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  • Concerts
  • Contact
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Sitar lessons in person or via Zoom

A typical lesson lasts 1-3 hrs and includes tuning, revision, introduction of new material  and some short breaks.
For beginners:
  • Brief history and purpose of classical music
  • Sitting posture
  • General tuning
  • Left hand technique
  • Strikes of the right hand
  • SRGMPDNS and basic excercises
  • How to approach your practise
  • How to change strings and maintain your sitar

For more advanced:
  • Theory of raag and taal
  • Bhatkhande system of notation
  • Precise tuning to the correct shruti according to raag
  • The disposition of a classical performance
  • Different types of compositions
  • Exercises and ideas based on the different parts of a performance
  • Deeper look into improvisation and concepts like taan, tihai, layakari and special techniques
  • Advanced maintenance, doing jawari, tying frets, adjusting string action


Group Workshops/Demonstration

For musicians, music lovers, or any group interested in Indian Classical Music. The material is adjusted to the interests of the group and could be covered in anything from a one hour crash course to a full day or several days:
  • Brief history and purpose
  • How to listen to it and how to appreciate it
  • Introduction to the instruments
  • Group exercises on different scales and rhythms
  • Using ideas from classical music in other genres
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