Members Nicko Posted January 20, 2005 Members Posted January 20, 2005 I bought one a few years back just because of how beautiful they look and sound. Nice resonance, haunting sounds.
Members FingerBone Bill Posted January 21, 2005 Members Posted January 21, 2005 "Any Sitar players out there?" Doesn't look like it! I played one once and was amazed at how much I sounded like Ravi Shankar despite not having the slightest idea what I was doing. I strongly suspect that Indian music is a jumble of mis-tuned notes thrown together in random order that doesn't really follow any rules at all!
Members shecky Posted January 21, 2005 Members Posted January 21, 2005 Originally posted by FingerBone Bill I strongly suspect that Indian music is a jumble of mis-tuned notes thrown together in random order that doesn't really follow any rules at all! Kinda like jazz...
Members Bajazz Posted January 21, 2005 Members Posted January 21, 2005 Any Sitar players out there?Yes, I have Sitar on my Variax 700 Acoustic. Great for the intro to "Norwegian Wood" and "Cat's in the cradle"
Members slider Posted January 21, 2005 Members Posted January 21, 2005 I dont have a real eastern sitar; always wanted one.I do have a Jerry Jones sit-guitar. sounds like the real thing and you dont have to spend hours tuning. I do have three ouds. very cool instruments. haunting too. one is electric.
Members Nicko Posted January 21, 2005 Author Members Posted January 21, 2005 Ya, those sit-guitars have always interested me. I'd like to plug one in and hear it one day. String changing a real sitar is a bit of an effort. The instrument is so beautiful however that I cherish it even though I rarely play it. I don't think I'll ever regret forking over the $$ for it. It's also fun to blow people away when you show it to those who have never seen one.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 22, 2005 Members Posted January 22, 2005 Got an old Coral "Electric Sitar" (basically Jerry Jones copied one of these and upgraded some of the parts) and a real one too. I can play some "pseudo-ragas" on the real one...that amuses my Hindu friend, Rajeesh, a lot. I figured out "Johnny B. Goode" on it and that REALLY amused him!
Members guitarcapo Posted January 22, 2005 Members Posted January 22, 2005 I had one and seriously tried to learn to play it. It wasn't that complicated to play...It kind of reminded me of a dulcimer...with some drone strings and only one or two that you actually fretted. The complicated part was the MUSIC. Weird scales. Lots of bending in weird ways that you really couldn't copy convincingly with a western trained ear. I figured after many years of training I'd still probably have my instrument talking with a foreign accent that would leave Indian musicians laughing. And at the end of the day I decided I just didn't like Indian music enough to make such a huge commitment in time and effort. Kind of reminded me of a college friend who thought it would be cool to take a course in Swahili as a lark and all of a sudden he's in a classroom with a bunch of Africans and the {censored} is HARD. Yea you could be like George harrison and pluck out a few simple melody lines on one. But don't kid yourself. He wasn't playing the sitar. He was using it as an effect.
Members Diggsy Posted January 30, 2005 Members Posted January 30, 2005 I bought a genuine one some years back,and like my Epiphone doubleneck,knew exactly what I was getting myself into when I plunked down the money for it.No matter.I like just experimenting with it & digging the sound.It would be a real treat to meet someone someday who could casually show me some technique or something on it,but I'm not holding my breath.Again,no matter.There are souls out there that fantasize about blowing into a contrabass saxophone too.It's called"different strokes for different folks".
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