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Indian Percussion Chenda

We noticed that a distorted electric guitar sounded like a naadasvaram, a south Indian wind instrument typically used in weddings. So I tried playing one of the those wedding tunes on the guitar. The rest of the band joined in and this is what we got.

I recorded this with FL Studio 10 and an acoustic guitar. This song is known as "Aanandam Aanandam" in Tamil.

Aanandam Aanandam - South Indian wedding song(Rock version)

Zara - Halke - Gaadi - Haanko - Kabir - Bhajan - Prahlad - Singh - Tipaniya

Nirbhay Nirgun

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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

Dhudukulu Gala - Sheik Chinna Moulana (South Indian Nadhaswaram)

Raag Yaman

Vijay Sardeshmukh sings 'Shunya Gadh Shahar' - Bangalore Festival of Kabir, 2009

Kaluram Bamaniya sings 'Surta Ko Karno Hai Byaah' - Luniyakhedi, Malwa, 2006

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Raga Bhimpalasi  by Kaushiki Chakraborty - Indian Classical Music (Live Performance Record)

Nine songs of Kabir I recorded in the year 2010.

Unknown Album (10/17/2010 1:32:15 PM)

Yugan Yugan Ham Yogi - Kabir song composed by Pt. Kumar Gandharva

Indian Classical piece in Raag Charukesi, from Giuliano's 2012 debut solo album Englobed.
Featuring 
Giuliano Modarelli guitar
Kamaljeet Ajimal  santoor 
Bhupinder Singh Chaggar on Tabla

Raag Charukesi- Jugalbandi (Englobed)

This is AR Rahman's rendition of the Farida Khanum classic. Performed at MTV Unplugged Season 2

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Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Na Karo - AR Rahman - MTV Unplugged

Inspired by Nadaswaram music from Mangala isai. 

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Nadaswaram in da hood

Vaari jaun re, the totally peppy Rajasthani/Kutchi/Malvi guru vandana folk song caught Vedanth and my attention first in The Rajasthan Kabir Yatra when Mooralamarwada made it our anthem.But when the real love happened was when we heard Mahesha Ram sing. With a lilt which spread in front me the entire desert, camels walking, caravans moving, the works. And everytime I hear or sing the powerful, humbling, joyous and beautiful imagery of my guru standing at my doorstep/courtyard gives me goosebumps. Here is a recording of singing in the great eastern mill, mumbai. Still working on the pronunciation.

Dhudukulu Gala - Sheik Chinna Moulana (South Indian Nadhaswaram)

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