What is a Raga? | Sitar maestro Niladri Kumar explains | Music of India
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- #darbarfestival | “How do you make the sentence? How do you make the spelling?” Niladri Kumar explains the concept of raga, demonstrating the ideas on his sitar as he goes.
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Niladri Kumar is known for his expansive modern sitar style, stretching the boundaries of classical music. Trained under his father, a disciple of Ravi Shankar, he was recognised as a prodigy. He has since developed an extraordinary technical command of his instrument, complete with dextrous double stops, whispering string bends, and rapid taans [fast improvised lines]. He makes forays into film composition and is the inventor of the ‘zitar’ - a hybrid of electric guitar and sitar. Today he tours extensively with Zakir Hussain’s groups as well as a solo artist.
Recorded at Darbar Festival in 2014:
-Niladri Kumar (sitar)
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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.
the people from darbar do great justice to the sound of Indian music. the mixing and equalization is top notch.
One of the best and most elegant of elaborations on the mysterious experience called raag...still soaking it in .
Oh my goodness this is perfect. ♡ Thank you for contributing such beautiful art to our world.
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!
Respect ! a generous and serious explanation.
Thanks, for delivering this secret part of your beautiful soul.
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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!
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!
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
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..
PS:
Steve Gorn, this wonderful bansuri player explained to me what 'raga' means as:
'coloring the mind'.
I like that.
In bangali, simply asadharon interpretation of music!!!!!!!
What a MAN!!! What an Approach!!! Mesmerizing !!!
Niladri is an amzing commited musician. I still remember his bangalore concert where people clapped to him continuesly for atleast 15 minutes long
This was such a masterclass! Please post more... Looks like he still have more to share 😊🙏
Simple yet deep explanation.
Thank you so much for a very detailed description. It is completely fascinating.
Wonderful sitarist...literally explains everything in this 16 min clip. Amazing !
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
Me as well
I still learn something new each time I c this video!!
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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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Phenomenal explanation of RAAG!!!..
Whoa this is some deep, complicated stuff!
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This is best explanation and lesson for raags I've found. Awesome video, super helpful.
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
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.
Beautiful music. Thank you for the in depth explanation!
Very nice dynamics (obviously, n00b guitar player speaking)!
wonderful, so free and so demanding , what skill and study, devotion . perfect meend work.
This is so complex yet so beautiful !
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What a gorgeous sitar! Seems to be quite old isn't it? Also beautifully played!
Awesome explanation Thanks.
Wow sirji HATS OFF.... GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS... son of माँ सरस्वती (Goddes mother Saraswati)
Amazing learned so much. Thank you for sharing.
I am enlightened..Thanks a ton..!!!
I think creating melodic patterns using the set notes is raga???
beautiful! i must say those strings can bend along way.
8:32 is epic
ikrrrr!! o..o
Woow, sick bends. 5 note bend, I haven't tried sitar yet, but I guess the string breaks oftenly
You should try to learn it! Im sure there are teachers around wherever you live
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 UA-cam and what sounds right to me.
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.
Fantastic playing.Sweet to hear.
Following along in DADGAD tuning on a guitar. Very interesting stuff thank you, sir.
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
brilliantly explained...
Beautifully explained. Though i didn't understand everything but understood somethinhg
Thanks for liking
VERY BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
Very well explained....🙏🙏🙏🙏
Its quite insightful...thank you for sharing...
Very nicely explained...🙏
Love how he keeps stroking while talking
awesome video.. great explanation..
Excellent explanation !!
Śruti are your pigments; the sitar, your brush. Now, paint me a colorful picture.
please guide me what is raag ? their mean !what is mean sare.gama. pa da. ni sa?
Just amazing....wow
Amazing video !
Great teacher!!
que buen instrumento! no se desafina con esos bends tan bestiales
Raga HEART
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When did you come to Germany???!!!
Great.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
A good lesson
S.C.Bose
oh my god...............nice voice nice lesson thanks
Awesome!
Awesome!!!!!
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.
Pranam
I like him!
wow, wow, wow
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 fantastic
Wow, all this should take 20 years to develop
a great maestro. ...
I don't believe in God. I believe in living legends. Niladri
Please tell me..
If anyone can teach me to play sitar
In Pune
I think I watched this like 5 times already
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
🙏
Momma, let your son put a whammy bar on his sitar, and be a *rock star!*
😇
Muito bom!
which rec studio is this ????
Can we have something more about this. can you bring him back again to say something
more.
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
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..
Some of them are sympathetic strings to create resonance.
Live Indian classical music
its actually fairly simple, he is just complicating things
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?
Thumper kinda, you just need a name for it
Hello my name is sahana the meaning of my word is a raga
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hiiii
Come on why don't earthlings enjoy indian classical ragas such as SHREE, POORVi, MAARVA. Must be because only a few are blessed to .
didn't get anything
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 !!!
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.
Absolute nonsense on your part!
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?