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Hey Guys, here is a clip  from my latest album "When Wood Sings" which has a fusion with the Sitar and Tabla. The album has other songs (esp. the first song) which offer some soothing and relaxing Sitar music. Check out the entire album at:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nikhilpatwardhan7
Please leave your comments and feedback on the album link as well. Hope you enjoy it! String on!

When Wood Sings - Instrumental Sitar and Tabla Album Preview

Sitar, Synth, Percussion, Tabla, Percussion

#2 Aaron Kaz, Sitar; Chris Stack, Synth; Kima Moore, Chukk Brursema, Percussion; Rusty James, Tabla

we played the same composition what the Trio Ravishankar Aliakbar Allarakkha saheh played, but in our style on spot 

Sitar Sarod Tabla Khamaj Prabir Bhattacharya

We are from the same Legacy Ravishankar Aliakbar Allarakkha, The most want Trio. 

Sitar Sarod Tabla Khamaj Drut Teentaal Prabir Bhattacharya

SANTUR SAGA
Musiques classiques et traditionnelles d'Orient et d'ailleurs
Classical and traditional music from the Orient and beyond
Paul Grant

Afghani Bhupali

legendary music

cover of The Kiss from The Last of the Mohicans 1992 by Jenny O' Connor

The Kiss from The Last of the Mohicans 1992 by Jenny O' Connor

Bibi Shireen On Rabab and Tabla Instrumental

Something I worked on recently for a documentary film... 

Sitar Flute and Tabla experiments

A theme for Merle Oberon

A track for the titles of a TV series (demo)

The Uninvited (Sci-Fi) theme

Raghuvamsa Sudha- An old indian traditional song arranged and fused with reethigowla raga for a Piano triad and performed by the Bristol Ensemble as part of a workshop conducted by me.

Raghuvamsa Sudha And Reethigowla

This piece was written for piano and flute and is based on two Indian ragas Purvi and Hamsadhwani. 

Piano: Felix Arifin

Flute: Erica Wong

Glassy Eyed

This is a track for a cue in a film called : The Killing of John Lennon. This was part of an exercise in the university for my masters programme.

The Polarity

All done using the score to the symphony five first few bars. MIDI mockup done using East West Quantum Leap samples

Shoshtakovic Symphony 5 MIDI Demo

Raaga Gavati On Sitar
(Late evening Raaga)
Taal - Vilambit Jhaptal, Madhya and Drut Teentaal.

Tabla - Shubhankar Kurlekar
Sitar -  Arjun Patwardhan 

Sitar and Tabla Jugalbandi (Raag Gavati)

Classical Instrumental (Fusion) - Raag Madhuvanti - Ateetam - Tabla|Sitar|Flute|Keyboard.

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SITAR
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The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. It is believed to have been derived from the veena, an ancient Indian instrument, which was modified by a Mughal court musician to conform with the tastes of his Persian patrons and named after a Persian instrument called the setar (meaning "three strings"). It subsequently underwent many changes, and the modern sitar evolved in 18th century India. It derives its distinctive timbre and resonance from sympathetic strings, bridge design, a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber.
Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became known in the western world through the work of Ravi Shankar beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s after the Kinks' top 10 single "See My Friends" featured a low tuned drone guitar which was widely mistaken to be the instrument. The sitar saw further use in popular music after the Beatles featured the sitar in their compositions "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Within You Without You". Their use of the instrument came as a result of George Harrison's taking lessons on how to play it from Shankar and Shambhu Das. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones also used a sitar in "Paint It, Black" and a brief fad began for using the instrument in pop songs.
SANTOOR
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The Kashmiri santoor is an ancient string musical instrument native to Jammu and Kashmir, with origins in Persia. A primitive ancestor of this type of instruments was invented in Mesopotamia (1600-911 BC). This archetype traveled to different parts of the east and each region customized and designed their own versions.
The santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy two strings. The special-shaped mallets (mezrab) are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers. A typical santoor has two sets of bridges, providing a range of three octaves.
The Indian santoor is more rectangular and can have more strings than the Persian counterpart, which generally has 72 strings.
TABLA
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The tabla is a membranophone percussion instrument (similar to bongos), used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres. The term tabla is derived from an Arabic word, tabl, which simply means "drum." The tabla is used in some other Asian musical traditions outside of India, such as in the Indonesian dangdut genre.
Playing technique involves extensive use of the fingers and palms in various configurations to create a wide variety of different sounds, reflected in the mnemonic syllables (bol). The heel of the hand is used to apply pressure or in a sliding motion on the larger drum so that the pitch is changed during the sound's decay
FLUTE
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The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel-Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones.
A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, a flautist, a flutist, or, less commonly, a fluter.
Aside from the voice, flutes are the earliest known musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Alb region of Germany. These flutes demonstrate that a developed musical tradition existed from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.

Instrumental Raag Bhopali - ( Sitar | Santoor | Flute | Tabla ) - Peaceful Meditation

Celtic Bagpipe Music Compilation- Part 1 of 4

Passing out parade, slow march 2

Leo Rojas - Pastor Solitario (Der Einsame Hirte) - The Last of the Mohicans ( Der Letzte Mohikaner)

Biddu Orchestra - Eastern Journey (iyi Aile Cocugu - Can Ergun Remix)

Film Composer, Producer, Arranger, Guitarist, Sound Engineer, Sound Designer

Sitar Flute and Tabla experiments

Neelesh Mandalapu