A mind-blowing Sitar player
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2017
- A mind-blowing Sitar of Rajeev Janardan: Raga Khammaj
Lightspeed musical movements, 6 cameras 1 amazing musician 1 amazing instrument. A mind-blowing 3-minute Raga Khammaj on Sitar.
Rajeev Janardan is a proud torchbearer of the Imdadkhani Etawah Gharana and following the legacy of his gurus, Pandit Bimlendu Mukherjee and Pandit Arvind Parikh.
rajeevjanardan.com/
At the beginning of the 20th century, because of the limitations of gramophone recordings, the greatest artists of that age, like Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan recorded proper, but 3-minute long ragas, showing the beauty of the music and the possibilities of the Sitar as well.
Video: Oliver Sin (1foto.hu)
Cameramen: Bihari András ( / everybodyisone )
Zafir Daniel (look-c.net/) 
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Honestly. How the heck did I get here? I was watching blacksmithing videos a second ago. He’s pretty good though.
I was watching a guy who was buried in an avalanche get rescued and the next video I am here. I must now continue my search for a video on replacing the starter on a '90s Ford 351 , which is what i set out to do 2 hours ago.
Yup. YT brought me here from a video on an 1894 Victorian house restoration.
We are the privileged few in the ocean of garbage music on RUclips to witness this. Just imagine how many people will never see this. What a terrible way to live
Every decision you chose from the day you were born lead you here.
@@MrTruckerf lol
How does one sitar sound like 3 instruments playing at once? It's wild.
Many drone strings accompany the solo string.
The sitar and veena developed over 1100 yrs. period. Indian musicians alwaly strive to develop instruments to emulate the human voice.
@@bissoondathramlal2311 much much older than that. Now the indian civilization is proven older than minimum 17K years due to surya Siddhanta & other astronomical texts. They even knew about the big bang
Its that 2 octave drone note that fills all that space.
@@gabahungle568 the sitar is very recent.... the veena as well, the modern form of veena is only 350 years old. But music of India does date back thousands of years ago, just not the instruments
When I was about 15, Ravi Shankar visited our high school and played the sitar in our theater. An unforgettable experience.
Which school was this if you don’t mind me asking. NWCS?
A sitar can have 18, 19, 20, or 21 strings. Six or seven of these are played strings that run over curved, raised frets, and the remainder is sympathetic strings (tarb, also known as tariff or tarafdaar) which run underneath the frets and resonate in sympathy with the played strings. These strings are generally used to set the mood of a raga at the very beginning of a presentation. The frets, which are known as pardā or thaat are movable, allowing fine-tuning. The played strings run to tuning pegs on or near the head of the instrument, while the sympathetic strings, which are a variety of different lengths, pass through small holes in the fretboard to engage with the smaller tuning pegs that run down the instrument's neck.
The instrument has two bridges: the large bridge (badaa goraa) for the playing and drone strings and the small bridge (Chota goraa) for the sympathetic strings. Its timbre results from the way the strings interact with the wide, sloping bridge. As a string reverberates its length changes slightly as its edge touches the bridge, promoting the creation of overtones and giving the sound its distinctive tone. The maintenance of this specific tone by shaping the bridge is called jawari. Many musicians rely on instrument makers to adjust this.
Materials used in construction include teak wood or tun wood (Cedrela Toona), which is a variation of mahogany, for the neck and faceplate (tabli), and calabash gourds for the resonating chambers. The instrument's bridges are made of deer horn, ebony, or very occasionally from camel bone. Synthetic material is now common as well.
Thank you
Thanks
Amazing description, can This instrument hit The solfegeo scale ?
Amazing knowledge of the instrument! Do you play it? Or where did you learn about it?
@@silashoffman2089 i once played it but my sitar broke
The sitar is a instrument smuggled from the heavens...
Hahaha nice one
খুব সুন্দর বলেছেন।
@Raleigh Denton A sitar is so different from the Guitar. Different tuning, different chords, different playing style. It might look like a long, weird Guitar, but it isn't. It's like a Horse and a Zebra. A Zebra might look like a Horse, but they're quite different.
@Raleigh Denton
Sitat is more a versatile instrument.
And its much ancient too.
A Sitarist can pick up playing a guitar with ease. But a Guitarist will have to spend hours of training to master a Sitar.
And we electrocuted it.
I was trying to understand what is this "mystical bass" that plays in Indian music, now I understood, the Sitar itself makes it... how marvelous.
Are you talking about the drone? It's called the chikari, it's like an E major power chord.
The sitar has quite the amazing resonance but it’s also possible that you’re thinking of a tamboura drone
@@obdeisibcirrus993 he is talking about the drone
@@fatihguler7141 yep that’s what I said. It’s the Tanpura
You should also listen to Veena:
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding / Veena Cover by Wageshan - ruclips.net/video/h3Ceprv9wJs/видео.html
I like the little smile at the end. He's like: "I think I did ok there, this was fun."
ruclips.net/video/SzY0FKgbL_E/видео.html
At 2:31 the music takes him.
this was how they shredded in ancient times...
He looks metal
Got into the sitar due to George Harrison and Brian Jones. This opened up the world of Indian music to me, and I'll always thank them for that. Such a beautiful instrument.
Love the Persian santur that Brian use to play as well. It is like a multistrung dulcimer. It think it has like 92 strings.
I came to this video after hearing within you without you
@@juanvela7164 Have you heard the version from "Love" where it's mashed up with Within You Without You? It's bananas.
@@clicheguevara5282 You mean with Tomorrow never knows? that thing is a buzz- its how I warmed up to both songs when I got into the Beatles
@@uniokld9110 Yessir!! 🙂
I closed my eyes and took a train ride through the countryside on a beautiful day. Lovely song.
Thanks
Was the train pulled by a steam locomotive?
@@samanli-tw3id my imagination isn't quite that fancy- it was a diesel. XD
@@Xebelan is replying to a year old comment. what a mad lad
@@hersheath the steam locomotive question was asked two days ago tho. Not that crazy to reply. And it gave me another reminder about and chance to listen to this awesome song.
I cannot say why, but I love all things India. The music haunts me 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@United Provinces of Planet Earth Hi - the emojis are hands applauding, clapping ☺️
haunts? xd these all musical instruments and music originated in temples and were way to workship god and goddess
Lots of "I"s, me, in just half a line,
the subject here is the music, the instrument, not you
What makes you think you are so interesting to the world?
One of the most beautiful and astonishing musical performances I've ever seen in my life.
same here
I don't know, maybe you see flamenco guitar players, they are probably a notch or two above
WTF
@@4ntifreez Sorry man haha.
You ain't seen nothing yet. Look up Ravi Shankar's music.
Listening to this is a transcending experience. Namaskar from the Philippines.
Mabuhay from india 😍
I don't know where is he going , but he's taking me with him .......
man i love death grips
What was that man? That music isn’t for this world. This earth can’t understand or appreciate it to the level that it truly is it needs to be played from a star.
ruclips.net/video/XqGlH3TGpKU/видео.html
Beautifully played indeed . This music can not be analyzed by western theories. It has no mold whatsoever . It has its own entity yet goes through the heart of man ,eastern or western!!!
Rajeev Janardan. (Known as Pandit Ji).One of India’s finest string players. He also plays other classical string instruments of India.
@@hossainfarnoush Both.
Brother if you like it you will also like music played with the Veena . Both are from india and it was a gradual development of these instruments that took centuries.
The first minute of watching: He's alright.
30 seconds later: Oh, damn!
As a classical pianist, I wish I could play the sitar!
Then do it....
man, it still amazes me that these sounds can come from what is essentially strings on a board. absolutely wonderful.
It's magical! Sitar sounds very melodic and mesmerizing! My compliments to the musician!
You should listen to Veena as well:
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding / Veena Cover by Wageshan - ruclips.net/video/h3Ceprv9wJs/видео.html
magasan = on a high level degree
magasan = magician musician
The Sitar and Veena are incredible instruments. The sound they produce is way more than any other instrument can make. So many strings. Tuning them must take ages. Thank you for a few minutes of pure heaven.
I play the veena, It's not actually hard to tune, in the southern tradition (Carnatic music), vocal training is mandatory before any learning begins on the veena.
In fact, gurus would not let the student touch the veena for over six months and only teach vocal music, this is because the veena essentially mimics the human voice, it can do everything the human voice can do and that's why when the player knows vocal music, the veena becomes an extension of that skill, and the Gamakas (oscillations) and ornamentations come easily.
As for tuning the veena, it's basically what every Carnatic vocal beginner learns first, to sound the three fixed notes (sa, pa and sa) the tonic, the 5th and the upper tonic. These three notes are what the open strings on a veena are tuned to.
The veena has 4 main strings and 3 rhythmic/sympathetic strings.
The 4 main strings are tuned to the lower 5th (the lowest string), lower tonic (second string), the 5th (third string) and the tonic (4th or the main string).
The 3 rhythmic/sympathetic strings are tuned to the tonic (same as the 4th string), the upper 5th and the upper tonic: (these three notes are also the ones that are played on the drone or tambura).
so it's actually pretty easy, it's only the 3 notes that are tuned in intervals on all the 7 strings.
whereas in the sitar, there are 13 sympathetic strings below the 5 main strings which are tuned to every note of the raga or scale which is MUCH harder, and the frets as well, have to be moved for every raga or scale that you play, whereas in the veena the 24 frets are fixed. And the sitar usually does not need vocal training, as the instrument does not imitate the human voice and stands on its own in sound and technique.
hope this helped!
@@qkbarbland4332thanks!
@@qkbarbland4332 you are extremely knowledgeable on Indian Classical Music! its a wonderful thing.
Piano would like a word.
Sitar is one of the best sounding instruments for sure. I listen to a lot of rock and punk and whenever a sitar is used it gives it that trippy edge to it. What a beautiful instrument.
I need him to play "the end" from the Doors.
Or summer breeze by seals and croft
Or Paint it black by The Rolling Stones
or most Summer of Love 60's music tracks ...
Or "White room" by Cream
The End & When The Music's Over are my funeral songs 😁
I love the way he beats and gracefully glides his fingers over his sitar. he is so, so talented with the sitar, and has this wicked sense for space, rhythm, melody and dynamics - something that SO many artistes overlook in their music. his music is so absorbing, riveting, therapeutic, cathartic and dignified, but yet it is emotional, intense, and dark all at the same time.
The sitar is one of the greatest Indian instruments out there. You cannot possibly change my mind.
I have read somewhere that all the current string instruments originated from common one. The persian word for string is tar….sitar …guitar…In ancient times, Indian musicians used to play Sitar at the kings courtrooms…no much different from the rock concerts of today.
May I suggest the Veena and Sarod to complete your top three
Sarod will complement Sitar because the tune of pathos is better expressed with Sarod..
It's very difficult to get 2 hands to do 2 different things at such incredible speed. Tells the volume of effort he has poured to acheived this level of speed, accurate notes, excellent raaga flow and that smooth transition in pace. Felt like heaven on earth while listening. May god bless you and your family..
God I love the Sitar. So beautifully ethereal and warming.
Ive played a string instrument for over 30 years,,this man is a master of string instrument,,he's the eddy van Halen of India,, absolutely amazing 👍
Don’t be ridiculous- there’s zero connection between a time served sitar apprentice playing pieces composed perhaps 500 years ago and a self taught electric guitar player playing tunes composed yesterday….Americans - how can anyone be so ignorant as Americans - it’s truly remarkable what has happened to that people
The decay in the drone strings of this thing is what makes it so cool.
The sound takes me heaven...
i could literally watch and listen to this stuff ALL DAY , as a guitar player i cant do anything but just stare in a child like wonder ... amazing
If your are below 25 and still hearing this, you've already developed a great taste in music at this young age😊
Edit: And,If you are above 25, keep enjoying this music & heavenly instrument for whole life
Thanks!
26 year olds - AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
Thanks
I was just about to say “thank you!” But realized how old o actually am...
18👍👍👍
amazing raag khamaj, in 3 minutes, Just like the old records...
This is actually Rag Maand. It is from the Khamaj that but is it's own unique raga.
@@WillMarsh yess
The title doesn’t lie! I have indeed been amazed by his sitar playing
Heaven's instrument.
Isn't that supposed to be a harp... played by angels? ... heaven isn't real.
@@morbidmanmusicmaybe you and your goofy pfp should not speak about things you know nothing about as if it were fact.
Watching & Listening to a Musician who has mastered their craft is a Spiritual Event since Music is the Souls way of Expressing emotion
Man oh man.. Stunning.. This guy is unreal.. Crazy talent Brud..
You should listen to Veena as well:
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding / Veena Cover by Wageshan - ruclips.net/video/h3Ceprv9wJs/видео.html
It's so mystical I kind of love it
Put this man in a metal band already. He's definitely got the speed and technicality part down.
He is a metal band! 😅
A very majestic sound created with the sitar, when played well like this it is soul soothing and leaves you wanting more.
The wry Indian smile at the end .. classic ....
I honestly don't think 'twas wry at all, I believe it had much innocence to it.
it means we knew heavy metal guitar riffs long before of you
I thought his lizard man was showing
Excellent playing by Rajeev Janardan AND filming by Bihari András and Zafir Daniel. I really appreciate the close-ups on Rajeev's hands and the strings. How the meends (ornaments) are achieved is of interest too. Thanks for producing such a quality video, Oliver Sin. Nice closing with a close-up of Rajeev looking all humble and shy. Hehehe!
Thank you Theresa
@@MrRajeevjanardan Hey! What are you doing here on
Tothszabi's channel? That's a surprise visit from a Raag Star, like you! LOL! Thanks.
Toth szabi is a greatest sitar maestro of this present generation that's why I am here ❤️
@@MrRajeevjanardan Ah, now that makes perfect sense.
There is no Rajeev Janardan on iTunes 😩
I just love each instrument representing a particular culture. This is one example.
Sitar players are bending those strings like blues guitar players.
A few days after I arrived in Holland, Michigan, to attend my senior year at Hope College as an exchange student from the former Yugoslavia, Ravi Shankar came to town to perform in an open air concert. My mind was blown because here I was, listening live to a music world phenomenon in a small college town, about whom I was only able to read in the press or see on TV. That year in the States motivated me to do my best to come back for good, and I've been living here for over 40 years.
The sitar can actually bend up to 5 octaves, they got more bend than even the blues
@@ennuiii I was referring to the string-bending style of play, not comparing the bending capabilities of the guitar and sitar.
Thanks to the Imdad Khani gharana, hundreds of people (both famous and unknown) are playing good sitar.
India is truly proud of this heritage.
Somebody very talented from Imdadakhani gharana 😊 ruclips.net/video/LfuLolDceEE/видео.html
😂😂😂😂😂
Who the F is that??
Knowledge kept from the plebians!
@@sree9971 you're damn knowledgeable i must say
That's ancient Hindu Music
Ever seen someone shred on a sitar?
Yeah, plenty. Let me give you a few classic examples.
ruclips.net/video/mZgJQqXaGG8/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wpowZ3AuZ80/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/l8-nKlJzw_Q/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/8tf_fIvmSr0/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/hzYpQb6eq08/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/3uAHcvop384/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/55TwzTULzzQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/puE7imPAVco/видео.html
soundcloud.com/subhranil-sarkar-sitar/ustad-wahid-khan-piloo-aochar-drut-gat
@@spaceymen I'm so grateful for this comment thanks bro i discovered all them
Lol
Time for some Sarangi shredding
ruclips.net/video/XqGlH3TGpKU/видео.html
I just discovered this Van Halen instrumental "Primary" with Eddie Van on the electric sitar: ruclips.net/video/jw3UGcRRjXs/видео.html
Спасибо, Мастер, за прекрасную музыку, замечательное исполнение.
ruclips.net/video/SzY0FKgbL_E/видео.html
Ana ochen kharasho igraet
This has to be in the top 10 oddest but beautiful instruments
I'm gonna make a game called Sitar Hero. The boss will be the desert level in Mario.
what ?🧐
Aaaaaaaahahahahaaa!! I like how you said that. 🤣😅🤣👋
Hahahahha
😂
Lethal lava land??
Sitar, veena and flute: Divine instruments! Close your eyes and listen to it and you are transported to heavens!
This is the Indian version of Asturias.
This song is a musical manifestation of what it was like the first time I got high when I was a kid.
@George Planter truth... drugs in a nutshell
Far Cry 4 vibes
So glad George Harrison turned me and millions of other people onto this. Spectacular.
Love Me To - The Beatles
George was a humble legend..He gave RS way too much respect than what he would have got in India..
listen to ananda shankar.....Killer sitar rock!
I will.
You should listen to Veena as well:
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding / Veena Cover by Wageshan - ruclips.net/video/h3Ceprv9wJs/видео.html
Most underrated instrument ever
Sitar is an amazing instrument, yes. I play one myself. A concert-grade VK style one just like his and looks just like it as well. However, I think what's important to realize here is that this particular Sitar player is not your average player at all. I don't know if I'll ever be able to touch such a level of mastery and skill. He has obviously been obsessed with playing the thing for a long time, and is extremely focused and calm on top of that when playing this particular raga. I've seen many Sitar players on RUclips, and this one takes the cake, hands down, for technique and precision. I've never even seen the chikari strings being strummed that quickly whilst keeping a Sa string melody in perfect intonation simultaneously. Bravo!!
His hands moving even faster than Flash, the performance just teleported me into heaven.✨✨✨✨
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@@kyriltolbertGo to church🤪
@@kyriltolbert not possible
@@hrushikeshsantoshdhore304 How
Felling really proud to be a sitar student
teach me master
I remember listening to Ravi Shankar many years ago. Beautiful music and wonderful playing lives on!
Everything is perfect about this. The aesthetics of his appearance and of the instrument, the playing... even the look he gives at the end.
I'm doing an assignment and chose this instrument as a topic of discussion. I must say, my mind is blown by the talent of this guy!
That instant when you know your Sitar Game is strong. 3:19
Nice video, and great instrument. 💯💯💯💯💯
Боже, какая музыка. Можно хоть весь день её слушать.
நானும் அதை உணர்ந்தேன்!
Wow !! I've always loved sitar music since I seen Ravi Shankar with George Harrison way back around 1975. This man is Amazing
It's more amazing than expected. Keep it up
Божественный
инструмент и музыка❤
So beautifully rendered. Took me to a different world in 3:25 mins. God bless Rajeev Janardan!
i remember a guitar instructional long ago;
"hammer-on .... pull-off .... hammer-on .... pull-off"
But Then it's an insrument where you can also bend up by a major third WHILE Hammering-on & pulling off
oh and by the way dude has more or less perfect banjo thumb pluck pulse going on the bass drone
@@The_CGA yes he is awesome
Thats really relaxing music. Like a lullaby to fall asleep, not in a bad way of course.
One of my favorite instruments, and one epic player. Great.
This is legit the best instrument😌
😓 flute players....
@@lbu5543Veena
Me encanta la musica instrumental India con el sitar.
" Dreamy..! Divine..! God's hands!! "
When I was young and my parents went out for the evening they left a high school student in charge of me. She would bring one of these and play it while I listened. Of course it was smaller and only later did I discover that it was a baby sitar.
That is so corny it deserves more thumbs up than I can give.
@@seamusoflatcap I love cheese and you're soundin a lil cheesy yourself. Would it have been considered cool if the babysitter smoked a blunt and then twerked for him? Clap them booty cheeks and make me a pizza. 😎🤌🏼
1:47-2:05 gave me chills. first time hearing this instrument in my life
A vibrant and masterly , most touching and entertaining sound. I sincerely love music, especially when played by human genius and a conduit to heaven.
I see that he has ONE album on Spotify. I'll be checking that out for sure.
It was divine❤️ i kind of hypnotized
So Beautiful! I love that Indian Sitar music. He is amazing!
Very nice, stress soothing, calming music 🎶 bless you all.
I looked up fast sitar music, and the video came up fifth. He seemed professional so I watched it. Then in the first few seconds I was like, "Boring!" Then in 50 seconds I was like "Wow!" So I thought to myself, " It should be the first video to pop up!" Thank you for listening! Stay safe, and have great day!
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding / Veena Cover by Wageshan - ruclips.net/video/h3Ceprv9wJs/видео.html
beast of burden slaps
Watching this vid bc of this 😭
beast of burden aoty
@@naiden1288 same wtf
Fr
Celestial sounds of divine order🌘🌟🌒🇹🇷🇹🇷✨👌🌟🎄🎉♥️♥️
i suddenly am fascinated with sitar, especially solo playing, just my preference, this is magical
This is a totally cool sound, no question.
Amazing
I really love sitar better than any other musical instrument, I can't explain a proper reason but I ❤
Same here.
I only learned that a Sitar is a thing because of Kingdom Hearts and, man, I am so glad I decided to look up what it sounds like! easily a new favorite instrument for me!
(Dance, water! Dance!)
I love this
Rajeev Janardhan, what a musical talent. Out of this world experience. Where are his other concerts?
who up beasting they burden
That is years of practice wrapped into an amazing performance. Wow !!
Much appreciation. Someone close to me needed to hear this right now 💗
Wow! Nice!
I'm telling my son that the unchanging note in his playing represents the flow of life, spirit, consciousness, that is ever-present is the life that surrounds us, and is inside of us.
Beautiful!
Thanks!
Hindu classical music has "The Drone" effect, that unchanging note that fills the music from within & surrounds it. That denotes the sound of Onkar, the OM, the big bang, that underlying vibration surrounding everything from inside & outside.
@@gabahungle568 Indian* not hindu
@@qkbarbland4332 😂what is indian but not hindu in relation to ancient knowledge, arts, science etc. Ok what is hindu?
british love this kind of conflict which they created & indians are still not understanding.
@@gabahungle568 You do know the history of the Sitar right? Most of the structural and musical differences of Hindustani music was contributed by MUSLIM mughals/persians, please gets your facts right instead of spreading hindutva nonsense. I'm not muslim, but give history credit where it's due
@@qkbarbland4332 do you know that dance, music, arts is forbidden with punishment in islam. So how can it be mohemaddan. The so called muslim contributors were converts from Hindus but all that is quite late in history. We're talking about origins and so far in the past islam did not exist.
Do you know that hindu + sthan = hindustan = hindustani music which IOW means hindu music is actually all indian temple music and has roots deep in the hindu philosophy. The typical drone sound mimics the background bigbang ॐ radiation present in the universe. There's also a dhun purely based on this called as shivdhun or shivvani.
You're on the right path to becoming a muslim. You're already half muslim. The first sign is screwing up of history, non acceptance of facts and rhetorical thinking.
This man straight up shredding on a sitar
We need more of this in music
White Hair Says how much effort he placed to reach this level..God Bless you!!
@Anne Liam ideally indians hair get greyed after 40 +.
a celestial instrument
Sitar recital at its best🙏
This player is totally amazing. Why isn't his name shown FIRST in the heading to this video?! Greatest respect to him from England.......I can now understand why George Harrison was so captivated by the sitar.
A phenomenal mind-shredding sitar player!
The face he makes at 2:31 is the musician's version of "locking in"