Comments on: Exercises to Get you Started

By: mnv

mnv — Mon, 09 May 2011 05:12:06 +0000

Hi Khundlini
You’ll need to experiment with these things

1) Bow angle in relation to the main playing string
2) Bow “twist” in relation to the main playing string
3) bowing pressure
4) try More or less Rosin on the bow and see what works for you
5) if you absolutely cant get it to work , try a different bow — maybe try buying a cheap violin bow .

By: khundlini

khundlini — Sat, 07 May 2011 23:15:00 +0000

hi I started my dilruba journey, but when I’m doing my sargams as my bow turns to go back I get a screeching sound (when I slow down) how do I get past that?

Regards,
Khundlini

By: khundlini

khundlini — Sat, 07 May 2011 23:14:37 +0000

hi I started my dilruba journey, but when I’m doing my sargams as my bow turns to go back I get a screeching sound (when I slow down) how do I get past that?

By: dshal18

dshal18 — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:23:00 +0000

Hi,
I’ve noticed that playing at the fret doesn’t always give me the correct tone. e.g. when starting from standard Sa on the 7th Fret, Shuddha Ga should fall on the 10th fret, but I find that this comes out too sharp.

Is this normal?

Many thanks!
Daniel

By: singhg2001

singhg2001 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:49:34 +0000

Gur Fateh!

For the above exercises , can u post the notation , I am
trying to do the same on Taus , i guess it is starting with Ni , but want to be sure.

Thanks
Gurpratap Singh

By: mnv

mnv — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:02:36 +0000

Hey James
Saw the video. Sounds pretty good.
I would recommend you work towards being able to play notes faster (without sliding at all at first).
and learn a few compositions so you get some idea of how indian style melodies are structured .. so you’ll be more decisive when choosing what note to play next.

are you able to follow Teentaal ? (it’s the name of a beat – 16 beat cycle)
search youtube and see.
if you are –
this will be useful (and hopefully fun) for you
http://harsangeet.com/2007/12/lesson-composition-grsn/

By: Jayrr1

Jayrr1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:01:00 +0000

im not sure where to post this video so i will post here. Can you tell me where i need to go from here. I have not played my diruba in a long time because I lost inspiration, but I have been getting back into it and would like to make the next step. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JpEQZlOutI

By: Dildar

Dildar — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:04:31 +0000

I want to ghet started with the lessons

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:36:42 +0000

Darn! If I have to touch the frets this means most of my frets have to be moved by a centimeter or more. The distance from the main string to the lowest fret (high Ga) is about 1.6 cm, that’s a bit of stretch for these strings. For now, I’ll just try to apply consistent pressure. I used to play a little Carnatic violin, so I’m just glad there’s frets!

By: mnv

mnv — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:51:59 +0000

@Lisa :

The way I’ve been taught is : You do have to push down so the STRING touches the fret.

But you have to push it down using as little pressure as possible.
Your finger does not necessarily have to touch the fret.
It’s a balancing act.

( Generally the playing string on your Esraj should not be so high off the frets – and pushing it down should be quite easy )

It does hurt a little bit, much less than playing Sitar. Takes a while to get used to it though.