INDIAN MUSIC FORUM ARCHIVES: Sitar Forum: A beginner's journey

 

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Rudrani
A beginner's journey Jan 15, 2004 11:34 p.m.


Hello:

For about a couple of weeks I have been visiting the forum, since Santa bought my wife a a Mangla Prasad Sharma for Christmas. Wal-Mart was out of electric woks, I reckon.

All kidding aside, my wife was one of those "violin child prodigies". She also played the banjo (yes, we live in Nashville), and she has been doing yoga for 20+ years and meditating for about 13. She went to a Yoga retreat in upstate New York, and one of the Yoginis did a Sitar program. She absolutely fell in love with it. As a matter of fact, she almost purchased a Sitar from a furniture store here in town. I went to see it, and it was in such sorry shape that either Vishnu dropped it from his flying vimana, or Ganesh mistook it for a footstool.

Anyways, tonight we we "playing" with her, tuning it and so forth, and she somehow found the opening notes of "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones. Next time Mick & co are in town, I'm giving them a call.

Now, for my first official question to the group: Do y'all know of a Sitar instructor in Nashville? We have the Harihar Rao book and the Batish video #1, but that ain't 'nuff.

Namaste

santos & rudrani

PS: If any of you want advice on how to christmas-wrap a Sitar and case, I can help.

Keshav Das
Re:A beginner's journey Jan 16, 2004 08:53 a.m.


Haven't seen a listing for a sitar teacher per se - but musicians of a given style tend to band together in any given community. Try phoning the tabla teachers in Nashville (http://www.keshav-music.com/teachers.htm). In a town so full of musicians, a tabla teacher is bound to know someone. When you find a teacher, please share his/her contact info with the forum.
Cheers,
K
Rudrani
Re:A beginner's journey Jan 16, 2004 10:57 a.m.


Thanks K; I just e-mailed the people from your website. I hope there's somebody here, since after all, we are music city USA
namaste
Sangeeta
Re:A beginner's journey Jan 16, 2004 11:27 a.m.


Hello Rudrani,

Good luck with your search for Sitar teachers. You may find a good teacher in Atlanta (I have heard a lot of good things about Mr. Haresh Bakshi). I live in Charlotte NC. I am learning Sitar for about 3-4 years. Even though I am not to the level where I can call myself a musician, I would be happy to share what I know with a beginner.

FG
Re:A beginner's journey Feb 23, 2004 09:36 a.m.


I am wondering where in upstate NY your wife attended a retreat.

Thanks
FG

Rudrani
Re:A beginner's journey Feb 24, 2004 05:55 p.m.


FG:

She has been going to the Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York. As far as I can tell they have ongoing classes and lectures about Indian music

http://anandaashram.org/#

I am wondering where in upstate NY your wife attended a retreat.

Thanks
FG[/quote]

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