http://harsangeet.com Classical Indian Music Lessons Online - Learn to play Dilruba, Esraj, TarShehnai, Taus Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:27:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I like this tune - It's GREAT practice for learning how to use different instances of a Sur in the same composition. It's TOUGH ( for me anyway ) - forces me to try and stay sharp ... which . as you can see I'm not quite there yet. I ... http://harsangeet.com/2010/01/naagin/ From my experience, many people get impatient with themselves when they listen to Indian Classical Music because they don't understand what's going on. It's actually very easy to understand if you ask the right people. Even if you have NO clue about the technicalities of what Raag is being played, I ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/12/counting-beats-taals-tihais-chakkardars/ Someone asked me to record some audio files for a project - but did not use them. Feel free to download them. [download id="45"] [download id="46"] [download id="47"] http://harsangeet.com/2009/11/3-more-audio-files/ This particular composition is the tune for the Shabad "Tere Gun Gavan Deh Bujhayee" . I accompanied Beant Singh, Birmingham Wale on Tabla as he sang this in a casual, private ( 3 persons ) , Kirtan session at the GNNSJ Gurudwara on SOHO Road in Birmingham. It's been stuck ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/11/raag-bilawal/ This list will be available in the "Learn-Online" page above as well. http://harsangeet.com/2009/04/lessons-list/ Heard this on youtube a week ago from a Dharna sung by Sant Sujan Singh ji . ( 4:14 onwards ) Apparently the tune's originally from an old hindi film. I like it , so I tried playing it. http://harsangeet.com/2009/04/tune-in-dadra-taal/ I first heard this Rajasthani Folk tune sung on SaReGaMaPa 2007 by Raja Hassan. Fantastic Tune, and Fantastic singing. Here's what I could manage to play after re-listening to it just twice. I added my own random alaaps and mistakes :) Personally I'm happier with the Audio recording in my previous post, ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/03/kesariya-balam-aao-ni-padharo-mare-des/ The basic structure of the system I will be using to serve online workshops has been put in place. No obligations. Learn what you want, when you want, if you want. But please carefully read through the "learn-online" page at the top first. There are 3 free lessons up for beginners who ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/03/lessons-update/ I bought a RiyazStudio license over the weekend. I think it's definitely worth it. The best thing is that it feels alive compared to the physical Tanpura and Tabla boxes. The Tanpura sounds very realistic. The Shruti-box type drone helps add to the atmosphere. Tabla accompaniment works great as expected. It's ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/03/riyazstudio-is-worth-it/ Jackson from the USA got in touch with me 2 days ago through Youtube. He mentioned a software program called RiyazStudio. What is it ? It's a software version of the tanpura box and tabla box most people use to practice Indian Classical Music. Having RiyazStudio is like having both the ... http://harsangeet.com/2009/02/taanpura-and-tabla-box/