Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - Raag Yaman, Alap part 1

[subshrub]

So fantastic! Is there only one instrument playing? Or maybe a veena in the background?

[thomascperez]

@subshrub Just the solo veena and a tanpura for drone I think

[jaysimonT]

western music has a lot to learn

[shushanto]

@jaysimonT Western music might as well start all over again from the times of the classical greats like Bach, and perhaps even reinvent the classical music.

[operadood]

2:21 Such bass notes! Love this style

[keeneil]

I have never listened to this music before,I am gobsmacked it is totaly beautiful beyond words,ultimate

[panchamkauns]

@keeneil I still remember many years ago when I felt the same way and it was this exact same musician =)

[ohnom8]

Vah!

[kamara2911]

this is absolutely great!! namaste, kamara

[gnikhilg]

the slower the better

[TheMetalGearSnake]

@gnikhilg

"If aliens were to land..." I like that. LOL :)

[kolderiekerik]

The ultimate music... if aliens were to land and ask the humans 'show us what you can do' , this should be included.

Thanks!!!

[krazybubbler]

@kolderiekerik We've included some of that stuff on a golden plate that travels with Voyager... it's millions of km away now :)

yt video: v=Qyj8QF5-6Fs

[panchamkauns]

Nirmalya, THANK YOU!!

[JamesRossMusic]

This is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.

[joydeepdutta2]

I never thought I would see a video of the great man. WOW. I listen to him almost everyday since I discovered him a few weeks back. Thanks for the video, it cleared up a few things. I always wondered whether some sounds(plucks) were from him or the tanpura, now I know its from him. Look at what he does at 3.12/13. Does he just move his hands in the air above the strings and get that variation? Amazing.

[klacsanzky77]

He is using his left hand to bend the pitch, while his right is used for plucking. So sometimes he moves his right hand like the melody.

[joydeepdutta2]

Hmm. Thanks for your reply.

[000sshankar000]

I used to think the voice was supreme, but after Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar's Yaman, it is the rudra veena that is the greatest!

[witness64]

I never thought I'd see a video of this. Fantastic! Thanks a lot!

[CarnaticConnection]

I didn't either! I thought there was only audio. Guess we were wrong!

[paracaparaca]

un maestro