Category Archives: Sitar

Sitar Tuning for Beginners: Movable Frets

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This week a viewer asked me questions about tuning problems on his sitar. So, here are some common fixes and information about sitar frets.

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Lots of Alap (and thoughts on my sitar lesson)

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Hi, today I had a 2 hour sitar lesson! I wanted to practice more alap tonight before I forgot everything.

Here are links to the videos I reference:
Sitar Speed Breakthrough: https://youtu.be/BEP9cmqayiU
I bought a Sitar! Is this Ravi Shankar Style? https://youtu.be/PUA3P_YwMOA

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How to string a Sitar

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Tonight I’m showing how to string a sitar.

I cover how to tie a sitar string loop, chalk pegs and the process of tuning.
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Blues Music on Sitar? You asked for it!

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A while back I asked everyone to suggest sitar videos I should make.

The overwhelming favorite idea was to record a song playing Sitar and Guitar together.

This is the resulting video!

Want to learn more about the “Sitar Guitar” in the background? Watch this video: https://youtu.be/ZSJn_k-FGFQ

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Sitar Gamak Practice. Ouch!

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Sitar Gamak practice… Mistakes and all.

I am trying to build up speed. This is REALLY hard.
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Sitar Practice: Warm up, Gat and Alap

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Here is a live stream video of my sitar practice, mistakes and all. I start with a short warm up, go into Gat and end with some Alap practice.
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Great Sitar Practice! Raga Yaman

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Livestream of my sitar practice focusing on Raga Yaman.

I was very happy with this practice and these livestreams are a lot of fun.

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Developing Sitar Taan Speed

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Tonight I am playing 1 sitar taan for about 30 min and increasing the speed as I go.

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Sitar Practice: Raga Yaman Alap, Gat & Taans

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Sitar Practice, mistakes and all…

Tonight I’m focused on Raga Yaman Alap, Gat & Taans

Let me know if you like this new Live Stream format. Thanks!

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Raga Yaman Alap, Sitar Practice

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Practicing Raga Yaman Alap, live stream.

…some tuning issues.

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