How to Play Basic Sitar : Music Demo on Sitar

Play the sitar with tabla machine accompaniment or an electric tambura drone. Learn to play the sitar from an authentically trained player in this free sitar video lesson.

Expert: Daisy Paradis
Contact: www.lotusmusicanddance.org
Bio: Daisy Paradis has been a sitar disciple of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan since 1966, playing many performances alongside legendary sitar players and attending workshops with Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

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[Anima2174]

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

[pippipcheerio92]

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

[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!

[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

[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..

[indigochild79]

Wonderful sound

[Mattlarrivee]

@54Flower12 20 I belive.