LEARNING THE SITAR

David Courtney & Srinivas Koumounduri

The sitar has been popular since the 1960s. Since that time it has always had a considerable mystique among musicians. It also has an undeserved reputation for being difficult to play. This book/CD set cuts though the mystique and misapprehensions and presents the material in a simple fashion that is easily understood both by Indians and non-Indian musicians alike.

Learning the Sitar begins with basic background information, including a discussion of Indian music, the history of the instrument, the parts and other important terms It then moves on to basic exercises and finally finishes with some simple compositions in Bilawal, Kalyan and Kafi. This is covered in a mix of staff notation as well as traditional Indian Sargam notation.

Beginning-Intermediate levels.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Different Approach to the Music
4. Different Approach to the Instrument
5. Purpose of this Book
6. History
7. Before the Sitar
8. Invention of the Sitar
9. Historical Figures
10. Basics of Indian Music
11. Melodic Fundamentals
12. Harmony
13. Key
14. Musical Notes
15. Just Intonation vs Equal Temperament
16. Intervals
17. Register
18. Drone
19. Parts of the Sitar
20. Basic Parts of the Sitar
21. Functional Breakdown of the Strings
22. Stringing and Tuning
23. The Strings
24. Attaching the Strings
25. Specific Tunings of the Strings
26. Auxiliary Strings
27. Positioning of the Frets
28. Basic Technique
29. Sitting and Holding Position#1
30. Sitting and Holding Position#2 (Ravi Shankar Style)
31. Women's Sitting Position
32. Mizrab
33. Right-Hand Position and Striking
34. Bols
35. Left-Hand Technique
36. Getting Started
37. The âRaâ Stroke
38. Exercises
39. That
40. Bilawal That
41. Kalyan That
42. Kafi That
43. Khammaj That
44. Asawari That
45. Purvi That
46. Bhairav That
47. Bhairavi That
48. Marwa That
49. Todi That
50. Rag
51. Aroh Avaroh
52. Jati
53. Pakad
54. Ornamentation
55. Other Characteristics
56. Tal
57. Clapping and Waving
58. Sam
59. Tabla
60. Theka
61. Prakar
62. More Technique
63. Dira
64. Chikari
65. Bilawal That
66. Rag Bilawal
67. Gat in Rag Bilawal
68. Kalyan That
69. Tuning
70. Exercises
71. Rag Bhupali
72. Beginner's Gat in Rag Bhupali
73. Kafi That
74. Tuning
75. Exercises
76. Rag Bhageshri
77. Gat in Bhageshri
78. Conclusion
79. Appendix 1 - Resources
80. Appendix 2 - String Gauges
81. Appendix 3 - Further Reading
82. Appendix 4 - Glossary
83. About the Authors

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84 Pages

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