5 ways to make your Guitar sound more Indian - Sitar concepts 

😆 I hope he is smiling down on me. I was a Beatles fan before anything else. ❤

Is it just me or does he look a bit like George too?

@@lucianhartt3123 hahaha just a little

@@lucianhartt3123 Ha ha people have said that yes

Check out Shakti with John McLaughlin. Mind blowing raga guitar.

Thank you what a lovely comment. Everything changed for me after I heard Ravi Shankar and consequently began studying Indian music. ❤

Unlikely. Ravi has probably been reincarnated by now - perhaps as a tonewood tree.

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Hello there glad you found it interesting

Hi David I am glad to hear that was helpful. Wishing you all the best with your guitar playing

That is so cool that you got to play sitar for an actual Beatle

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Yes it's been a massive shift for me and I would highly recommend it 😀thanks for watching and commenting

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Thanks for watching. A few of my guitar students started as Classical vocalists. It really gives you a great foundation to then approach any instrument 😀

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Hello thank you for watching and commenting. Interesting to hear you have had the similar experience with the sitar influencing your guitar playing. Best of luck with your music 🙏🎸❤

@@JackJenningsGuitarist what are chichari strings

Glad you enjoyed it! I guess I've had to think about these thing more to transfer them to guitar. Thanks for watching

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Thanks for watching and commenting. There is much more to come in this style for sure.

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Thanks very much for watching. I'm glad that you you have a positive vision about the future of Indian music and the guitar.

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Fantastic idea likes it. Ornamentations really are the essence of this music🎸🙌🙏✨️🎶

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Maybe one day I'll try that yeah

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Yes I know tying frets is really difficult. Thanks for watching

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Thanks very much it's always refreshing to try different style sometimes

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Yes the chikari strings are a game changer and so simple to do. I also don't like the Ravish sitar pedal or Danelectro Baby Sitar. I standard guitar treated the right way does a better job I feel.

EYB Guitar, in Germany, has a cool sitar bridge for strat or bridge post guitars. I just got one, may be a while before I can install. It seems to be of high quality, and the vids sound good. It is based on adjustable flat saddles to create buzz.

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@@JackJenningsGuitarist Have you listened to Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhat - his Indian Guitar?

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Cheers Ivon, I hope you find the other videos useful too.

@@JackJenningsGuitarist can I purchase the course videos one by one??

@@ivonsmith4255 Yes you can all the courses are on this page avalible for individual purchase🎸 www.indianclassicalguitar.com/course-home-page.html

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Hello yes I've tried that a bit and one or two others use that approach. But I think replacing the two low strings get a much richer sound and you can play with much more freedom. Using the top string as a single chikari will always be a bit limited, but may get some interesting results with experimentation.

This George Harrison thing is coming up quite often now. It's very amusing :)

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Since you've responded, I've a question, can I play like this on acoustic guitar?

To some extent yes. I've made this video to answer that ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u39WsUSdTAY.html 😀🎸👍

his name is Jack..

Thank you @srinivasanjeya glad you enjoyed it

Thank you very much, I've never really taken to slide but I have seen some players get great results in this kind of music. I chose to focus on bending more taking inspiration from the sitar directly. I have played alot with Manish Pingle with is one the greatest Slide guitarists of India, you might like him I expect. He plays Mohan Veena like a lap slide type of guitar.

Yes exactly that is why I have made several courses going into great detail about all the key aspects of Indian Classical music such as raags, compositions, playing with tabla, structure of a recital etc. There is much more information on my website www.playleadguitar.net or just on my youtube channel home page. Thank you for watching and commenting this video.

..decco..sarre lesson raga based ,alankar ,jor,taan,s..all covered. You are suggesting he does something he has already done .

I tried

It is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings like the chikari strings like on a sitar. Thanks for watching.

Cool

Check out this video about getting a basic guitar and set up to use. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iBRd1rJqH5U.html

In this video I remember I was just going direct into the amp. But the two extra high strings are in unison so they sound like they have some chorus but that is just a natural effect. In other videos and performances I'm only using reverb, a little compression and a tiny bit of boost just to add some body and sustain to the notes. But this guitar has a special character that makes a difference I feel. Check out this pedal demo if you are interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_H8ualji5qY.html

Thanks for watching and for asking this question. I've had several teachers and colleagues over the years who have helped me piece things together bit by bit. In the last few years I've had alot of guidance from Roopa Panesar and Shakir Khan both sitar players. I speak about it in this recent video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p93Vqhuvo94.html

Not at all because they are thinner strings with less tension

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Hello. There where no pedals used on this video. But I do use pedals just to boost the clean sound and add some depth. Detailed video about that here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_H8ualji5qY.html

Hi sorry it's taking a while to reply to this. If your you're playing in the key of G then D will sound fine on the Chikari strings because that is the fifth note in the key of G. This is actually how we end up playing some raags with Ma in the drone. Like Malkauns and Bageshree. Essentially the relationship between in G as the tonic and D, is Sa and Pa just like you'd have in the drone. You don't really have the option of of tuning them to G because they would be very tight and might stand out too much. Because the extra tension on the string makes them a bit louder and boulder sounding. To create the drone sound is actually a tampura app on the phone. You might be able to find a sample sometimes from different website to download but an app is fine. I've never used the ravish sitar pedal I think it sounds a bit too gimmicky to be honest. You might like to know that in this video I'm just going to wrecked into the amp with no pedals. If you're interested more in what kind of pedals I do use to enrich the sound you could watch this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_H8ualji5qY.html

@@JackJenningsGuitarist Hello, Thanks a lot. I realized also that the note D is also in the key of G but it was good to get that clarified from you. Think I will skip that pedal then and check out what you are using.

Yes more on the way next week. Do you play guitar too? Indian Classical style?

I use a few pedals to get this tone. I will make a tone video in the next week or two and I'll comment about here for you.

@@JackJenningsGuitarist I am from India Yes I do play guitar . But I have no idea about Indian classical music .Recently I got interested and stumbled upon your channel.. It's very helpful.. Thank you

That's great I'm glad you are enjoying it.

As requested I have just made a video about tone for Indian Classical guitar and the gear I use for this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_H8ualji5qY.html

Hi there glad you like the video. That's just a tampura drone in the background that I've done in the video editor.

It is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings like the chikari strings like on a sitar. 6th D - 8. 5th D - 8. 4th D - 28. 3rd G - 18. 2nd B - 14. 1st E - 11 The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges. But I find that the G-string works much better for bending if it's a thicker string. It actually allows you to get more pitch range before you run out of bending space on the fretboard. If you don't have the chikari strings then just 'drop D' tuning (DADGBE) will work to give you a drone. But you won't be able to play the chikari patterns

Use Logic or Ableton and get a midi controller that you can put on side stage to play your tracks

Hello Philip sorry for the late reply. I just use an app called 'taal mala' on android. Others with an iphone use 'i tabla pro'. I don't think any pedal or box will do a better job. Also not sure about using anything more sophisticated with a midi controller but I imagine it could work well if you know what you doing. As for the Ravish Sitar pedal I find it a bit gimmicky but have not tried it personally. Thanks for watching and subscribing. Best of luck with your music.

Yeah that sounds like fun

@@JackJenningsGuitarist How would you tune the 12 string neck? I’d ideally like the 12 string neck to still be playable on its own. I was thinking of tuning it as EADGCF (all 4th tuning) and then tuning the course strings to BEADGC (all 4th a 5th lower harmony). That way it has every diatonic note at least once for the resonance.

Yes tune to drop D or DDDGBE with the high strings replacing the low 2.

Ha ha people have said that yes

Hello in this video I was not using any pedals. But I have made a video in the past about the set up I use when I do a recital or other videos.

I've never used one and I don't know much about them. But I understand that they use the frequency vibration of each string and reproduce that as a pitch or collection of pitches. Then it is projected and heard through the simulated voice or tone that you have selected with the synthesizer.

You can order single strings from a lot of websites. This is a UK one that might deliver to India. Otherwise look for an equivalent product that can deliver to your address. www.andertons.co.uk/ernie-ball-single-plain-string-8-eb1008?gclid=CjwKCAjwiMj2BRBFEiwAYfTbCmYk4C8knoynme_6b6lScFKtv75-zIyD79Z-J3DErPQA1Qr8RcnF4xoC1WAQAvD_BwE

Hi and thanks for your comment. To start with have you learnt altered modal scales? Have a look at melodic and harmonic minor mode families. To learn raags it's more about the ascending and descending structures and phrasing concepts within these scales. But I think just learning the altered scales will be enough for you to start applying them to that kind of music.

Yes, it is!

Hello there in order to learn that you have to take one of my courses, there's a few different technical considerations involved play that. Have a look at www.indianclassicalguitar.com please feel free to ask any further questions.🎸😊🙏