no harmony in Indian music. Just different instruments playing separately. Western music invented and mastered harmony.

[ponugups]

@NinetiesYouth Oh really??? And how many raagas did you master?

[NinetiesYouth]

@ponugups zero, because not even one is worth learning.

[ponugups]

@NinetiesYouth And yet you are a 'master' to comment on 3000 years of music?

[NinetiesYouth]

@ponugups I've heard the best of Western music, y'know, the type that actually has some harmony

[deecee10000]

@NinetiesYouth I studied classical western music here in the US and I really do appreciate Indian music. I don't really compare it to Western classical because they seem so different to me. Indian music uses more notes within the octave, meaning there are more tones per octave in Indian music. Also, instrumentation is traditionally different as well. I find it beautiful. I also love the singing and much of the dancing.

[hayleeep]

@NinetiesYouth you are very wrong there. Indian music has harmony..you would realize this if you actually listened. this piece is very sophisticated and harmonic

[victorjara767]

@camel04 correction, Modern western music has no skilled timing.

[shankyxyz]

many westerners get confused when indian classical musicians play cross rythms, and it looks off beat. but i can assure u their sense of beat is absolutely spot on.

[kartikkayen]

@videojosh20

I do understand what you mean.

The rhythm what you are used to and what is followed here is quite different and until you sit there in the concert and listen to them live, you can't get the feel of it.

[giantturdburglar]

Because Top40 garbage teaches your ears absolutely nothing about music.

[videojosh20]

well if it helps, i dont watch music videos, or MTV very often...

[irosh2000]

Excellent,

[shamannofthedead]

what kind of drums are those called?

[err91]

tabla's

[shamannofthedead]

thanks those and sitars are the greatest!

[err91]

thanks i know there is this place near me that is selling a sitar for 400 dollars i want it so bad

[viswan1942]

On the left side it is "mridangam" which is a south Indian( Carnatic Music) instrument and the on the right side it is "tabla " which is a north Indian (Hindustani Music) instument. Normally the Mridangam do not accompany the Sitar,here it a kind of Fusion music.

[err91]

ok cool

[helgestefansson]

the other one's mrdanga

[sourabhnayan]

very very nice...good combinations...I like Classical n Carnatic together..

Sourabh

[namrata221]

love it(:

[buddhdhayanful1]

very nice!!! very nice music

[moephan311]

the description is right on haha. "Very. Nice. Music. Enjoy." well stated oblivion2500! and thanks for the great tunes.

[yjvnz]

wow that is excellent teen taal from the tabla and mridangam player

[daddypoohroll]

very nice..

5*

[mrprestidigitator]

sitar +table = hindustani

flute+mridangam + Carnatic

awesome faceoff

[redlerb]

It's like a North vs. South music-off...

[yahe911]

ilake music of indian b

[krazykopf]

Do any one have musik of 'Mridangam'? i'm looking for it...plz post if any one have Mridangam performance...

[sonofthedestroyer]

There is plenty. I have some mridangam videos myself.

[krazykopf]

that sounds like 'Jugalbandi' btw Hindustani (north indian) and Karnatic (south indian) music, isen't it???

[BonMarcel]

excelent

[ErhumanLogan]

amazing sounds, so esoteric :)!

[pramaloo]

wat raag is this? is it hindholam?

[shankyxyz]

this is chandrakauns. its like hindolam(maalkauns) with 3rd Ni (Kakali ) rather than kaisiki nishadam.

[angelicbeast]

so cool...

[DerusHysop]

the music is so much more real than what you hear on the radio. There's so much spirit in India that the West refuses to try to understand... it really proves wrong those nihilistic philosophies so prevalent here

[nsattler157]

calm down.

[PaulMurphyJazzDrum]

i love to LISTEN as much as i love to play.

Thank You,for posting this,

Paul.

[OsDeus7]

This is the Root of Jazz!!!!!!

[pablodmdp]

I had never though of it that way!

makes sense

[OsDeus7]

Oh yea, Everything originated in the East!!!

[pablodmdp]

How about techno punk?

[OsDeus7]

Techno Punk may have roots in Europe, but not among the People of the East(Black)!!!!

[pablodmdp]

Which black?

[OsDeus7]

Black Man who is originated in the East!!!!

[OsDeus7]

Black Man who is originated in the East!!!!

[pablodmdp]

But techno and punk are, at least iconically, white genres of music...

[OsDeus7]

Exactly!!

[OsDeus7]

Exactly!!

[pablodmdp]

I mean white as in european

[yt2vinay]

What the hell are you all talking about?!!

[pablodmdp]

It's just that this dude OsDeus7 says all music comes from Eastern countries and/or black men.

And I think about punk and techno and that don't sound so eastern.

But what do I know, should look up in some history book.

[royaloakpolice]

techno is very much from detroit, arguably as much from europe. it has very black roots. juan atkins, derrick may, paris the black fu, terrance parker, aux 88, green velvet, carl craig, stacey pullen, kevin saunderson, just to name some.

[pablodmdp]

That's awesome.

[AMAR4200]

house music comes from blacks

and who needs punks anyway

[42064206]

look for west african music emphasis on the Mali Liberia Senegal, Cote D'Iviore, with djembe, dundunba, sangban, sangbani

[420allday69]

they sound similair but jazz is not from this

[SiyoOlowan]

way out there in oblivian land. Very nice!!

Sweet flute

john de boer

[drewmontano]

That guy shreds the sitar!

[DontKnowndDontCare]

the elongated one is the mridangam as rightly pointed out by campus...its a south indian percussion instrument. the tabla ofcourse is identical except the fact that it has originated from khol/pakhawaj, a traditional north india percussion instrument. the two parts of tabla are called 'baaya' for the left hand and 'daanya' for the right hand.

[MRIARC]

the pair is not tabla the small one is tabla and the left hand one is bhaya (i think that how you spell it ) it means left in hindi and you are right the second drums is dhola...and i play the tabla .

[angieblhue]

cool..love it ^_^

[essexisadump1]

one of them drum things is not called a tabla its something else the name escapes me though the two drums are tabla the other is dhol or something

[campus1985]

its called Mridangam!

[grimreepher]

oh that thing, i thought he was talking about the bayan looking thing next to the tabla player

[sonofthedestroyer]

LOL! Its called a sideways tabla!

[grimreepher]

yep, those definitly are tablas, a dohl is different, like a floor tom, the other drum is probably an extra bayan.

[zaia3957]

omg, this is beautiful beautiful music! anybody got any tips of what artists i should buy that plays similar music?

i am actually eritrean, and the music is similar to ours, so just by listening to this i feel at home!

[BobFish90210]

HOLY SHIT amazing

[md88skater]

whos the tabla player?

[daz199md]

looks like samir chatterjee, but i'm not sure

[md88skater]

ok thanx i thought so but i wasnt sure but ive meet him before

[weirdnakedindian]

sweet

[iShAtBuL]

yeeeah

[polishdog90]

Does anyone know a good website for quality Sitars? Or if there are any on Ebay that are good?

[fuzzydoomninja]

the ppeople who plyed the tablas you mean right?

[skinsvideos21]

OMG, that sitar player is faster than Yngwie Malmsteen!!

LOL, I mean, how fast his fingers go up and down the fretboard is amazing. Man, I wish I was there to see that quartet live, because the sound of the recording sucks quite bad...

[oblivion2500]

It was quite amazing to see it live. The camera was a cheapo picture camera that luckily also took some video.

[sitasiyer]

@oblivion2500 @skinsvideos21 the flute is simply amazing.. such versatility and yet precision in every note!

[sitasiyer]

@skinsvideos21 the flute is simply amazing.. such versatility and yet precision in every note!

[thoia314]

The Mridangist is Sri Poovalur Srinivasan (Residing in Texas).

[mighty925mouse]

the tabla player is samir chatterjee.

[bhilaj]

Definitely the Shashank redemption !

[venkatachalamsydney]

To my untrained ear, it sounds like Chandrakauns. Can an erudite soul please confirm?

[easycheezy]

he lost a string! shame

[bambation]

the sound of tabla is amazing!!!

[probalew]

it's not a tabla it's a mridangan

[armada4x4]

good stuff but the camera person was really suck. Good music ruin by bad camera person.

[oblivion2500]

I agree...here is why it was bad: #1, I had to keep it concealed from those around me as recording is not allowed. #2, it's one of those tiny picture cameras not really meant for videos...even the audio is not up to par.

[armada4x4]

cool, disregard my post

[nn0412]

Fantastic.

[paoiedude]

wow! this guys rock!

[santhoshlaxman123]

I watched this concert live and it was truly amazing.

[cappin777]

YO'S ALL MY HERO DOGS

[chrisitar]

i love that hyperspeed communication/ intense listening!!

is this raga lalit?

[xyphy]

this is great, thanks for posting