How to String a Sitar
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Hi, I'm Jeff Starr, a sitar student and filmmaker. Tonight I'm showing how to string a sitar. I cover how to tie a sitar string loop, chalk pegs and the process of tuning.
I took my first sitar lesson on January 27th, 2012.
Do you want to learn sitar? Please contact my teacher, Ustad Ikhlaq Hussain Khan who is now providing lessons online using Skype, FaceTime or WhatsApp. You can reach him at: ragasitar.com
Tell him you watch my videos. Thanks!
----------
Please subscribe to my RUclips Channel:
www.youtube.co...
Help support me on Patreon:
/ jeffstarr
Check out my Etsy shop for sitar products: www.etsy.com/s...
----------
Watch more of my sitar videos:
• I'm learning to play t...
Watch my short films:
• Jeff's "not too bad" s...
Watch my guitar videos:
• Guitar Videos
Social:
/ notbadfilms
/ notbadfilms
/ mrjeffreystarr
Notbadfilms.com
Great stuff, after playing guitar for 50 years , sitar could be my next project. Fascinating ! Very helpful !
I don't even have a Sitar and I find this helpful
This is one of my all time favorite comments. :) Thank you for watching and let me know if you have any questions about the sitar.
Kailbeliya of rajasthan. Thank you to put on the internet for new comer
hahaha!, i can see your cat in the background clear as day! xD he/she looks adorable!
Thank you! 😊
this guy is the lovechild of eric foreman and hyde
😂😂
Thanks Man!! This video is very helpful!
Glad to hear it!
Thank you very helpful
very helpful...thank you..all blessings
I'm glad this was helpful. I still have a lot to learn. My hope is to inspire other students to keep playing.
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for this.
That Barun Ray is a nice sitar.
Another lesson I learned that could help with this is getting the peg to sit better in the peg hole. One way of doing that is to sand the peg lightly, in order to rough it up a bit (not to make it smoothe) before chalking it.
+drutgat2 I agree! It been a while since I watched this video and I thought I had mentioned the sanding technique but if I didn't I'm sorry. Thank you for leaving a comment to make sure this tip doesn't get lost. Thanks for watching!
Jeff, no need to apologize. I just thought also about the practice which some people engage in of putting a small, rectangular piece of sandpaper under the bead(s) behind the bridge, at the back/bottom of the tabli, in order to anchor the beads a bit more securely so that they are less likely to slip and put the strings out of tune.
I am curious - where did you get your Barun Ray?
+drutgat2 I purchased this sitar from my teacher.
Thanks.
Great video, i have a question: do you mean (at 4:01) that the string is a much finer wire, twined around itsself? Thanks in advance
I was trying to explain that instead of buying a single string (like you might do on a guitar) that I have a coil of wire that is many feet long. If you accidentally let it all loose at once you end up with a giant mess that’s very hard to clean up. I hope that helps.
Hi, your thoughts, please? Is restringing the entire instument "easier" in a sense, rather than having to change 1 or 2 sympathetic strings? Also, where do you buy your coils? Your sitar videos are informative and super helpful! Thank you for making them, glynn*
I would much rather restring one string at a time. Redoing the entire instrument (and I am over due to do this) would be a nightmare. Ha! In reality, I would likely take my instrument to a professional to have the bridge Jawari sanded into the correct shape (it wears out over time) and have them restring the instrument. I got my coil of string from my teacher. I'm not sure where he got it. If you are in the USA and need sitar string I would check out musiciansmallusa.com
@@JeffStarr purchased a Kanai Lal # 3 from them a few months back, was informed they had none in warehouse, so they offered me an upgrade to a #2 at no charge. Great shoppe, wonderful sitar. Couldn't recommend Muscians Mall more. Thanks for the reply, Jeffrey., and I get what you're saying. I guess, with 3 broken sympathetic strings because the pegs need some TLC, im ready for the complicated, perhaps daunting process, of "tearing her down and starting from scratch." All in all, for a better understanding of the instrument. Thanks for mentioning the Jawari. Thats one thing I will certainpy NOT be able to do myself. Im grateful for vids like yours! Wealth of knowledge here. PEACE!
I was hoping you would show how to change the sympathetic strings.
Which tool u used for string
Where can I get the plier you are using? I followed the link you shared but it showed nothing
There should be all sorts of options on Amazon amzn.to/3DMPYwj
Do Sitar have chords like the Guitar?
Do you play the Sympathetic strings as well or do you play the main four strings?
Do the Sitar strings have various guages of thickness?
Hello, thank you for your four great questions. I'll do my best to answer them.
1) The sitar is not designed to play chords. There are some techniques that can be similar to playing "power chords" on a guitar, but it's not very common and I think it's more of a modern technique. Hindustani classical music generally does not use harmony or chords like western musical styles.
2) You do not play the sympathetic strings in a melodic way. There are a few techniques where you hit or strum the sympathetic strings as an accent, or you may pick one or two strings individually to create counterpoint during the Jhala movement of the Raga.
3) 90% of the melody being played on the sitar is done so with only one string. The other strings are used to help create the drone or are used as chikari to accent rhythmic elements.
4) Yes, the strings on the sitar have various gauges. It is also common for the main Sa string to be bronze instead of stainless steel. Bronze gives that string a warmer rounder tone.
I hope that was helpful. Thank you for watching!
@@JeffStarr Hey! So guess who broke his sitar on his first day! Hahaha but yes, I had sitar string from buying it but it didn't come with sympatethic string replacements. I found piano wire online (I think I heard you say that's what you use somewhere, if not in this video) but I'm not sure what diameter to use for which string. I only need to replace the one taraf string but I've already broken the main sa and chakari strings once, so I forsee needing it replaced as all the strings came old and rusty. Could you please elaborate on what kind of string you use for each string?
Vai, thanks for the amazing tutorial. I only have one question: what should be the ideal length of the string before I decide to cut it? Should it go from the tuning peg to the ridge where you put the loop? Or should it be a bit bigger? If so, how big?
You want the string to be long enough to get 3-5 wraps around the tuning pegs once you are at pitch. If you have 8 or 10 wraps it’s not going to be that big of a deal. But you do not want the string wrapped around once or wrapped twenty times. 😄
Thanks for the swift reply. Appreciate it. Also another query. Where can I get the plier you are using? I followed the link you shared but it showed nothing
Hi Jeff, do you have some info on how to fix a cracked sitar gourd?
+H Mohr oh boy! I have a feeling that perhaps you suffered a break? I think the best option is to find a good luthier in your town who fixes violins, acoustic guitars etc and get a quote on the fix. Most likely they will do a way better job and if the instrument is ruined they might even have insurance to cover your loss (but check first!). It can definitely be fixed. My teacher has had sitars with a fixed gourd and my backup sitar was broken and fixed before I bought it. So all hope is not lost! Good luck and let me know what you end up doing.
Thanks
Vivek Mohan thank you for watching. Hopefully this video was helpful.
Hi Jeff. Thank you for all the great video's you have been posting. I've been playing now for about a month. Still haven't found a teacher, so I've just been practicing scales and trying to learn what I can from RUclips. I have a little problem with my main playing string. I'm tuned to C#. Basically my open F# string is flat but my middle C# (7th fret) is in tune. If I tune the open string to F# perfectly, then my middle C# (7th fret) is sharp. Do you have any suggestions on what might be causing this. I was thinking, possible my fret positions are a little bit out. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Hi. Thank you for the kind words. I'm very excited to hear that you have started to learn sitar! The issue with tuning could be from a few issues, but my first guess would your fret positions.
The frets should be able to slide (some more than others) so that you can adjust the note intervals for specific Ragas. This also means that they can drift and become sharp or flat. You may want to get your main playing string in tune when strummed open and then adjust your fretted Sa note (C#) to be in tune by sliding the fret.
To move the fret apply equal pressure to the ends of the fret where it has been tied. It will be tight to move but a little shift can make a big difference. You can then adjust your other frets as as needed. Would this be something you would like to see me demonstrate in a future video?
As always, one the best solutions is to find a teacher :) Having a teacher is a huge help and something I always recommend.
I hope this was helpful.
Hi Jeff. Success! It seems that all my frets had slipped a little. I moved them all up the neck a touch and that sorted out the problem. Thanks so much for your help. All the best!
+Ben Duff that's great! So glad I could help out.
Hi
Can you adjust Sitar frets?
yeh thanks brah.
Thanks for watching.
Do sitar strings break easily? How far can you overtune them?
Generally the sitar is tuned anywhere between C to D. I’ve been tuned up as high as D# and still done bends as far as two whole steps without breaking strings.
F# I think is the max maybe G I'm guessing.
hi jeff I broke my sa (kunti) string and was wondering if I should restring the whole instrument or just replace that string? thanks
I would start with just the one broken string for now. Over time you will break a few more and get better at replacing strings. Until then, I wouldn’t try to do them all at once. It’s a huge job and it could end us being a nightmare.
Great thanks will do!
Hi what way do you tune your sitar? especially chikari strings, mine sound very sharp in comparison to yours
+adambr92 hi. The Sa string on my sitar is tuned to D. The top two chikari strings are also tuned to D. I am using the Vilayat Khan style of tuning.
Cool, thanks! Keep up the good work! :-)
+adambr92 you may like this other video I made about tuning: ruclips.net/video/yUukZDQFC-g/видео.html
If you want to know how to string a sitar in detail without ˋtrade secrets ´ you can watch the video on this website : www.musiciansmallusa.com/sitar-string-set/
58 / 5000
Risultati della traduzione
can you tell me the diameter of the 7 main strings of the sitar?
Dude i want string my taraf. So what is the technique ?
Oh boy, this is a whole video in itself but it’s somewhat similar. You would make the same loop knot and use that for the bottom end of the sitar (likely all of your Taraf strings are hooked onto one giant peg at the bottom). Then you feed it up the neck and into the neck hole. Make sure the tuning peg is removed. Then you will then need some sort of small hook to fish the string out of the neck and pull it out of the tubing peg hole. Tie to string to the tubing peg as demonstrated in this video and reinstall the tuning peg. Tune the string to pitch. Good luck!! :)
That good dont break that string
🌹🌷🌺🌸❤️😌
U hav whatsapp sitar player group