I had just listened to Nikhil Banerjee version and then tried a Ravi version but it was too distorted in recording ... well then I saw this come up, glad I found this its perfect.great job from a star player I can't tell . good thing your not a small person ,that is the largest surbahar out there. FANTASTIC job WAH
A beautiful instrument, though large and played with controll and dedication! Enchanting tones! Surely your your teachers and most viewers will appreciate this rendition! Thanks for the video!
In your brief introduction you said you would TRY and play your majestic instrument. Such modesty. It is rather that the instrument has found its home. I am riveted, I am moved, even to tears.
As a surbahar player myself, it would be such a joy to play such a wonderful instrument. I'm tempted to make inquiries regarding an instrument of this magnitude,
frumos! , mă bucur că muzica de calitate cea adevărată, cuprinde teren și cele tradiționale ,și asta mă refer de toate muzicile tradiționale , (indiferent de nații)---o plăcere 💕💖
Dear Westman San, The more I listen to you the more I get intoxicated in the deep meditation. I found your music a medicine to calm my mind. Thanks a TON. Domo Arigatou Gozaimashita.🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏
Amazing resonance. I have one of the more compact surbahars in the style of hiren roy. I imagine there is quite a difference in the volume and sustain. How easy is it to buy a surbahar like that? For one thing transporting from India to Europe?
Size mostly. Surbahar is much larger than Sitar and tuned lower. It is more suitable for the slower and deeper Dhrupad style music rather than the modern classical or semi classical styles played on Sitar.
Surbahar is just not size. It differs from the sitar in its tonal quality. The base notes reverberates better in this instrument as against sitar. Surbahar's alaap part of played well is very meditating majestic and sweet. Annapurna devi the daughter of Allauddin Khan saheb used to play this instrument and in her hand it sort of was heavenly. This instrument can only be handled by tall person whose reach of hand is wide.
@@connorstewart4833 we were speaking about the surbahar the instrument not the instrumentalist!! One's hands have to have a wide reach for handling Surbahar. The surbahar is played only by a handful people who can be counted on just 3 fingers. There is a reason to it.
I am not going to criticize your knowledge of Raaga etc. But would suggest you hear Annapurna devi Kausi Kanada its available on you tube. The notes so pure you feel the joy inside you wobble up. She doesn't use the sitar type strike after each note. That makes the experience a pure bliss.
Thanks for your comment. Of course I listen to her, but that playing is from completely different universe. What is the sitar type strike? Do you mean the chikari?
@@shardamusicstudio2596 yes the chikari strike. I have heard her son play the same pure notes on his sitar before Ravi Shankar stole him away to keep his hegemony intact. And I agree shr played classical ragas in a whole different form. Her students too are legendary beings.
