i played sarod for years until my tinnitus put a stop to that. I too, have been wanting to hear a sursringar in action.
cant say i like the jawari buzz on the upper playing strings, but thats just my tatse as an ex-sarodiyya! the tone on the lower stirngs are amazing, and the playing is fantastic. what a treat!
...i would also have thought that the sursringar is an ati-mandra-saptak-adapation of the sarod to provide the pleasure of the latter in droning frequencies or to simply develop an equivalent to the surbahar for the sarod et cetera... but in fact the sursringar is perceived as the parent instrument to the sarod (!) as for it initially arose from the afghan rebab which apparently was modified in 1830 and morphed with the mahati and kachhapi veenas by Jafar Khan to form the susringar
It would have been way better (5 stars ?) if we could hear what the mic on the stand was hearing. After listening to the audience I vow never ever to say kya bat again.
Looks like this instrument has been repegged / restrung to be more like a bass Sarod. ( 8 main pegs instead of 10). Chikari and taraf pegs are also Sarodesque. Brilliant adaptation of the instrument and a superb performance. Great to see and hear!
This is also not how I expected it to be played, but the sound is gorgeous. Well, it sounds better than sarod. Why doesn't anyone make a CD with this instrument?!
beautiful sound and playing please share some more
elkabir123 1 month ago
i played sarod for years until my tinnitus put a stop to that. I too, have been wanting to hear a sursringar in action.
cant say i like the jawari buzz on the upper playing strings, but thats just my tatse as an ex-sarodiyya! the tone on the lower stirngs are amazing, and the playing is fantastic. what a treat!
norumba 1 year ago
@Sitarfixer
...i would also have thought that the sursringar is an ati-mandra-saptak-adapation of the sarod to provide the pleasure of the latter in droning frequencies or to simply develop an equivalent to the surbahar for the sarod et cetera... but in fact the sursringar is perceived as the parent instrument to the sarod (!) as for it initially arose from the afghan rebab which apparently was modified in 1830 and morphed with the mahati and kachhapi veenas by Jafar Khan to form the susringar
Catoptricks 1 year ago
kya baat hai!
sabrang1430 1 year ago
It would have been way better (5 stars ?) if we could hear what the mic on the stand was hearing. After listening to the audience I vow never ever to say kya bat again.
786GuardianAngel 2 years ago
Looks like this instrument has been repegged / restrung to be more like a bass Sarod. ( 8 main pegs instead of 10). Chikari and taraf pegs are also Sarodesque. Brilliant adaptation of the instrument and a superb performance. Great to see and hear!
Sitarfixer 2 years ago
hard to say that it sounds better than a sarod, but it is is very nice.
Obakedake 2 years ago
This is also not how I expected it to be played, but the sound is gorgeous. Well, it sounds better than sarod. Why doesn't anyone make a CD with this instrument?!
panchamkauns 2 years ago
by the way, it is raga Bageshri which is being played.
gusheneshin 2 years ago
its beautiful, ive been waithing FOREVER to hear one of these, its so nice!
tutmankingasher 2 years ago