Ravi Shankar - US Network Debut ?

[rafaelpm91]

 trippy

[trukgirl]

I LOVE it. :)

[Fefefoth]

music of the Bees. Indian Water bees.

[DEANGELOONS]

Was this video meant to be exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds exactly? Just an observation.

[dcconsi]

do mo charamor gauri. my heart iz now stone.im on duty

[smfaces]

Ravi's tanpura player disapproves.

[ornleifs]

@smfaces Ha Ha well you might think that BUT in India it is the opposite of the western behavior you shake your head to approve and affirm.

[ragsntatters]

@smfaces Haha before I got to that bit I was like 'what's this guy talking about?!'

[HCShannon]

3 people don't apperciate culture!

[djflippb]

this here is an abbreviated version of manj khamaj played by ravi (22 minutes total) in the rain at woodstock

[beer77mx]

Beautiful Love his music, also Aashish Khan Zakir Hussain, Are Good, Funny thing is I'm Mexican-American

[muddack]

@beer77mx this is Zakir's father on tabla. ;)

[Innerstorm3]

Thank you for this step back in time. I had Ravi's albums in the 60's and wore them out listening to them. Just my hookah and me. :-)

[signinname41]

i find it fitting that this is 4:20 long. 

[ragsntatters]

@signinname41 my thoughts exactly

[daschus]

what is a euro-american? all white americans origins from europe...

[omarshinken]

@daschus lol true but where do we all really originate from ? i guess there is just one source thats developed like a musical fugue we are all variations on a theme the human race is a living fugue just as all nature is a living fugue you can see this in the structure of a tree or in dna both bach in western music and indian classical both show this fugue like nature because nature is their teacher this understanding has allowed my soul to embrace the whole of human culture with ease and joy

[izaakbenjamin]

@omarshinken of course, except when you have a terrorist is very unmusical, like an orchestra exploding.

[IpsaPaphum]

Carnatic music tops Hindustani music any day.......yeah I know it's a matter of taste..........but Carnatic tops Hindustani any day!

[0311forever]

Ravi must have pulled alot of BOOOTAAYYY!!!

[QuikShotJigen]

Euphoria.....Nuff Said

[shit311]

acoustic indian metal!

[rosifull]

genial!!!! buenisiimo

[bacala777]

ravi is tank

[bacala777]

ravi is tank

[dhaivatraj]

HariOM!

[tablameister]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing ...

[Grouchomx]

Man, Norah Jones' dad could rock! ;)

[Yarg888]

yes, you are listening to it wrong if you're droning on about droning on tonics. It's like reading Shakespeare and then boring everybody with alternate theories of grammar.

[Throweasy03]

If you can judge a people by their music, Indians rank among the best! I am a Euro-American and a big fan of Indian art. They are great musicans, dancers and film makers. I do however prefer Italian food any day! (HAHAHAHAH)

[robotkarel]

@Throweasy03 I'm latin-american and big fan of Indian music too, but prefer japanese cuisine :/

[misterbarroso]

@glassbreaker5791: The tambura is usually tuned to two different droning notes. Typically it will be the tonic and the dominant, but it can also be the tonic and the subdominant, or the tonic and the leading note.

[glassbreaker5791]

theory question (though i know the theory of this music isn't related to western theory, it can be compared): it sounds as though the tambura is droning on the dominant rather than the tonic. i was under the impression that it usually drones on the tonic. am i hearing this wrong or is this just a special case?

[TheRol3n]

@glassbreaker5791 Hey! I'm not sure what instrument you play or how well versed you are in music theory but here's my uninformed response to you. ;) The drone note in this song is a D natural. I'm not an expert in Indian music or its relevant theory, but it is important to keep in mind that Indian music is comprised of not only the various notes of the chromatic scale but also the various microtones of each note. That said, many Indian melodies have a lot in common with the Phrygian mode.

[TheRol3n]

@glassbreaker5791 You might try the following scale which is an altered E phrygian dominant scale. E F Gb G A Bb Db E. It is basically the phrygian dom. scale with an augmented 7th (sharped 7th). Although this isn't a perfect example of Indian scales or the music in general, you'll find that if you play that scale over this song (or over other classical Indian songs with the scale adjusted for the song's key) you'll get that exotic Indian sound; the scale fits nicely with the music!

[TheRol3n]

@TheRol3n whoops! I totally had 2 scales in mind when i wrote that! The correct scale (or at least the one i had in mind) is D Eb Gb G A Bb Db E. sorry for the mixup. :)

[TheRol3n]

@TheRol3n Ok... so now I have fully accepted the fact that many of you will make fun of me for making a similar mistake twice. LOL. For better or worse: D Eb Gb G A Bb Db D. (I quadruple-checked it this time, I promise it's right!)

[allfieldsreq]

It does drone on the Tonic.

[groovebassist]

Don't forget about Alla Rakha..prob the best tabla player ever!

[NicholasMirth]

I saw Ravi 4 or 5 years ago and he is still just as totally amazing now as he ever was.... such a truly unbelievable musician!!!

[GirlsOfGlory]

This is raga Mishra Gara,in Tala Teental.

[khemicalkomixz]

wow look at how young he is

[crazybeatlesfan33]

whats the woman playing at 2:47?

[dantheartisan]

Tanpura, also called tambura.

[shridanyam]

Very nice..Good performance.

I suggest you upload the same in 'Dynamycdesi'.It is a online talent contest site for people.

[clintonplaza]

Rushola...................sein­g this!

[Wehategod]

The Sitar is such a beautiful intrusment.

[AnInfant]

THANKS FOR POSTING!

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

can any1 plssss tell me wut this beautiful piece is called? does it have any name..or wut raag is it?

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

pandit ravi shankar's sitar is amazing...and Ustad Allah rakha jes blows u away!

[mjmbrumi]

Indeed a very rare artist. One in his own class.

[heavyatheart]

divine !

[Ghaz002]

whats that instrument he's playing called

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

sitar

[kingocto]

that huge looking instrument.. the one that looks like a sitar.. what was it called again?

[munishf]

veena

[indianmusicdanceluvr]

isnt that a thamboora...the one the lady is playing...thats not a veena...i thot it was a thamboora...

[AnInfant]

Where do you see a veena here?

...zzzzzzzzzzzzz....

[pumpkinkilla]

shut up and play your sitar

[imnarchitect1]

@pumpkinkilla

WTF do u know abt sitar.....

[guadelupe]

Incredible! I remember this program when I was a teenager (yeah, I'm old). We thought it was amazing then, still do...

[TheApocalypseKid]

I hate these bekardar dhorias. Appreciate the music to yourself. NO one cares what you have to say, and your sarcasm is not funny, no one smiles back at you.

[dmzpointman]

nora jones daddy......lot of talent in that family.....

[djangobelgo]

His guitar has too many strings. He is cheating!!

[Moezzilla]

It's called a sitar douch

[bigsamramos]

its called sarcasm douche

[rxqueen611]

haha

[krazykopf]

Mann du hast keine Ahnung, was Sitar ist! Guitar is much smaller version of Sitar. Seems to be ur poor knowledge. Sitar has traditionally 18 to 21 strings. In exceptional case it can have more.....

[zimbuffwe]

Hey Revi! Do a little Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

[curesork]

Me fasina!

(me encantaria consumir LSD mientras escucho esta melodia)

Donde puedo conseguir LSD?  Curesörk.

[Fandangotours]

Baja al bar de al lado. Casa Pepe y pide cuatro Solysombras, les pones unos cubitos y te lo tomas en dos minutos. Luego fumate un ducados light. Luego seguidamente sube corriendo a casita,te enchufas el "YOUTUBE" este y veras que agusto te pones. Lo veras de colores-colores.

De todas maneras arrimate un cubo por si acaso hechas la papilla imbecil.

[utubekula]

mesmerizing

[mykmufc]

go ravi goo

[suzbailey23]

What is that instrument she is playing, and how is it played, that it is not strummed or plucked??? I would like to know what it's called so I can look up more about it... Thanks for posting this!

[shashankvi]

its called tanpura or tamboura.

[9thDream]

It's called a sitar, the thing he's playing.

[shashankvi]

uhhh yea i know what a sitar is, i play it. i was answering the question posted in the comment above mine.

[lorabayville]

yeah it is a tamboura and no one in my school even knows that the sitar is even an instrument

[probalew]

it's anapurna devi behind him

[xirdneHRicsi]

No, she is Kamala Chakravarthy...

[tucainga]

lol

[saisathviknaidu]

superb................thats wat is INDIAN music.

[abhinavshaan]

gr8

[FatSaget]

that made me want to throw up. not the music, it was fantastic, but the moving...

[creekron]

tooooooooo good!

[ShantiHank]

Namaste!

divine music is great

[bishopofnairobi]

Oh my!That was something!

[AlexeyGuitar]

Bravo!!!

[djypsydjazz]

Probably the best "clawhammer" I have ever seen :)