sitarsaturday Tag Posts Index

SItar Saturday - Ravi Shankhar

It is time for another #sitarsaturday This time I'm focusing on some jams by Ravi Shankhar. I love the vintage video that goes along with this jam. Talk about flower

Sitar Saturday - Sitar Fusion Jams

It is time for another #sitarsaturday this time with a theme of fusion. Here is Ashwin Batish jamming with numerous bandmembers. They are kind of fusing lots of

Sitar Saturday - Buskers

It is time for another #sitarsaturday with a street busker theme The trick to busking is to have a catchy tune that you play on loop over and over again. Then you

Sitar Saturday - The Basics

Time for another #sitarsaturday My favorite format for sitar is just a basic setup with a tabla player and the sitar doing crazy improvisation. This guy does quite

Sitar Saturday - Anoushka Shankar Songs

It's time for another #sitarsaturday featuring my favorite Anoushka Shankar songs. The first song is Sinister Grains. This one has a nice mysterious vibe to it with

Sitar Saturday - Konnakol (Drum Language)

Here's some more percussion for #sitarsaturday Here's is what is known as Konnakol aka drum language. You use your hands to clap out the odd timing of the metronome

Sitar Saturday - Rhythm Section

Its time for the rhythm section of #sitarsaturday First we start off with some tabla. These drums are what you usually hear accompanying a sitar. They can play super

Sitar Saturday - Metal?

It is time for another #sitarsaturday this time with a metal theme. This band calls themselves Sitar Metal great for SEO. The intro is a bit too long but the rest

Sitar Saturday - Setar vs Sitar vs A Hybrid

I know this is supposed to be a #sitarsaturday but here is something called the setar instead. Here is a trio jamming with the setar in the middle. The oud sort

Sitar Saturday - More Sitar-Like Instruments

Here are a few more sitar-like instruments for #sitarsaturday Here is an instrument called the taus or mayuri veena. It is basically a bowed sitar with an extra

Sitar Saturday - Sitar-Like Instruments

It has been a while since I posted anything for #sitarsaturday here I'll focus on sitar-like instruments Ever want a sitar with more strings to play with and less

Sitar Saturday

Here are a few of my sitar songs for #sitarsaturday This one combines a doumbek, shaker, a kalimba and my sitar on lead. My sitar has quite a bit of intricate decoration

Sitar Saturday - Sound Experiment

Here's a sitar recording where the audio from my zoom h6 messed up so I had to rely only on my camera's audio (which is bad). So I ran it through a few filters and