Sitar, Surbahar and Chandraveena - A Musical Comparison | S Balachander

Sitar, Surbahar and Chandraveena - A Musical Comparison

by S Balachander

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1.	Raga Alapana in Raga Bhimpalasi on Sitar 05:43	buy track
2.	Raga Alapana in Raga Gavati on Sitar 09:14	buy track
3.	Raga Alapana in Raga Abhogi on Surbahar 07:15	buy track
4.	Raga Alapana in Raga Rageshri on Chandraveena 39:33	buy track

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There is a recurring theme in music, and in Indian Classical music, in particular: musical instruments change and evolve to keep pace with the changes in music. Some musical instruments become extinct, some get modifed and some new instruments emerge. Sitar, Surbahar and Chandraveena, the three instruments we look at today, are no exceptions.

Here, in this album, I present short Alaps on Sitar and Surbahar, and an extended Alap on Chandraveena.

Track 1, Raga Bhimpalasi is an exclusive release for my Bandcamp patrons.

All tracks in this performance are accompanied by a very unique drone (Tanpura) accompaniment track. This drone track is synthesized from a project called PureTones (puretones.sadharani.com). It has been microtonally adjusted to precisely suit the scale of the Ragas.

For a more detailed description, and references, read my blog post here: chandraveena.bandcamp.com/album/sitar-surbahar-and-chandraveena-a-musical-comparison.

You can watch the full video with commentary on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/chandraveena.

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released February 12, 2021

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Sitar, Surbahar and Chandraveena - S Balachander

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Sadharani Music Works - www.sadharani.com

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