Guitar Sitar Jugalbandi by Ancient Future
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- The Guitar-Sitar Jugalbandi version of Ancient Future featuring Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Pandit Habib Khan (sitar) and Arshad Syed (tabla) performs Montfort's composition, Dawn of Love. Jugalbandi is a classical North Indian musical duet (literally "tied together"), in this case with the unusual configuration of sitar and guitar accompanied by tabla.
15 years later I still come back to this song.
i think i have listened to this video like 50 times. its honestly one of the most amazing pieces of music i have ever listened to.
2023 still jamming to this!
Man I wish it was longer
2024, still listening
Sitar is the most beautiful instrument ever created!
I just THOUGHT of them yesterday and here they are today! Hurray! One of the originals!
i listen to this over and over...it's so soothing. anyone know if i can find it somewhere to put on a cd? or purchase the cd?
i make it a point to listen to this piece once a day for sure. takes off all my tiredness and negativity.
I just heard this while getting ready for work...I will be visiting your website later in evening...Fantastic..hungry for more...thank you for spreading the joy..and YOU WROTE??? AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, it´s incredible.
Simply wonderful,admirable,delightful...
From CAtalonia, Spain, thanks for this music.
J.M.
Awesome ! I got a chance to perform light with Mathew and I was speechless when I saw him playing. He is very knowledgable in India classical music and there is a magic in his fingers. Hats off to all the artists.
advut !!!!!!!!!!!
NICE ! ...............
How beautifully melodious can music get?
Absolutely marvellous music. God bless the person who posted this video.
Very nice. You are really maintaining the real essence of Indian music. It should be like this joyful, peaceful and entertaining.
m speechless..
no wrds..
this is music at its true sense mann..
Simply awesome!!!!!!
WOW!!! Keep up the Amazeing music. Such love and joy!
BEAUTIFUL , EXCELLENT , FANTASTIK AND WONDERFUL PLAYING . GOD BLESS YOU .
Ive had sounds in my head since as far as i can remember when i was 6 yrs old of this such type of music and i when i hear this song it opened up my minds eye that gives me a tear in my real eyes and i dont why?
I lost it when the maestro dipped into the blues!
There is a word somewhere beyond beautiful..Crystaline,Timeless,pure and perfect!
"The perception of the cyclic nature of life is reflected in Indian classical music through the device of tala, a recurring time-measure or rhythmic cycle that begins, develops and then returns to sam, the first beat of the cycle, anchor of all melody and rhythm and the leading beat to which all returns."--Matthew Montfort, from "Ancient Traditions--Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali, and India" (Ancient Future Music, 1985)
Outstanding. Marvelous. Beautiful.
nice khamaj, very well done.
So very peacful and soothing music...this is music this is soo soothing to the ears. Indian classical #♡ Love
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Beautiful blend of east and west. Very dreamy. Great to listen to this. Bravi!
Ancient Future is a band devoted to world fusion music, which is explained in our video documentary on world fusion music.
So naturally this improvisation breaks some of the rules of Indian classical music.
Soon to be released is a video of this same composition performed at the same concert with Georges Lammam (Arabic violin) and Salaheddin Takesh (Arabic drums). That version is very different as it explores the ground between Arabic, Indian, and jazz improvisation.
Best,
Matthew Montfort
What an amazing duet.
Thank you for enlightening me with an inspiring fact. Much appreciated.
delightful.
good luck! its always great to see people with new approaches.
Pandit Habib Khan is playing both. He uses a blues scale in his solo in one place, and he shows touches of Khamaj.
I wrote the melody in Rag Alhaiya Bilawal, but we just played the music without discussion first so the solos are completely up to the individual musicians.
Ancient Future is a band dedicated not to a genre, but to the process of World Fusion: creating new music based on the musical knowledge of many cultures.
This composition was written one morning after practicing Alhaiya Bilawal as taught by Ali Akbar Khan. It stays fairly close to the raga, but yet exploits the natural tendencies of the guitar as well. Pandit Habib Khan strays into blues during a section of his solo.
Bravo!!
Man, that sitar work is just killer. The fluidity and accuracy displayed by the guitarist and sitarist as well as just the overall melodic sense and expressiveness is a phenomenal package. Great stuff.
THAT is pure music, inspired, emotional. VERY NICE.
Literally-out of this world 🌎
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
Amazing combination of east and west simply great
Brilliant!! Music is an international language!! So.....beautiful!! :D
Beautiful 5*****
Claude
Divine
@aksfilmsusa Yes! Ancient Future has released seven full length CDs and is working on the eighth project, the very ambitious Archive of Future Ancient Recordings, available at first only to subscribers. Even though only 10 percent of the project's budget has been raised so far, there is already more than 50 minutes of music in the archive, including this song. To to the Ancient Future band web site for more information.
I am transported into India with the sound of a guitar so masterfully played that each tiny note echoes in timeless instants where transcendece awaited my mind's awakening into all that is beyond the concrete mind.
The best guitar/sitar I have heard for a very long time. Especially the begining notes move the mind's focus into spheres of surrender into spirit.
One of my favorite performances of all time. This music makes my soul dance.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
This is world fusion music with no strict raga rules. The main melody is set in Alhaiya Bilaval and happens to follow the rules of that raga. This does not mean that the improvsiations are in Alhaiya Bilaval. Pandit Habib Khan's improvisation contains at the very mininum both blues notes and echos of Khamaj. You have a good ear to pick up the use of the flat seven as more than just a passing tone.
Brilliant!
Nice easy listening music!
@operadood Yes, Pandit Habib Khan actually goes into a blues scale there!
We do hope to release this on DVD, but the project is on hold due to the health of the video editor. In the meantime, we're offering this as a download to subscribers to the 30th Anniversary Supporter Recording Series. We're raising money to record the next Ancient Future project. Supporters get access to the new music as it is created, plus immediate access to archival recordings of live concerts, interviews, and outtakes. To subscribe, visit our website.
beautiful.
WOW!! :D
This is really good!
Amazing, par excellence!
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Best Guitarist Mathew😊
very nice...music ...beautiful....
Fantastic I realy lived it. Thanks for sharing,
Wow, that's very impressive guitar work. I never really thought guitar could go this well with Indian music before..
i cant wait to get my tabla drums.
Hmmm...i can't say the words in english,it's incredible..oh my gosh!!
Thank you the uploading!
Traditionally that is most often true. But this particular rendition is more of a duet than a musical fight.
The melody is set in Rag Alhaiya Bilaval, although Pandit Habib Khan adds some blues notes in his solo.
You'd have to ask Pandit Habib Khan about his sitar, which was custom made for him with his initials inlayed. He is touring in India right now, but will be back for the Ancient Future concert August 15 in Winnemucca, Nevada. But since you are in the USA, I suggest you contact the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California, to purchase a sitar. They can ship one to you.
Try doing outube search on AkashA Malaysia to check out guitar and sitar maestro's at fusion with fabulous percussive accompaniement. True embodiment of world music.
Keep in mind that due to video sync issues, the sitarist's gestures showing tal are out of sync with the audio, although I'm sure Pandit Habib Khan performed them correctly. There were four cameras running independently without sync, and the video editor, who is not trained in tala, had to sync them by eye and ear. Therefore, viewers should listen to the audio to determine the timing. Thanks for the kind words about my playing, and for pointing this out so other viewers are not confused.
Real Soothing.
awsome good! Thanks
einmalig,,,,,einmalig,,,,
wonderful
Yes! 'Planet Passion,' the 7th album by Ancient Future is in stores now and features Pandit Habib Khan and Matthew Montfort collaborating. It has just been remastered to celebrate 30 years of world fusion music! Besides your local record store, you can get it on iTunes and at the Ancient Future web site (see front page: youtube disables comments with web site URLs).
WOW
Check out the Archives of Future Ancient Recordings on the Ancient Future web site. We will be posting a version of this song to the archives soon, available exclusively to subscribers.
thanks man it sounds so different
Awesome! Very beautiful music. One can't help but relax when hearing it!
yes !! :) namaste ... 'thank-you'
The main melody is set in Rag Alhaiya Bilaval. However, the sitar improvisation flirts with Khammaj and even blues. It is world fusion music.
Cannot believe this video is older than me it was poster many months before my birth
We recently heard from a college student who's mother put headphones on her pregnant belly and played our music to her before she was born. Then when she was a teenager, her mother played all the music she had been exposed to before birth, and she became a major fan of Ancient Future!
@@ancientfuture that's cute lol
The main melody is set in Alhaiya Bilawal, but Pandit Habib Khan mixes in some other elements, including Khammaj, folk melodies, and even blues.
this is great
All know India is the best of all bests in song and music, if the new generation avert from this culture, gradually this tradition will be in a stagnant condition .So my humble submission before all the Indians to produce everytime the new artists to preserve our treasures ,, not only that the government should have a stern care and help also in this regard !!
great intro
remarkable
you guys kick some futuristic ass.
Really enjoyed this Mathew ! Loved the expression on Pandit's face, lots and lots of expression.
Quite interesting ! Way to go ! 5 stars from me !
Google Ancient Future world music and find the World Rhythms 10 newsletter. Sorry, youtube won't allow web addresses, but all the info you need and more is in that newsletter.
very nice.
classsss
The guitar is in drop D tuning, which is standard tuning but with the bass string tuned down to D to match the 'sa' or tonic of the sitar.
The ascending scale is:
D E F# A B C# D
The descending scale is:
D C# B C B A G F# E D
I composed the asthai and antara in the Hindustani raga Alhaiya Bilaval as taught by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Due to the character of the melody, I did not use meend. Pandit Habib Khan is happy to fly free here without restrictions, flowing between folk melody, raga, and blues. But this discussion misses the point. The World Fusion Music Documentary shows the process of world fusion as a way to create new traditions, educate audiences about ancient traditions, and promote cross-cultural exchange.
superbbbb...speechless...
hats of...
What a sitar and superb guitar sounds
Thank you!
@SupernalOne Jugalbandi could be translated as "tied together." It refers to a duet performance in Indian music.
@SupernalOne
it's a pakistani genre
including some pakistani traditional music instruments like tabla, sitar, etc
very very good i really like that :D
The guitar is almost always played in standard tuning: EBGDAE, except for when performing with sitar when the "sa" is tuned to D as it is in this case, the low E is dropped to D.
haha yeah. gives the music a intresting vibe!
hypnotic *****
I used the concept of sam here. However, the groove I specified is a simple 3-3-2 pattern used not only in Indian folk music but also jazz, rock, Latin, etc. Near where my improvisation ended, I was soaring above the groove using fast picked tremolo to sustain the notes. As I flew down towards sa, I landed on sam, still using tremolo. The sitarist likely thought I was ending as he showed tal, and not wanting to be rude I then ended my solo earlier than I intended softly on sam with no tremolo.
Beautiful music Matthew, I heard your guitar on Emam albums (I have played with Emam concert in Poland in 2003), but this is what i want to hear ! Regards from Poland, Good Luck !
haha! completely leaves the raga around 6:10. Appearing-disappearing. Tremendous.
wow
Union of Purush (Gitar) & Prakriti (Sitar).