Learning the Sitar

This is an audio / book instruction set for the Indian sitar.  It was originally with a CD, but this has been replaced by an audio download. It may be used by schools and private teachers as course materials to aid in their instruction.  It may also be used as a self instruction set.

It is available in both a book form as well as a download.

Here are the contents of the book:

Preface
Chapter 1	Introduction
Chapter 2	History
Chapter 3	Basics of Indian Music
Chapter 4	Parts of the Sitar
Chapter 5	Stringing and Tuning
Chapter 6	Basic Technique
Chapter 7	Exercises
Chapter 8	That
Chapter 9	Rag
Chapter 10	Tal
Chapter 11	More Technique
Chapter 12	Bilawal That
Chapter 13	Kalyan That
Chapter 14	Kafi That
Chapter 15	Conclusion
Appendix 1	Resources
Appendix 2	String Gauges
Appendix 3	Further Reading
Appendix 4	Glossary
Appendix 5	About the Authors

Here are the contents of the audio CD. There are 56 tracks of examples, patterns, etc.

Track		Title
1		Rag Bhageshri
2		Tambura
3		“Da” Stroke
4-12		Exercises 1-9
13		Bilawal That
14		Kalyan That
15		Kafi That
16		Khammaj That
17		Asawari That
18		Purvi That
19		Bhairav That
20		Bhairavi That
21		Marwa That
22		Todi That
23-27		Examples 13-17
28		Tabla
29		Tin
30		Naa
31		Ga
32		Dhaa
33		Dhin
34		Tintal
35		Dir
36		Chikari
37		Jhala
38		Bilawal Gat
39-45		Exercise 11-17
46		Example 23
47		Bhupali Gat
48-55		Exercise 18-25
56		Bhageshri Gat

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