Brigitte Menon - Sitar- Raga Jaunpuri - alap

[rajputwm]

roh kheench le aap nay.......

[fairmountfairy]

Very very nice. Simply beautiful.

[bigskip2121]

Hey! I know nothing about this, as far as I know a RAGA is something you wipe up your floor with, but I know what I like ......and that was realy Great!

[GUNIDAS]

The great thing about an Indian Raga is that every performer becomes a creative artist. The ascending scale, the descending scale and the PAKAR ( distinguishing combination of notes) of each raga are fixed. Beyond this, it depends on the creativity of the artist how he/she handles the raga. He/she does not slavishly sing or play what someone else has written. It is said that a food dish, a turban and a Raga are never exactly repeated.

[nancyl2]

@GUNIDAS Beautiful writing; like a bag pike there is that fixed note; I am always in awe when I listen to other cultures music. I Dream one day we will all join in the one huge orchestra that we all belong to; only our parts have been split from each other 'When this dream comes true we will all experience a Blissful;Joyful Orgasmic Delight our Souls will Float. So happy to have been brought back to a place I would have only received with a God-finger leading me here; not PC bright. <3 to U

[dddd1181]

....om sakti..

[kaakilinishad]

yes clemalford dear- it is a uttar ang rag from bookish point. The purvang is very present. My guru says the Re Ma Pa dha Pa Ma Pa ga and dha (tar)ga Re ga Re Sa Re ni dha Pa dha Pa Ma(alpa) ga makes this rag - so its open to both angs, The ang say where the Vadi falls.

[clemalford]

Isn't this an utteranga Raga?

[truckli]

I think the cicadas make an excellent addition to the band!

Brigitte, i have only had one formal sitar lesson so far, and i can already sense how instructive your playing is to me. Please please come to America!

[12347771]

right at 4:49 hear the most graceful meend......decend from the Ga to komal ga...such skill !!!

[aneesharyan]

I can totally understand what you are trying to say Brigitte...

[kaakilinishad]

wow - very deep and beautiful morning mood. you are truly amazing

[madanmohanarasa]

Brigitte you have an extraordinary mastery of sitar and raga. You certainly are one of the sitarist right in front of the pack in this post-Ustad Vilayat Khan era. Arguably your Piloo is one of the the best full ICM concerts on youtube. KYA BAAT!! But it's a shame the sound quality is poor?

[kishoriray]

Great Alap of my favorite Raag. I am a fan of yours. Keep up this beautiful work! Absolutely heart stirring!

[ONSTAGERECORDSUK]

5/5

[nancyl2]

In this melody,I hear a difficult journy within this work of art. It is so interesting. What I understand, is that as your souls journey awakens you can rewite the Raga. Truly a beautiful study. I wanted to be able to discuss its beauty but had no idea how to do so. Hence the PC and research. Thanks to my Dear Special Friend, for this beautiful Raga. <3

[nancyl2]

Being from America, I had no idea what a Raga was, how it was written. Then I began to read and study its complexity. How it is a structure of things like Different levels of your soul journey also moods in Nature. There are complicated sets of rules of how to build a melody. I have fallen in Love with this genre. --

[rajputwm]

@nancyl2

yes nancy, Raag music needs to be celebrated as a world heritage......

[questions613]

beautifull heart warming thanks for posting

[ALEXISVASSILIEV]

Brava J'adore les ragas! Merci AV

[canchd]

Wah ! Very beautifully played, with a lot of understanding.

[snafitzer]

Such amazing playing, can't wait to hear more.

[dipchandi1]

wah ustad! your bloody damn good. what a incredible mood

[MrAvinashbhatt]

noble music! I have not heard Ustadji playing Jaunpuri. You have his soul. Thank you. jeete raho

[hammerguy1512]

Please post the rest, You have left me still thirsty

[hammerguy1512]

The meend produced at 3:36 is magic

kya baat hai!

[hammerguy1512]

If you can, please tell me what inspired that sequence of meends beginning from 3:36?

[hammerguy1512]

I must say after the first 2 minutes I started to really enjoy this rendition. I think you were still warming up in the first 2 mins.

[sitarbrigitte]

Sometimes Ragas don't let you in so easily, you have to coax them !

And yes it takes time to tune in, specially outdoor: loud cicadas songs, wind, dog running around... Charming nature but concentrating becomes a challenge.

[hammerguy1512]

I have deep respect for you...bravo

[SpittinGlitter]

@sitarbrigitte Love your response. Ragas are not pieces, they are processes. No matter how much practice we have under our belts, we pick up the instrument each time as if the first time: old lovers reconnecting. The tuning never quite as we left it. We pluck the mizrab awkwardly as if to calling upon the universe. We settle into the instrument, to connect into the flow. And just as we almost give up, something happens. An easiness. The tarbs sound and remind us we are home.

[rajputwm]

@SpittinGlitter

Profound.................