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Who in here plays the SITAR?

Who in here plays the SITAR?

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
No. Six strings are challenging enough when you have ten thumbs.

Learn the harmonica and be the envy of your neighbours.

Are there any specifically Estonian instruments?
harmonica... been there, done that... I suck... 😞

Nah, only the zither I may say, but it's shared with Finns and else
so I wouldn't call it an Estonian pride.

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
1. Buy a cheap one from eBay - e.g. Item#200038553514
When you're bored after 2 months you won't have wasted too much money.

2. Spend the time waiting for your sitar to arrive by looking at photos of Mr Sharma, proprietor of Radha Krishna Sharma & Co.

http://www.radhakrishnasharma.com/adver/100820pg.html

http://www.radhakrishnasharma.com/cimage/100820e.jpeg
I see your bona fide SITAR luthiers and I raise you: The Underground Skeptical Army of India!

http://www.indian-skeptic.org/html/index.htm

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Originally posted by Seitse
Any serious sitar player or enthusiast that can make some recommendation?
I've played around with learning tabla, but that really would take years in India.

Don't know much about the sitar though...

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Is it true that small sitars are called baby-sitars?

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Originally posted by Seitse
I have a few questions...

1. An online shop you could recommend.
2. A method to learn to play it.
3. Spare and maintenance stuff I should bare in mind.
4. Anything else you consider worth knowing.

Thanks!

🙂
I do not play sitar but I would also love to learn! If you ever find anything out will you let me know? I wish I could learn from someone like Ravi Shankar! LOL

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I think the main challenge if you'd try to learn the sitar would be that you would have to learn a lot about Indian music. You would have to get familiar with the scales, rhythms, harmonies etc., which are completely different from Western music. Unless you have grown up with Indian music, this won't come intuitively. Music is sometimes called a universal language, but that isn't really true. Indian music is a different language than Western music, and if you haven't grown up with it or studied it, it may sound nice, but you won't really understand it. I know I don't.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I think the main challenge if you'd try to learn the sitar would be that you would have to learn a lot about Indian music. You would have to get familiar with the scales, rhythms, harmonies etc., which are completely different from Western music. Unless you have grown up with Indian music, this won't come intuitively. Music is sometimes called a universal la ...[text shortened]... h it or studied it, it may sound nice, but you won't really understand it. I know I don't.
cue in terry riley!

terry!
terry!
terry!
terry!

take me to the bridge!

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Originally posted by Seitse
I have a few questions...

1. An online shop you could recommend.
2. A method to learn to play it.
3. Spare and maintenance stuff I should bare in mind.
4. Anything else you consider worth knowing.

Thanks!

🙂
1.sitarsareus.com
2.Get stoned and let er rip bro.
3.Have fun tuning the friggin thing
4.See number 3

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Well, that is what amazes me from Indian music. Westerners are so
narrow when it comes to beauty that the scale is limited, to start
with. I will give it a try and, if I don't sound like Ravi Shankar in... let's
say 10 years, I will quit it and start with the triangle 😉