String Instruments
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Step by step demonstration on sitar with spoken explanations in German. Basic introduction to sitar technique, tuning and exercises for complete beginners. Comes with Indian sargam notation.
Step by step demonstration on sitar with spoken explanations in German. Relatively easy medium fast composition for intermediate sitar students with variations and simple improvisation exercises. Comes with Indian sargam notation.
Step by step demonstration on sitar with spoken explanations in German. Relatively easy alap composition for intermediate sitar students. Comes with Indian sargam notation.
Step by step demonstration on sitar with spoken explanations in German. Challenging alap for advanced sitar students, transcribed and analysed from a recording by Nikhil Banerjee. Comes with Indian sargam notation.
This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to sitar and its technique, as well as the practice, theory, and history of raga music. It includes online access to 42 audio tracks + 2 hours of videos for demonstration and play-along.
Unique collection of 454 gats of classcial North Indian music in 164 ragas and 15 talas, notated in Indian sargam notation in Indian Devanagari script .
The three popular Indian string instruments taus, dilruba and esraj are so closely related to each other in terms of playing technique, history and repertoire that they can be treated together in one textbook.