History of the Sitar
Women & the History of the Sitar
Cultural & Spiritual Connections of the Sitar
Types of Ragas for Sitar
Evening Raga for Sitar
Night Raga for Sitar
Morning Raga for Sitar
Honoring Sitar Teachers
Sitar Playing Posture
Sitar Hand Technique
Parts of a Sitar
Sitar String Names
Sitar Note Names
How to Tune a Sitar
Sitar Major Scale
Alankars Technique for the Sitar
Bol Technique for the Sitar
Jhala Technique for the Sitar
Meend Technique for the Sita
Using Tanpuras for Accompaniment
Sitar Performance Demonstration
Summary: Learn how to play a sitar raga for the evening in this free online music lesson on how to play the sitar.
Amelia Maciszewski has dedicated her entire life to studying and teaching Hindustani instrumental and vocal music. She has a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and has been performing all over...read more
"First of all that I want to say Raga is the melodic framework in Indian music. And Raga is less specific than a song but more specific than a scale. It is based on a scale; a succession of five, six or seven notes ascending and descending and they can be different ascending than descending. And, particular phrases using those notes and the ascending and descending notes don’t have to be in succession, you can skip. So for example, a very popular evening Raga is called Khamaj and the Ras or mood is romantic. The scale is: and certain phrases you can pick."
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