How to Play Basic Sitar : Music Demo on Sitar

[milojohn94]

How much can a cheap sitar be bought for? I mean cheap second hand?

[madpawn]

Who is this lady? Her gandhar is out of tune, but not bad.

[GreatGatsby661]

i have a sudden urge to buy one of these!

[Vishwanniee]

I really love this, music is just amazing...and its even more amazimg when you have such a talent like the woman in this video. god bless.

[HeadFullaFuzz]

Um, yes it is.

[lordrevan57]

I honestly do not understand how to play this instrument. I've looked around, everywhere, and not a place has even a basic "how to play".

[UFOIST]

For the benefit of 'complete' beginners it would be helpful to start with what you're going to teach which should ideally include a brief description that answers: How is the instrument constructed? How much does an entry level sitar cost? How many strings does it have? How many frets? How is it tuned? How do you sit? How do you hold it etc etc.. This is after all, 'How to Play BASIC Sitar'. Jumping straight in with the assumption that your viewers already know the basics is discouraging..

[magicly7]

@UFOIST mate, i agree.Im doing my 3rd year of sitar and,can say what she is playing is not basic. BASIC of sitar means what you have already mentioned+some simple ragas without pulling frets.next year I'll complete my certificate course and i havent yet learnt how to pull on em.the teacher says it is for our advanced courses and here,how can she show something that beginners will turn out mad by pulling em.i myself will not be able to play it then how it comes that this is shown to the BEGINNERS

[indigochild79]

Wonderful sound

[TheFabFour1964]

very psychedelic

[kcpresbray]

i wish this video continued.

[kcpresbray]

i wish this video continued

[andygahh]

hippies =)

[xaviiify]

beautiful sond :) please teach me

[xaviiify]

Please teach me, beautiful sond. i love :)

[BoodaOfDoom]

this doesnt look like i could just pick it up and play it.

[kabirjhita]

kya bat!

[54Flower12]

How many strings?

[Mattlarrivee]

@54Flower12 20 I belive.

[toshirobirthday]

Fantastic!

[elementwind91]

Such a beautiful sound to it...<3

[revnmalak]

I almost broke my fuckin' ankle those are so heavy!

[jimbob202019]

that looks beautiful, im buying one soon and this just makes me want to get one even more :) india holds so many beautiful things :)

[colorfuldreams]

oh my god! that sounds absolutely beautiful...i had no idea they were that special.

[prasad604]

oh man that looks so hard

but it sounds good no matter what u play

[Stratocaster65]

Is that a closed jawari ..Vilayat Khan style sitar?

[Stratocaster65]

What brand Tanpura Machine? What brand tabla machine?

[ashishknight]

amazing played....

[slarbiter]

she looks terrified

[muktimusician]

wow its unbelievable that an Australian musician is playing Indian Sitar as like an Indian or Bangladeshi Professional Ustaad. superb. god bless ma'am.

[HumanZoo22]

OMG another white chick.. get a life white girls

[MazzazzK]

What does she say at 0:29 ?

Taba? And, what is it?

[BlackPickGuy]

@MazzazzK She says "Tabla", and i have no freakin' idea... D;

[StopTheMoti0n]

@BlackPickGuy i believe it's the small set of drums often seen in small group Indian music

[WhiskeyBomb96]

@BlackPickGuy yea...a tabla is a set of hand drums..although not very small (the bass [dayan] is wider then an adults hand and the smaller one [bayan] goes just short of your fingertips)

these drums due to where you hit them on the head can make over 100 different sounds...and if you pull your palm across the head after you hit it, it bends the sound.

[uptothe]

@MazzazzK She said 'Tabla'. It is a percussion instrument.

[ZOMBIE7426]

@MazzazzK Tabla, its a little drum thing, almost like bongos, but they have a different sound, i like the sound of tabla better.

[isashines]

Beautiful!

[6K6R]

Thanks for the information

[lmnop1990]

What is this nonsense? She's playing with one finger. Other thank that this video was pretty cool, the composition was very good, but just the hands & fingering i have qualms with. Overall good video!

[FourierMakesFunk]

Sitar is played mostly with one finger. Watch the greats, they only use other fingers for accents.

[24543re]

I love this sound:)

[backdoorman29]

thats coz u feel insecured..that such a good sounding instrument is from india..so i shud not like it....

maybe u shud research less n listen more..

i love the blues..i don care where it comes from..

enjoy the music..

[dUJARAH7]

in 7 .. man that's a pain

[vinayamoz]

I wounld't say they cant compose I would say they dond't use harmonies but gee the melodies are there

[blastitwithpiss]

indian music is all about playing against a drone, they know absolutely nothing about composition

[pippipcheerio92]

music isn't just what's able to be composed and written down on a page

[Hoopermazing]

@pippipcheerio92  Bullshit. All music is composed, even if it's on the fly, and it can all be notated.

[blarvids456]

@Hoopermazing Bullshit. Trying listening to stuff like sonic youth. That can't be notated. It's noise, but it's musical noise.

[Hoopermazing]

@blarvids456 No thank you. I'm not going to listen to that crap. However, noise has variations in pitch over time, and thus could be notated. Try again.

[blarvids456]

@Hoopermazing feedback has no discernible pitch or tone. It's white noise. You lose.

[Hoopermazing]

@blarvids456 The feedback at the beginning of "I Feel Fine," by the Beatles has the pitch of A. Try again, stupid... and you clearly have no idea what "white noise" means.

[blarvids456]

@Hoopermazing was I talking about the Beatles? oh... no i wasn't. go listen to the intro to 100% by sonic youth. try to notate that you idiot. Not everything fits within the narrow boundaries you call music, but that doesn't mean it isn't music. Besides, the only reason that feedback has a pitch is because he hits an A which he lets ring. When it fades back in of course it's still an A. When Sonic Youth does feedback (real feedback), it's too distorted to have any note or pitch attached.

[cyscols7]

@blarvids456, please know what your talking about prior to posting, feedback is a discernible tone(sometimes several, and its harmonics) we remove them from sound systems with notch filters(aka EQ). we sometimes use whitenoise(more often pink noise) with an RTA to locate such tones, or for those of us with good ears and years of expirience we just ring out the system and can tell what tone is feeding back

[pippipcheerio92]

From that perspective, yes.

[GarretsShadow]

@pippipcheerio92 well it has to be composed otherwise it wouldnt exist

[pippipcheerio92]

@GarretsShadow i understand your technical approach. it's practical and makes complete sense. I'm simply thinking of music not just as markings on a page, but as an art.

[KennyButlerViolin]

@pippipcheerio92 All music can be written down.... It's a good thing otherwise we wouldn't even know who Bach was...

[gooberhamm]

Thank you, Daisy!

[Anima2174]

sounds beautiful...must be a bitch to tune tho :(

[ByronPhillipWilliams]

lmao it must be

[nikguitar07]

Not really!

[backdoorman29]

haha..

[XxcobainrememberxX]

i love this sound

suena genial

[justo22227]

this tune is from gandhi the movie...ravi shankar composed it

[fawadrizvi]

not SOULFUL at all!

[mirarostodo]

The sound of the indian Sitar is enchanting in its resonance.

[Wizzman101]

i lov the sitar im saving up to buy one the sound is magicul :)

[drummer3119]

Me too!

[drummer3119]

Do you have any advice on where to buy one? Or what to look for?

[Wizzman101]

no not rlly the best thing i can say is to go to a big city and try looking ther, its best if u hav a look before u buy one as ther pricey and can get damge esily

[clickynikki666]

christ.. i would love to play sitar ^^  it has such a beautiful sound. Plus then you can play trippy songs X D like the beatles

[metalmadnessman101]

you have to respect that a sitar is like 50 times harder than a guitar

[heylookitsmatty]

Its not as hard as you think ;) she's not the greatest example of sitarists either

[Firecloud500]

It's pretty difficult and requires time to master.

[MattTheGuitarGuy]

i heard that theres no such thing as playing the sitar for a hobby is this true? because id like to learn how to play one

[Dominator046]

Depends on what you mean for a hobby, this instrument takes a looong time to master, but I think the time would be worth it. It's a great instrument.

I'm not sure how long, but I think it'd be a few years. Longer than many other stringed instruments. But if you want to learn, I would tell you to do so!

[polska504173]

George Harrison did

[Itheprosperone]

Its not that you can't play for a hobby. Its that to excel in Indian Classical Music, you must dedicate a lot of time, effort and patience to understanding the music and techniques needed to play it properly. You can play sitar as a hobby, learn folk songs, improvise and whatever you like. Its all about your goal, just like with any music. But to be a competent performer of Indian classical music on sitar, it will take some time. Your work ethic and teacher decide exactly how long that is.

[Dominator046]

I would love to learn to play this wonderous instrument.

[gslopez30]

Man, I wonder how much a quality one would run you to purchase one. Any shops out there people can visit to try one?

[mitchull45]

keshav music

greenwich village, NY

I have a high quality one that cost me about 900

[winslowt123]

I've spotted one online for about 570, If I purchase this instrument i plan to dedicate myself thoroughly. Do you find yours enjoyable?

[mitchull45]

i really suggest finding a store near you.

there is a LOT of room for crappy instruments because of the resonant nature of sitar. if you really want to play seriously, go get one in person

[jperry3]

i play sitar...its very difficult..especially getting the body positioned to balance the instrument... and hard to keep in tune.... keeping 20 strings in tune is tough

[CARDNALFAN7]

iraq versoin of guitar hero. sitar hero

[PrisonerInGlass]

The sitar is from India you fucking retard.

[meami111]

No need to abuse...there is a similar instrument in Iran called 'setar'...

[roketjack]

What a beautiful sound =D

[xGuttix]

beautiful, I definitely have to learn to play it

[supersnake93]

id rather play a real guitar

[Rosazuly7]

what suppose that means? for you this is a fake guitar?

[supersnake93]

no i mean like a smaller electric guitar not one of these. these things are cool but look to complicated to play

[Thundermaned]

Really you can't compare a "real" guitar with sitars. They may be stringed as well, but a sitar is not kind of a enhanced guitar. A sitar is a very subtle instrument and each one is always a piece of art, whilst with guitars there are such big differences in quality.

I play guitar as well, and cello, and planning to play sitar. For example Cello is already more demanding for your fingers than guitar, sitar is a step even further.

[brittanytward]

gee your dumb

[destructosk8ter21]

she should play in led zepplin lol

[guitsynthcw]

Very nice. Thank you.

[clarinetchum]

so sereen and so peaceful......aaaahhhhhhhhh I am one with nature..........

[L88BS]

Love, light and peace

[ZAINUDDIN07]

so nice rythme,i never heard the greatest music like this

[magicrucksack]

is that band in a box?

[psychichk]

I'm really like your motion of playing sitar, it's very beautiful and I'm really hope to learn from you...

[93121904843]

Que increible interpretación, tan magica, tan linda, en verdad un instrumento hermoso

[catafz94]

WoW is beautiful

[igorjee]

Verry Good. Sounds like Shujaat Khan.

[syar110]

good one