Sitar music

[alex45]

I would love to hear more about the sitar. Is it always accompanied with the Tampur and other Indian instruments?

[Hoerninger]

Is it always accompanied with the Tampur and other Indian instruments?

Traditionally I assume yes. Even George Harrison on "St.Peppers" was accompanied.
Possibly this is helpfull, I have never had it in my hands, though:
https://wyastone.co.uk/nrl/world/5536a.html
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Peter

[louped garouv]

the concert for bangledesh LP has a sitar track IIRC...


here's the info/links
Track 2. BANGLA DHUN
Narrowband Broadband
(written by Ravi Shankar, published by Harrisongs Ltd)
sitar – Ravi Shankar
sarod – Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
tabla – Ustad Alla Rakha
tamboura – Kamala Chakravarty


(i like to use that album side for testing)

[Krunchy]

Besides Ravi Shanker (I know..shankar) I am not familiar with this genre as much as I would like to be. He's probably the most popular due to the Beatles reference, but I am sure there are others who are equally good if not better though less known.

[Ducatista47]

Here is a keeper. The Master Musicians Of India / Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar-Khan. Ali plays sarod, probably better than anybody. A tabla player and two tamboura players are in attendance.

Even better, if tabla is your thing, Tabla Duet in Tintal is an awesome live set if you can find it. A father and son gig. Also known as Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain Tabla Duet. It builds with classical patience and becomes a session that will knock your socks off. I especially like the vocalizations. Tabla players often sing beats and these two can not be believed.

http://www.momentrecords.com/miva/me...Category_Code=

These names will be familiar from the track 2 info.

Clark

[jeenie67]

...and a need for cash. I owned a sitar years ago. Bought it off the owner of a Penny Saver type local paper in my hometown in the late 1970's. It was quite the animal...I had a lot of fun with it before I let it go. I listened to all the Ravi I could find at the time, but mostly emulated the odd time signature with compositions of my own. I used to tune the lower set of drone strings in alternative tunings much like I do now with the upper octave strings on my 12 string acoustic.

[Hoerninger]

Here is a keeper.
...
Tabla Duet in Tintal is an awesome live set if you can find it. ... Also known as Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain Tabla Duet.
It ... becomes a session that will knock your socks off.

Tribut to Zakir Hussain & Ustad alla Rakha!
I have got the CD "Memorable Tabla Duet - Teental",
(Germany, Stuttgart, 1988)
which sounds like this: YouTube

And thank you to Ducatista47 for this great tip!
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Peter

[toddalin]

I would love to hear more about the sitar. Is it always accompanied with the Tampur and other Indian instruments?

Not always. Coral made an electric version in the 60s-70s that appears on lots of rock songs without the other traditional Indian instruments (e.g., Stones Paint It Black).

[4343]

I would love to hear more about the sitar. Is it always accompanied with the Tampur and other Indian instruments?

It's usually Tambura or Tanpura (Devanagari: तम्पूरा).

Thanks for all the music ideas guys! I'd love to find anything with Zakir Hussain and Ali Akbar-Khan, as I saw them once at a little club in SF. My brother took tabla lessons from Zakir, so we were comped into the front row on a night when John Handy sat in. Two hours passed in the blink of one or two ragas... My favorite part was seeing Ali Akbar's hand at BOTH ends of the neck at the same time, proof that the hand IS faster than the eye... Oh, and the little hammer for tuning the tablas, used only ON the beat. The tonal limits of the sax were a little disconcerting at first, but it sort of grew on me as the music progressed.