This Blog will be about music of all kinds. From everywhere. Neccessarily it will also include spirituality as it is inherent inthe subject of Sound.
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Nada Brahma or Sound Is God
In the East there is saying Nada Brahma or Sound is God. Looking Closer we see that this is true in the West as well, or anywhere in between for that matter. We can take the Bibles literal first words, "God spoke and then there was light" ~ so a Sound occurred and from that manifested everything else, according to the Bible. If we look towards rational SCIENCE we see the same ~ The Big Bang ~ was simply a "Big Sound" from whose primordial dust all that we see and experience around us was brought about ibnto existence. In this ~ Sound Or Love ~ one plus one equals not two but ONE. My hand (one thing) strikes a string (another thing or even things) but ONE SOUND or "thing" is brought forth. This is true in Creation and in Love. Two people unite to form ONE VIBRATION
Left Hand Sitar Technique
Left Hand Sitar Technique
Today we will speaking of sitar hand technique. Specifically Left Hand Technique. We will later go into right hand as well but it will require more images and angles of shots. The major mistake I notice in many Sitar players that are learning or even have decent level of experience is that their thumb is "cramping" the back of the sitar fretboard. By "cramping" I mean flat and pressed down hard on the back of the fret board. This is wrong. The thumb should curve outwards as to facilitate sliding your hand up and down the sitar neck and it will make for much smoother meends. Here is short video describing this
left hand sitar technique
Anand Vyas