Wow, Jeff! It has been awhile since I have visited your channel (I started watching when you were doing your Sitar progress videos) and I return to see such a treasure trove of these interviews. From humble 21-minute Riyaz videos to this? The work that you, my friend, have been doing and continue to do for Hindustani Classical music is so much appreciated! You are building a much needed bridge between the Western and Indian understanding of music. So glad that you and Madhuvanti got to talk! She is a very knowledgeable and great student of Dhrupad and is one of those musicians who KNOWS her instrument inside and out (a quality that you can also find similarly in Carsten Wicke and Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar for Rudra Veena). Thank you for giving this ancient instrument a chance to be more widely known, and thank you for these genuine interviews. They are some of the greatest cross-cultural musical interactions on RU-vid.
Wow! Thank you so much for this amazing and nice comment. You may be excited to know that I have an interview with Mita Nag recorded and I am editing it now. It was an honor to discuss Indian classical music with her. I think you will really like it. …stay tuned!
@@JeffStarr Wonderful, wonderful! Was going to ask in the comment, but found that there was a great deal more to show my appreciation. Will definitely look out for it soon. She is such an inspiration to me, personally! The way her style mixes both the graceful depth of Dhrupad and the pathos of Khayal is really appealing - a balance that all instrumentalists strive to achieve.
Yes, and about the subtitles : veena is once transcribed as "wiener", which make for a strange sentence in context! Also one time rudra Veena -> Road ravine. Another time : intraveinous ?!?!? Automated subs are pure poetry.
Thanks Jeff for this wonderful lesson on Rudra Veena. I have recently started learning sitar and I watch a lot of your videos for tips and see how you progressed on Sitar. Before this video I knew very little about Rudra Veena but now seeing the instrument closely and how Madhuvanti Pal played it, it has evoked a genuine interest to explore Dhrupad music more. Thank you so much. Help us understand more such instruments in detail.
Wonderful! This makes me very happy. Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Keep practicing! ..In fact, this is a good reminder that I need to practice too!
Found her today. Big admirer. Been listening to her the whole day. Especially "raag shree". Indian classical music definitely something which should be preserved at all cost.
I attempted to play the rudha veena , it must have been a student model. It was so tight and short that it didn't fit my body. Know I have a better understanding of the rudha veena. My instrument's very: guitar, sitar and mohan veena. It's all a wonderful journey. Thank you for introducing us to this wonderful musican and her instrument 🙏
Thank you, Jeff! These players continue the tradition for the sheer love of music and the tradition itself, not even thinking about the monetary consequences that may follow. Hats off to them and to you for showcasing them and their instruments.
wow Jeff... this was the first video of yours i've heard and i was expecting a _very_ superficial overview mostly of the history and rarity of the instrument. Instead i wound up hearing an amazing in-depth journey not just of the instrument but the artist herself AND of your own knowledge and passion for music. I'm so pleasantly surprised by your knowledge of indian instruments and indian music! :)
Thank you very much for these kind words. I highly recommend visiting Madhuvanti’s RU-vid page to listen to her performances. She also has a new album out now. If you liked this interview you may enjoy my discussion with sitarist Mita Nag: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wHnZgpD8rsw.html
Thank you and Madhuvanti for this thoughtful and interesting presentation. It was very inspiring! Now I wish I could try the Rudra Veena. I live in Canada and study sarangi for six years. I have a guru online and I take a lesson every so often. Historiclly sarangi had lots of negative stigma attached to it and was looked down on historically for very chauvinistic reasons. Fortunately this has been changing and it has grown in prominence in Hindustani classical music over the past 60 plus years. Have you seen the Indian film Dhrupad (1981)? It has demonstrations and beautiful performances
Very insightful video Jeff, I was familiar with the instrument called *Sagar Veena* , which seems pretty much the same as *Rudra Veena* , do correct me if there is distinction between these. Moreover, as you already know about *Rabab* , I would recommend you making a video on that instrument as well since it has a very rich history and cultural significance. Btw you are doing a great job with *Notbadfilms*
😂 if anyone can make Rudra Veena within a month then it should not have been so expensive and rare !! What she made looks like Rudra Veena. There is a vast difference between theory and generations of experience. Rudra Veena craftsmanship is extremely rare in India. Just because she has an RU-vid channel and very less people understand Rudra Veena doesn't mean what she is saying are all true! 😂
@@plantmomindistress3420 Yes, audio quality is to blame, agreed. Rudra Veenas are notoriously some of the hardest Indian Instruments to amplify properly because of how the sound travels from the main shaft of wood (where you get your mid frequencies) to the huge resonators below (where you get your bass frequencies). One mistake can ruin the whole natural depth of the Rudra Veena. Online calls are no exception.
