Raag Shivaranji - Guitar Lesson - Ancient Pentatonic Scale Fuses Major & Minor - Indian Classical

Watch the full Alap recital of this raag here: • Meditative Alap Improv...
To see the complete masterclass and access every course in full, become a member of the Indian Classical Guitar Academy!
Visit www.indianclassicalguitar.com/
Sign up monthly to access all of the courses and new content every month!
As a member you get all these benefits:
*Access all of our video courses
*Attend Live-streams with in-depth tutorials
*Submit questions to be answered in detail
*New content every month
*Tab notation and neck diagrams to help you learn
*Over 30hrs of video lessons and demos
These video courses are a unique resource for adapting Indian Classical Music to the guitar. The knowledge I am able to present here is largely thanks to my Gurus Roopa Panesar and Shakir Khan who both play sitar. They have provided much of the raw material and I have used my experience as a guitarist, teacher and sitar student to develop the techniques and stylistic choices to suit this beautiful and powerful style of playing.
#raag
#indianclassicalmusic
#guitarlesson

[@JaKi052]

not a guitar player but very fascinating video. amazing how only one note change in Ga makes a huge difference in feeling of raga in shivranjani vs bhoopali

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Yes that's true the third interval make such a huge difference

[@ntartienii]

Hi Jack. Awesome job. I can feel the passion. What kind of tune your guitar is in?

[@aumbonda]

Nice!

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

Thanks 😊

[@nnavale]

Hi Jack
If this raaga was to be harmonized, what chords would be best suited?

[@argha89debnath]

very divine playing 🙏....what is the guitar tuning ?

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

It is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings like the Chikari strings like on a sitar.
6th D - 8.
5th D - 8.
4th D - 28.
3rd G - 18.
2nd B - 14.
1st E - 11
The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges. But I find that the G-string works much better for bending if it's a thicker string. It actually allows you to get more pitch range before you run out of bending space on the fretboard.
If you don't have the chikari strings then just 'drop D' tuning (DADGBE) will work to give you a drone. But you won't be able to play the chikari patterns.

[@user-my9kj6gq5v]

Beautiful 😊 what is the secret of your sound?
I hear reverb, chorus and some delay.. What about your tuning? Is it standard?

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

It is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings like the Chikari strings like on a sitar.
The two extra high strings are in unison so they sound like they have some chorus but that is just a natural effect. I'm only using reverb, a little compression and a tiny bit of boost just to add some body and sustain to the notes.
But this guitar has a special character that makes a difference I feel.
Check out this pedal demo if you are interested.
ruclips.net/video/_H8ualji5qY/видео.html

[@user-my9kj6gq5v]

Thanks 🙏 Jack.
I normally tune the low E down to D to use as a drone.
But it is innovative how you use thinner strings for the low E and A tuned in unison to mimic the sitar's chikari strings which have a brighter presence. I must try it out sometime to see how it works. My style is more that of carnatic but your style is very inspiring !!