Sitar Practice - Bhimpalasi Fast Tintal

Early morning practice of Rag Bhimpalasi, from the film "A Cricket in the Court of Akbar." Andrew Mendelson - sitar, Gulam Fareed - tabla

The other dude watching is Ankit Bhatt, nephew of my Guruji, Krishna Mohan Bhatt, and an incredible sitarist in his own right. See his playing here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ankitsitar

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http://www.neoflix.com/store/RAG83/

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• sitar
• indian
• classical
• music
• bhimpalasi
• andrew
• mendelson
• cricket
• court
• akbar

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

Is your sitar set up like a Etawa/imdad khani style? I noticed there is no 2nd gourd but also noticed your gharana learned from Ravi shankar and Nikail Banerjee from the Maihar style of Ustad Allahudinn Khan.

So what's up with that?

[ragamalaproductions]

I hail from the Maihar gharana, and my sitar is tuned with 7 strings, similar to Ravi Shankar's (the lower strings are hooked in this clip). I prefer to play with a second toomba, but it is difficult to travel with, so I will leave it at home for long trips. However, not everyone from my gharana uses this gourd. Some feel it adds too much weight, or doesn't make enough of a difference in terms of sound. What differentiates the gharanas most is how the instrument is strung and the jawari.

[johnnypneumatic]

This dude must have played some metal before..... this isn't 100% Indian...

[ragamalaproductions]

Well, no actually I've never played metal before, but you bring up an interesting point, and that is that Indian classical music rocks, and rocks hard. In fact, what you can do with a sitar is pretty remarkable considering you're only fretting one string and plucking with one finger. Granted, I don't have all the effects and amplification of an electric guitar, but still, if I ever meet the devil at the crossroads, I hope to melt his face off.

[velocity80]

its called a Sitar

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

@ragamalaproductions my understanding is that what differentiates the gharanas is that one bends more notes and more easily able to truly reflect Gayaki. Vis a vi gayaki ang of Ustad Vilayat Khan...

[IsmailaGodHasHeard1]

Are you from the Ravi Shankar tradition?

[slaytanic911]

@johnnypneumatic before reading the comments that same thought came to my head lol

[asiancorecutie]

Thank you for sharing this video. very enjoyable and lovely performance.

[JakeDDrake]

PLAY FREEBIRD!

[EmpathicAlchemist]

I bought your DVD and it rocks. Many thanks to anyone who understands the importance of keeping this music alive. Many Thanks & keep playing!

[angelakachick101]

Go smoother, But I think your awesomly talented! Where are you from???

[desitalk12]

who is your guru?

[Mmaulin12]

Hav u ever cut your finger to the bone playing bhimpalasi.

[parthsatodia]

i bet u hav played this raag zillion of times to get it right lol right ....try not to cut yo fingers playing fast raags :-)