Ban-tar Indian Jam (Banjo-Sitar fusion)

[Django5198]

This guy is a superb player!!! And what kind of banjo is that?

[naomida]

I would also love to know what tuning this is.

[FlatfootJohnny]

nice!

[AzathothianBrew]

High definition from 1969?

[arimarsh]

@AzathothianBrew Ha ha! :-)

[1dell]

Very impressive. It's time the versatility of the banjo is shown. The guitar has gone thru so many evolutions and is a staple in so many other genre's of music while the banjo has stayed in a time warp. Bravo for taking it out of the appalachian mountains and showing what else this beautiful instrument is capable of. 

[arimarsh]

Thanks so much, glad you appreciate the music!

[Scioneer]

I've always thought the Banjo can be played to have a very exotic sound.

[ZillahMeedan]

this is amazing. this is exactly what i've been looking for. how did you tune the banjo?

[arimarsh]

thank you... i just create an open tuning by ear, one that has that droning Indian sound...

[krazeelocomiststuck]

Very nice job! :D

[brettgreen1]

whats the tuning for this? i have a banjo and i want to try this.

[boogpatton]

Om Mani Padme Hum ... well done. To get a more sitar like sound (yours is pretty good) get a set of "Mizrabs" ... sitar fingerpicks.

Cheers,

Boog

[arimarsh]

Right on, thanks so much for the feedback! Blessings.....

[songpoemguy]

very nice video 5******& shared

[arimarsh]

Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it. Peace...

[cassionw]

i just recently bought a banjo... and this is exactly what i want to be able to do with it...

thank you...

[glorplaxy]

sounds more middle eastern than indian...but it's still nice to see a banjo played in a different way

[TreacherousJaywalker]

Leave it to Ari Maharishi III to make a banjo sounds like a sitar! I knew Ari to own a six-pawed cat ("six-paw Mc.Graw"). This is the same guy that led me into the Black Hills of Baja where dwelled some seriously powerful and scary ass spirit stuff - I was freaked!...Ari was unfazed. This guy is seriously GNARLY! If ever there was a dude who in all truth roams the supernatural realm, I present to you this SICK-TAR player, ARI MAHARISHI THE THIRD!

[nosuchthing666]

You are an impressive person on several levels. Good job =]

[darkane9]

Middle eastern tuning and playing style. Good job. Now I just need to find a banjo.

[arimarsh]

Thanks, glad you dig it!

[moaningatmidnight]

same question- is that open g tuning? i know dadgad is a good tuning for sitar style for a guitar (a la Davy Graham)

[arimarsh]

actually i'm not quite sure. there are only 4 strings left on this ol' banjo and i kind of just tune it up by ear and see how it goes.

[SnakeMcPlisken]

Cool!

With any luck Santa will have a banjo in his sack for me this Christmas. I need to look up my Indian scales!

[geva90]

beatiful thats you?

sound alike

[guitarristaeluli]

i wonder if i can make a guitar-sitar fusion??

it would be guisitar?

[420allday69]

they already exist

[bobalicon1000]

@guitarristaeluli  no, it would be citarra

[pmarek60]

this is really great ha!

[Rosemary5127]

Beyond belief! You transported me to India. How in the world did you figure out how to make a banjo sound like a Sitar?? Wow! I could listen all day.

[stayseamay]

Ari you rock dude!! Miss ya

[filmzRcool]

Very cool-I have never heard a banjo played in a sitar-like fashion!