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Aug '07
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Bhangra music on Sitar

Inspired by Krish Ashok’s masterpiece, I attempted playing the same Punjabi music on my Sitar. This is a bhangra song, I don’t remember the name, but if you do then let me know. (I hope it sounds like what it is supposed to.)

Here is the result:

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The piece is played on my Sitar which is dying but still manages to produce some sound. I had a crude mic to record this (and somewhere in the clip you can hear birds chirping.) The clip has 3 sound tracks, mixed in Goldwave.

I think the clip is not great but I enjoyed playing some non-classical stuff for a change and then mixing the tracks :)

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  1. Pnjaabi on Voilen « Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa on August 18th, 2007 said:

    [...] Mr Butler, we now have a Sitar playing Bhangra as well. Awesome, [...]

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  2. Joseph on August 18th, 2007 said:

    great mr. sitarist. finally we get to hear your music.
    the song is “mundiya tu bach ke rahi” if I am not mistaken.

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  3. Cuckoo on August 18th, 2007 said:

    Wow ! That was awesome !!

    In one of my posts I had asked you which instrument do you play but the reply never came. :( Now I know. :)

    Definitely it sounds like bhangra !! And I agree with Joseph. The song is “Mundya tu bach ke rahiN”.

    Some more please.

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  4. Arunk on August 18th, 2007 said:

    priyank – That was quite good and does sound quite “bhangraish” (although i am an extremely poor judge – a big zero on almost all music from north india)

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  5. Ash on August 18th, 2007 said:

    Hi Priyank!
    khupach sundar:) Middle part needs improvement, but yes it ofcours sounds like punjabi music. abhinandan

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  6. Priyank on August 18th, 2007 said:

    Joseph:
    Ah thanks mate !!

    Cuckoo:
    Ah, I must have forgotten to check back. Sorry about that.
    Glad you liked it!

    Arunk:
    Thanks man! [screams: Yay! I got a compliment from Carnatik music guru]

    Ash:
    dhanyawaad. Yes I have to improve a lot:)

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  7. Arunk on August 20th, 2007 said:

    oh no priyank!!! A “music guru” in my book would be someone (a) who can talk about the details AND (b) more importantly demonstrate/perform himself/herself (i.e. vocal or play an instrument) in a way that the listeners will not close their ears and rush to the exit. I can guarantee you that I fail the part (b) quite miserably. It is mostly theory and very little practice in my case.

    I am just an avid fan of the music who also wants to know the nuts and bolts kind of stuff.

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  8. Mahendra Palsule on August 21st, 2007 said:

    Ah! This sounds more ‘bhangraish’ than Ashok’s violin version. Probably because the sound of a string being plucked is more exciting and invigorating (like popular music), than the sound of a string being brushed against!

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  9. Priyank on October 7th, 2007 said:

    Arunk:
    you are so modest:)

    Mahendra:
    aha! My bhangra sounds to ‘classicalish’ though!

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  10. Celine on January 29th, 2008 said:

    Only 42 seconds? I wanted to hear more. It’s lovely. :)

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  11. Priyank on January 29th, 2008 said:

    Celine:
    Oh, was it 42 seconds?? I will record something better and upload:)

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  12. Prax on April 1st, 2008 said:

    wow one more of ur many tallents

    though bhangda isnt my most fav this sounds cool :-)

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  13. Priyank on April 1st, 2008 said:

    Prax:
    Thanks buddy, and this is not a good piece :D

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  14. Kumar Chetan Sharma on June 2nd, 2008 said:

    WOW!, heard composition by Kris Ashok too,

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  15. Priyank on June 2nd, 2008 said:

    Hi KCS: Welcome to my website and thanks for commenting here!

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