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Absolutely fascinating. I have become interested in Hindustani classical music over the last few months after my son started to play the tabla and the more I learn the more I appreciate the depths of my ignorance. Nevertheless, this was very interesting and I look forward to learning more and more. My son and I are going to some of the concerts at Darbar 2014 and I'm very excited about it.

One of the best and most elegant of elaborations on the mysterious experience called raag...still soaking it in .

the people from darbar do great justice to the sound of Indian music. the mixing and equalization is top notch.

Darbarfestival (and academy) is such an invaluable resource for those who wish to have a greater relationship with and knowledge of what is the arguably the most profoundly expressive form of music in the world. As someone who has listened for several decades, I so greatly appreciate that this is now available. In the past, there was so little available to even the interested listener outside of select places. And nothing of this caliber. Thank you so much for this.

Oh my goodness this is perfect. ♡ Thank you for contributing such beautiful art to our world.

Respect ! a generous and serious explanation. Thanks, for delivering this secret part of your beautiful soul.

hola. me gusto mucho, aunque no hablo el idioma de la india y no mucho inglés. con un amigo de la india me ayudo a entender.felicitaciones Maestro. soy amante de la musica india y del sitar

Every once in a long time I come across such videos that make me feel like I have been living in a cave all this while!

I've heard the "what is a raga?" lecture probably 100 times but this one by Niladri Kumar was fresh and really easy to understand. Should be required viewing for all students of Hindustani music. Bravo!

One of the most articulate and honest explanations of Raag exploration. I love it. Thanks for sharing. :-)

In the world of Spotify nd iTunes nowadays it's hard to find such kind of magnificent creation nd dedication to create tracks like these.. which exhibit one's emotional attachment and pure passion towards it.. thanks to this channel to bring Indian music Infront of the whole world..kudos!

What a MAN!!! What an Approach!!! Mesmerizing !!!

In bangali, simply asadharon interpretation of music!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for a very detailed description. It is completely fascinating.

Its a beautiful elaboration. The only word that comes to my mind when I try to explain what a "raag" is - is "melodic framework". Of course, there are multiple orthogonal concepts - scale, alankars, taals (rhythms), tempo and most importantly ras (mood) converge to finally make "music" - which completes the "swaroop" (personality, for the lack of a better word) of a given instance of rendition of a raag - as the speaker beautifully explains. But I feel the word "framework" probably puts the concept of "raag" most clearly into perspective..

Simple yet deep explanation.

This is best explanation and lesson for raags I've found. Awesome video, super helpful.

This was such a masterclass! Please post more... Looks like he still have more to share 😊🙏

PS: Steve Gorn, this wonderful bansuri player explained to me what 'raga' means as: 'coloring the mind'. I like that.

Wonderful sitarist...literally explains everything in this 16 min clip. Amazing !

I still learn something new each time I c this video!!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Beautiful music. Thank you for the in depth explanation!

Amazing learned so much. Thank you for sharing.

Phenomenal explanation of RAAG!!!..

wonderful, so free and so demanding , what skill and study, devotion . perfect meend work.

Niladri is an amzing commited musician. I still remember his bangalore concert where people clapped to him continuesly for atleast 15 minutes long

Whoa this is some deep, complicated stuff!

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8 жыл бұрын

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Awesome explanation Thanks.

thanks for the video, very good playing and instruction however im going to need to watch this another 20 times before i understand it haha

@harrycollier9886

5 жыл бұрын

Me as well

I am enlightened..Thanks a ton..!!!

Its quite insightful...thank you for sharing...

VERY BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

awesome video.. great explanation..

Fantastic playing.Sweet to hear.

beautiful! i must say those strings can bend along way.

Wow sirji HATS OFF.... GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS... son of माँ सरस्वती (Goddes mother Saraswati)

brilliantly explained...

Amazing video !

Excellent explanation !!

This is so complex yet so beautiful !

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Very nicely explained...🙏

Great teacher!!

Very well explained....🙏🙏🙏🙏

Awesome!!!!!

Awesome!

Very nice dynamics (obviously, n00b guitar player speaking)!

Just amazing....wow

oh my god...............nice voice nice lesson thanks

que buen instrumento! no se desafina con esos bends tan bestiales

What a gorgeous sitar! Seems to be quite old isn't it? Also beautifully played!

Great.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Following along in DADGAD tuning on a guitar. Very interesting stuff thank you, sir.

@maxdemontbron9720

Жыл бұрын

I keep the G string pressed on the second fret to keep a neutral sound and then go up and down the G string in various modes to make the melody. I reccommend this system to anyone who has a guitar but no sitaar

Beautifully explained. Though i didn't understand everything but understood somethinhg

@darbarfestival

Ай бұрын

Thanks for liking

Love how he keeps stroking while talking

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 fantastic

A common misunderstanding a lot of Indian musicians have is that the western concept of scale is different from the Sa-re-ga notation but we refer to the root note or Sa in Indian music using harmonium keys like “kali ek” and the Do Re Mi in western notation is similar to Sa Re Ga.

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Thank you Niladri, you said, you do not know why a tehai is repeated three times. My question is: Do you think the tehai's structure has to do with the fact that it is a cue? It is all about being recognized as a cue. If so, a repetition of three similar figures makes sense, since it will be detectable. If it was twice only, how would the fellow players know ' this is the figure' ? And more than three times is not necessary. So, three times is just right. This is what I think. Does this make sense? All best, Carsten

@VatsalJain-

5 жыл бұрын

Good explanation. I think of it as more of a tool to bring in the aesthetic quality of layakaari, rhythm and the related elements into the composition. In places, it is used as a cue, e.g. at the ending of a composition. But it is also used in taans, some alaaps and gamaks.

I think creating melodic patterns using the set notes is raga???

which rec studio is this ????

please guide me what is raag ? their mean !what is mean sare.gama. pa da. ni sa?

A good lesson S.C.Bose

I like him!

Please tell me.. If anyone can teach me to play sitar In Pune

Muito bom!

wow, wow, wow

a great maestro. ...

Pranam

8:32 is epic

@VatsalJain-

8 жыл бұрын

ikrrrr!! o..o

🙏

Woow, sick bends. 5 note bend, I haven't tried sitar yet, but I guess the string breaks oftenly

@fluxequinox

5 жыл бұрын

You should try to learn it! Im sure there are teachers around wherever you live

@teamsoap101

5 жыл бұрын

Yo I got myself the cheapest sitar I could afford about a year ago and so far ive never had a string snap on me yet. there is a lot of give and flex as long as you are careful hope this helps! also I don't have anyone to teach me how to play so just going with what videos I can find on KZread and what sounds right to me.

@Dfizzleshizzle1

5 жыл бұрын

String breakage hasn't been a huge issue for me while playing, it mainly happens while tuning but can be avoided if you're careful. But meends (bends) can really knock your sitar out of tune. On a professional quality instrument like Niladri's, it's probably not an issue at all, but on most of the sitars you're going to find out in the world, tuning is necessary very often.

Raga HEART

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Śruti are your pigments; the sitar, your brush. Now, paint me a colorful picture.

When did you come to Germany???!!!

Wow, all this should take 20 years to develop

I think I watched this like 5 times already

@s.k.12

4 жыл бұрын

Same. But still can't understand. Lol

This has a major 3rd.Again the flat 9th and flat fifth gives a dark sad feel.substitute major 3rd with a minor 3rd you get another scale. ie substitute F # with F

Can we have something more about this. can you bring him back again to say something more.

Momma, let your son put a whammy bar on his sitar, and be a *rock star!*

@darbarfestival

3 жыл бұрын

😇

I don't believe in God. I believe in living legends. Niladri

One comment is not enough. I`ve got the milestone of feeling great to play music at any scene. C,G,D,F,A, and so on. O.K. this guy is really cool, showing you how to play what his music means. Stay clean, H.M.

hiiii

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Is the majority of the instrument played on just one string? That's what it looks like... I don't see him even touching the mini strings around the main middle one..

@siddheshdeshpande7183

6 жыл бұрын

Some of them are sympathetic strings to create resonance.

Hello my name is sahana the meaning of my word is a raga

Raja is what you want, what you dream, what you love, Raja something inside you does not explain in words, Raja is the hero who dwells in you, man

didn't get anything

its actually fairly simple, he is just complicating things

@thumper8684

6 жыл бұрын

So if you had a guy playing slide guitar, his drunk mate with a pegleg stomping his heart out and a dog howling in the background, that would be a raga?

@shenshenani5913

6 жыл бұрын

Thumper kinda, you just need a name for it

Come on why don't earthlings enjoy indian classical ragas such as SHREE, POORVi, MAARVA. Must be because only a few are blessed to .

vendarfull

Bekar kiyu ro rhe ho

He is one of the most brilliant musicians, Sitar players India has produced !!! He is incredibly talented and has an unbelievably crazy command over Sitar. With all due respect, whatever he spoke about Raga or about expanding a Raga is simply nonsense !!! There is no creativity or what so ever involved in it at all. Musicians are simply conditioned to the music they play and depending on your genetical capability you play better or worse. That's all about it !!! But unfortunately, most of them go around saying there is a great creativity involved in playing music. Take my word, there is absolutely none!!! It's simply your genetical capability with the kind of conditioning you go through !!! Would have enjoyed this better had it been more music and less talking !!!

@VanshMago

6 жыл бұрын

shrikanth s.y Get some knowledge from the masters involve yourself in the music then speak sir. Who are you to say that this is nonsensical. If it were genetical we wouldn’t have masters like Alla Rakha and Ravi Shankar. If it wasn’t creativity people wouldn’t play the same raag for hours. And as a side note the title said What is a Raag . Expect some talking wanna hear music go elsewhere.

@MrTajazikria

3 жыл бұрын

Absolute nonsense on your part!

@MrTajazikria

3 жыл бұрын

Fact - creativity is a phenomenon that to this day can't be explained scientifically.

please guide me what is raag ? their mean !what is mean sare.gama. pa da. ni sa?