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History & Overview of the Sitar
Sitar Droning & Choosing a Teacher
How To Tune a Sitar
How To Hold a Sitar
Using a Pick When Playing a Sitar
Play a Sitar on the Frets
Basic Scales on a Sitar
How To Change Frets on a Sitar
Playing Pulls on a Sitar
What is a Raga in Sitar Playing?
Improvisation on a Sitar
Playing a Sitar with Various Beats
Improvisation Technique for Sitar
Raga Differences for Sitar
Basic Exercises for Sitar
Pull Exercises for Sitar
Right Hand Exercises for Sitar
Playing the Sympathetic Strings on a Sitar
Playing Pulse-Like Patterns on a Sitar
Sitar Playing Time Signatures
Music Demo on Sitar
Summary: Finding a teacher for your sitar playing is key to mastering the subtleties of the instrument. Learn to tune the sitar and choose a teacher from an authentically trained player in this free sitar video lesson.
Daisy Paradis is a teacher at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City. She is one of the few Americans who can give a pure and authentic rendition of North Indian classical music. An...read more
"In this clip we are going to talk about tuning the sitar and some of the basics about playing the sitar. I have to say that anybody who plays the sitar or classical Indian music, I suggest strongly that you get a teacher to help show you things, correct things, show you the subtleties of the ornaments and all kinds of wonderful things that you wouldn't necessarily go into on your own or find on your own. Now when you are tuning the sitar these days people either tune their sitar to C sharp (C#) or D, I tune to D. Modern sitarists sound better in the olden days they use to tune to C. We also tune with the help from something called an electric tambora which is over here. It is a little gizmo that you can buy on the Internet or at various stores and it?s a drone."
eHow Article: Sitar Droning & Choosing a Teacher
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