Online Classes to Level up Your Sitar Playing Skills

The highlights of this course include -

• advance level of alankaras and paltas
• technical aspects of sitar will be taught in this course which will be beneficial for the student to prepare his skill of both hand fingering techniques to reach an advanced level of sitar playing. 
• knowledge of different complicated right-hand stroke patterns to prepare the students’ hands to get better fluency in the previous stage. 
• knowledge of different speeds is essential to build his professional quality of sitar playing.
• different octave practice with proper alankaras is also a part of the teaching 
• control over the instruments in the available octave in the instrument.
• Introduction of Mandra, Maddhya, and Tar saptak Alap
• taan and other essential parts of sitar playing.
• recognition of the swaras, ragas, ear training, and other associate training programs will help the students to build up his Ex-tempo presentation of sitar playing.
• As our Hindustani music is mainly based on Ex-tempo improvisation, it is important for students to build up their skill of Ex tempo improvisation. 
• introduction to more talas of Hindustani music students will have knowledge of Hindustani tala and their application on sitar playing.
• the students will be familiar with basic knowledge of different parts of alapchari, jod, gamak jod, larlapet, larguthau which will help them to achieve a professional edge. 
• the different sapat taan, murki taan and application to Masidkhani and Rejakhani Gat.
• skill to develop tuning sitar most important aspect of sitar. 
• Learning selected Ragas like Malkouns, Durga, Desh, and Behag as per the traditional method.

About the Teacher

Dr. Jayant Kumar Das has trained in three musical instruments - Sitar, Surbahar, and Rudra Veena. He is an exponent of Etwah Gharana in Sitar which specializes in the Khayal Ang of Gayaki. He is a graded artist at All India Radio for all three instruments.

He is one of the very rare practitioners who have kept alive the traditional Dhrupad style from the Sama Veda - through his practice of Surbahar and Rudra Veena.  

Dr. Das has completed his Doctorate in Music. He has done extensive research on Hindustani and Carnatic instrumental music. He has been lauded for his performances on esteemed stages across the world. 

Dr. Das has given lectures at esteemed universities in the USA. He has represented India as a cultural delegate of the Government of India in the USA and Europe. 

Several laudable performances, concerts, awards, and accolades have been a part of his musical journey. At present, he is working on establishing the Gurukul for training students in Rudra Veena and Surbahar in Bangalore.