GovindaSchlegel, plays Sarod

[LightbreadLoftin]

i was wondering if you'd be able to point me in the right direction as to where to get one of these Sarods

[HerbivoreTree]

Beautiful Sarod.

Keep up the good work.

[SaintsCheat]

Sorta like a Slide guitar thats really out of tune? Interesting sound however, but why is the dude in the back fingerpainting a logo or something?

[thecynicspace]

@SaintsCheat He is playing the Tambura. It is played as an accompaniment to the lead vocalist or instrument. Check Tambura on wiki....

[buru44]

i love how you use a pick, lol your awesome keep it up.

[SytheClaw]

so awsome yet another indian instrument on my list 2 get, 1 with a tumba ive got a think for indian instruments with them for some reason =)

[SamZucchini]

i still cant believe that im getting one

[BibleBlack42]

Ha, it must be great to play one, i plan on getting one myself

[truefriend1357]

wow that is amazing! making me sleep...

cya

[oceandojo]

This is a great instrument and you play it well. Thank you for posting.

[jonoroberts35]

Bhimpalasri - my favorite raga.

[ch4m3l3oon]

AWESOME!

[drkam6]

What a wonderful instrument! Beautiful playing!

[shankyxyz]

wow, very emotive govinda.beautiful poignant sound of the sarod.

[CWF142]

Nicely Done. Who are your influences? Ali Akbar Khan?

[ThreeLeggedMongoose]

i am thinking of picking up either sitar or sarod. can someone please explain the major differences? i've been playing the guitar for almost 5 years and recently i have been obsessed with this kind of music, so hypnotizing

[vanhelm13]

sitar has frets.

[glorplaxy]

sitar has movable frets and it's resonator is made of gourd with a wooden plate on top

sarod is fretless, played with your nails (not the flesh of the fingertips), and it's resonator is made of hollowed wood with goat skin stretched across it (similar to banjo in this aspect).

[glorplaxy]

There is no school that uses the tip of the finger exclusively to finger the strings on the sarod like on many other string instruments.

There are some schools that use LESS of the nail in conjunction with more of the fingertip, but the nail is always applied. It is not possible to create a clean sound on the sarod without using the nail.

[SoManySwiddens]

Great! I'm seriously starting to think about buying a sarod. But can you tell me how it's tuned?

[glorplaxy]

Indian instruments are not like Western instruments in that there is not just one standard tuning. The instrument is tuned based on what raga is going to be played.

You can tune this instrument chromatically but for proper North Indian music it needs to be tuned to the North Indian scale, which is not equally tempered.

[sarasvatilaboheme]

Namaste Govinda!

ich habe nach Sarod-Musik gesucht und bin hier gelandet!!! wunderbar!!!!

Om shanti!

Saravsati

[WindOfSilence]

Thanks Govinda, tonight your music helped me to erase a very bad evening where my music was without any expression...

[cenkjeekhan]

very nice ! kyabaathai !

[govinda1008]

Hi cenkjeekhan. thanks alot for your comment.

I'm proud you like it.

You have a very nice collection of classical videos, good work.

Lets stay in touch, Govinda1008

[cenkjeekhan]

thanks govindaji !

[homercostanza]

Gday mate,

This is a very nice piece. You are a gifted Sarod player. Keep this up!!

Mihir Kulkarni

[kishoriray]

Great! Keep up the good work.

Regards,

Kishori

[Gatewhey]

Hi Govinda, maybe it is time for us to work on some new Gatewhey songs. You have inspired me to rework our video "Friends Inside" where you are playing some awesome sitar. Peace my friend. You know I love your talent brother! Gatewhey

[eScotFree]

Take us to Heaven Govinda, my talented musician friend!

Inspire songs inside our souls. Let minds meditate on Glory! Go, sweeten hardship & pave bread with nutrient lessons. Enlighten days, seeding, spouting, and growing our Peace and Love, tasting intelligence in capillary-like filled breaths! All is Light! Let us fill Earth's orbit with God!

Scot Aaron