We were practicing Raga Yaman in my classes this Wednesday. I was teaching my students a simple Gat (composition). While we were playing it, I recalled my own learning days from Hariji and then suddenly remembered that I had recordings of a couple of those sessions.
Those were simpler days. I was studying Electrical Engineering [...]
Continue Reading →I woke up today as usual to step out for my usual Saturday morning coffee and noticed my neighbor’s almond tree was in full bloom.
It’s springtime! (No, East Coasters, this is not meant to rub it in.)
Growing up in Mumbai, spring was no big deal. Mumbai has basically three seasons – very [...]
Continue Reading →Today I launched the new eLearning capabilities on Bansuriflute.com.
I launched my website Bansuriflute.com six years ago with the goal to provide information on Bansuri to beginners. I have received a couple of hundred emails since then from people all over the world who are interested in learning Bansuri. Inspired by this, I have been [...]
Continue Reading →If you are like me, chances are you would have a new year’s resolution. Or more precisely 3-4 of them.
And when you describe them to others, you would have a grin on your face. The kind that suggests to others that while you are talking about these resolutions, you really don’t believe in your [...]
Continue Reading →Is talent overrated?
Are we born talented or do our circumstances and effort define who we become?
Most of us would agree that Ustad Zakir Hussain, the tabla maestro, is one of a kind musician. Not only is his mastery on the instrument is amazing but also his treatment and imagination around what tabla can [...]
Continue Reading →We were practicing Raga Ahir Bhairav in the class today. The challenge this particular group of students are facing is that while they can play the Raga and improvisations in it pretty well, they tend to forget about ornamentations that make the music sound richer. We decided to work on ornamentations today and best way [...]
Continue Reading →“There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacings of the spheres.” “Numbers rule universe” “Numbers in space is Geometry, Numbers in time is Music, Numbers in space and time is Astronomy” — Pythagoras (580-500 BC)
If you are reading this blog, I am presuming you are interested in [...]
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