My sitar teacher gave me a very difficult exercise to practice. He told me it would take a year before I would be able to play it correctly. I’m going to document my progress. This is video #1.
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I took my first sitar lesson on January 27th, 2012.
This is a video to document my progress learning the Alap from Raga Yaman.
I think it’s starting to come together a bit better now. Listen to this video from earlier this year, back in in April.
I feel like I’ve made some really good improvements, although I still have a long way to go.
I am playing a Barun Ray (Hiren Roy’s son) sitar. I have been taking sitar lessons since 2012.
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My guru wants me to play as fast as 200 beats per minute. I’m working up to that goal and practicing my newest Taan. The gat is in Raga Yaman.
A taan is sort of similar to playing a riff in western music.
I took my first sitar lesson on January 27th, 2012.
In this video practicing paltas and the opening to Alap. I’m planning to document my sitar practice on a regular basis.
Paltas are melodic patterns to train your left and right hand using the notes of the Raga you are practicing. I’m working on raga Yaman.
Later I practice my opening to the Alap portion of Raga Yaman.
I took my first sitar lesson on January 27th, 2012.
I have been taking sitar lessons since 2012. I have been slowing learning to play Alap for about 2 years. It’s really hard!
This is a video to document where I currently am with my progress and to get feedback from others.
I hear so much in my playing that needs improvement but people ask to hear me play all the time so I thought I would record something short.
I am playing a Barun Ray (Hiren Roy’s son) sitar.
Thanks for watching! Please feel free to comment.
I took this video so I could compare it to last year’s status. My teacher also has me playing Alap and Jor, but I’ll save those videos for another day.
I am playing a used Barun Ray (Hiren Roy’s son) sitar. I purchased this sitar only a few weeks ago so I’m still getting used to it’s feel. It’s a huge improvement over my old Radha Krishna Sharma sitar. Video shot on the Zoom Q3HD.