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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 the sitar technique known as Jhala 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
"Jhala is the technique and the part of the performance that concludes a performance. It reaches the climax in speed and excitement and what it is you play the playing string the Baj and the Chikaris in different rhythmic patterns. So you get these really nice intricate rhythmic patterns and there is a lot of interplay with Tabla. So the way we speak about this is Dah Chik. So playing the Chikari the technique of playing the Chikari in Jhala is referred to as Chik and Dah is just the stroke the same Dah stroke which I demonstrated and you can do something as simple as this which is a good way to begin. Little Meend here. "
eHow Article: Jhala Technique for the Sitar
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