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Classical Song in Raag Hameer.

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 also tried converting it from [...]

Someone asked me to record some audio files for a project – but did not use them. Feel free to download them.

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 in my head ever since [...]

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.

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, but this still feels [...]

As mentioned in the title, the tune is based on Raag Megh, but Mishr due to the occasional Dha – not counting the Ga note touched by mistake. Mishr* – means “joined” or in this context: “mixed”. I have observed: when there are embellishments added to a composition which don’t fit in with the generally [...]

Instrumental .mp3 recordings of my Ustad, Maiya Singh ji, on Esraj. Plus some background experimentation by me. The tracks have not been given any fancy made-up names. The names you see below are the names of the Raags (Ragas) used. The suffixes 7bt , 11bt, 10bt indicate the number of beats in the rhythm cycle [...]

Ustadji Maiya Singh on TarShehnai Jam Session/Lesson Recordings Instrumental Music for Free Download (for Personal Use only) Right Click and choose “Save As” or “Save Link As” to save to your Computer

World Music – Esraj Instrumental Ustadji Maiya Singh on Esraj or TarShehnai & Manav Singh on Tabla The Idea was to create music that feels good to listen to. Sample tracks have been uploaded to our Myspace page.