SAROD

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Amjad Ali Khan: the revered classical player whose ancestors canonized the sarod

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is among the most honored Indian virtuosos whose musical skill was nurtured in the tradition of his...
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Bharata Muni and the Natya Shastra as a formative treatise of Indian classics

Bharata Muni was an eminent Indian philosopher and musicologist who is believed to have lived around 200 BC. The only...
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Sakhawat Hussain's sarod cast a magical spell rooted in the Afghan rubab traditions

Sakhawat Hussain Khan was an Indian musician whose outstanding performing technique on sarod could serve as a starting...
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The mohan veena: classic instrument developed by Radhika Mohan Maitra is a child of veena, sarod, and sitar

Radhika Mohan Maitra was an outstanding Bengali musician who enriched the Hindustani classical tradition by not only... 2 comments
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Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical

Vasant Rai (1942-1985) was one of the world's most acclaimed masters of Indian music. Born in Unjha, in the province of...
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Malkauns night music was composed to tame Shiva's dance

Malkauns is one of the oldest music pieces in North Indian tradition that equivalent to Hindolam raga of Carnatic...
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Legendary Tansen could bring rain with music

The history of Indian classical music is enriched with numerous artists who were able to channel very specific moods set...
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100 years for 1 career: the great artist and teacher Allauddin Khan

Allauddin Khan was the great Bengali multi-instrumentalist and composer who, to this day, remains one of the most...
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Ali Akbar Khan: the true guru of Indian classical harmony

The first key point of Indian classical music is its structure. Unlike the Western canons, it is structured horizontally...