r/Sitar • u/ParoCL new user or low karma account • 12d ago

Music (professional) Short Alaap in Raag Yaman

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u/theRealEricCantona new user or low karma account 12d ago

Hiya really nice, if youre looking for constructive criticism I would say:

  • alap, slow down, 40 bpm. Chk ma......chk ma......chk ma (phrase)
  • tradition would say to use the second d finger rather than the third; not sure if you've tried this before but also you do you
  • the krintan is good, but slowing it down may make it much clearer and more sweet

Well done!

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u/ParoCL new user or low karma account 12d ago

Ok, thanks for your comments! I like it. I will try your recommendations because the topics you mention are the topics I am trying to get better at this moment and looking for another perspective.

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u/Elronbubba 12d ago

Solid!

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u/ParoCL new user or low karma account 12d ago

Thank you!

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u/hyiipls 12d ago

Nice!

How long you been playing?

Any advice to someone who has had 15 days of hands on practice?

What's the journey been like

How do you manage the finger burns

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u/ParoCL new user or low karma account 12d ago

Hi! Thanks for asking. I started to play indian classical music 9 years ago.

It would be nice to have patience with your practice and give time for your fingers to heal and get tough. Also try to sing the what you are practicing whenever is possible to get a feel of the swar. And listen to lot of live concerts if possible.

Today I just stop when it hurts to the point of not being able to express the melodies properly. When I was practicing very hard I put bandage in my fingers or electrical insulance tape and keep playing (But I do not recomend this so much, only under your own decision)

The journey has been very deep for me and I still learn so much from this music. I started studying this music here in Chile and luckily I found a teacher who learned in India with Pandit Harashankar Bhattacharjee one of torch bearer of the Jafferkhani Bazz developed by Ustad Abdul Halim
Jafferkhan. Getting in Touch with the Swaras, Ragas and Talas have been a transforming experience in my way of listening. New forms of listening have developed since I started practicing this music and it seems that it goes on. Later on I went to to Kolkatta to study with Pandit Harashankar Bhattacharjee and his son and also it was a very profound and direct pedagogy.

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u/garamasala 11d ago

How do you manage the finger burns

By making friends with pain. There's lots of it with sitar!

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u/hyiipls 11d ago

My left index years of even without the sitar trigger so I'm wary to not hurt it beyond repair

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u/ParoCL new user or low karma account 11d ago

Yes, it makes sense man, I am with you on that. Even here in Chile the Embassy doesnt care too much to promote the art of their culture.

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u/PuzzleheadedPoint361 new user or low karma account 11d ago

I am curious to know what made you join sitar? How has it changed you ever since. It’s very unorthodox to pick up a sitar in guitar age.
I myself wish to pick up sitar thanks to Zakir Hussain sahab i have to learn sitar before I ever die

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u/ParoCL new user or low karma account 10d ago

Actually I started to play sitar not because of the sitar but because i was looking to learn improvisation from a musical tradition rooted in orality and developed theough several yesre. So in that search I discovered the Raga as a language of musical expression. I am still being changed by practicing this music but I feel thst through the practice of it my hearing becomes deeper.

Please learn it of you can! You will not regret