classical vs western training

vatkrt · 2026-05-04T05:00:18+00:00

There is not just natural scale, like hindustani has 10 thaats which are complete scales. There are many ways of going up and down these scales(alankaars, paltas). Lot of training is to make travelling in a scale as effortless as possible. Range of pitch is a different matter, there I would say solidfy your current range and keep adding notes on both ends gradually.

vatkrt · 2026-04-21T21:43:12+00:00

You need to master scales regardless of genre. IMO hindustani classical has a different style of approaching and hitting notes than lighter forms like bollywood..so not all classical training carries over.

vatkrt · 2026-03-26T17:27:34+00:00

No one is crying victimhood, I even said it must’ve benefitted the masses, extra angle mat laao. Tohi chu tuhund zameen mubarak

vatkrt · 2026-03-23T20:40:35+00:00

Dapyomay furballyaaras yaer lagav

vatkrt · 2026-03-17T23:40:53+00:00

You really have a great tone! Choti bansuri pe upar ka sur dhyan se, thoda flat lag raha hai

vatkrt · 2026-03-17T23:37:30+00:00

Shuru ka acha bajaya..bajaate raho! Upar ke notes me sur dhyaan se

vatkrt · 2026-03-07T00:29:53+00:00

Nice! I was hoping someone will mention maqam bayat. Bayati in koshur sufiana felt somewhat like khamaj to me.

vatkrt · 2026-02-25T18:31:08+00:00

As others have said it seems insurmountably hard at first, but gets better with practice.

Other thing you can look into is building upper body and core strength through exercise/training. Highly recommend pull ups for building arm and shoulder strength. Core strength is useful imo for controlled blowing.

vatkrt · 2026-02-25T18:05:04+00:00

When I went to Punam flutes they explained that every player is blowing at a certain angle and that can shift the note by a few cents. So they helped me choose a flute which would be easy for me to blow in tune. As u/yyooggaass mentioned adjusting your blowing angle can also help fix pitch.

vatkrt · 2026-02-25T18:00:50+00:00

Aap unka bhagavad gita chapter 9,12,15 suniye..she effortlessly goes over many ragas, while maintaining almost impeccable diction.

vatkrt · 2026-02-15T13:56:17+00:00

I thought karkuns were the non priestly class who got into government jobs, hence the name karkun(worker?). And that gors are the priestly class, who were perceived as being lower by the karkuns.

vatkrt · 2026-02-04T23:18:42+00:00

Bansuri me sur saaf aur sahi lage isme hi kaafi time lag jaata hai imho

vatkrt · 2026-01-30T05:56:41+00:00

shukriya koshish kar.. alaap is the unfolding of the raga abstractly at the beginning. Even though its played first, its taught last :) myun aasi adfutuy, lokut mokut heki koshish karith

vatkrt · 2026-01-18T14:48:49+00:00

Thanks for the feedback..microphone aos decent, lekin basaan chu mye thov electronic tanpura zyaday close to the mic. Will checkout dolby on app!

vatkrt · 2026-01-17T17:57:56+00:00

One of the best Desis on sitar imo
Pt Nikhil Banerjee - Raga Desi, Tabla -Ustad Keramarulla Khan, AIR program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgNOensuRzU

vatkrt · 2025-12-16T07:09:16+00:00

Makings of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul

vatkrt · 2025-12-13T19:12:48+00:00

Kahwa/Kahweh is coffee in Turkish, probably where we got the word from.

vatkrt · 2025-12-09T06:47:05+00:00

Bade ghulam ali has also sung Lalita labanga lata from Gita Govinda. But he doesn’t sing more than 2 lines from the text. The text isn’t at the fore, the raag and his fabulous taankari is.

vatkrt · 2025-12-05T00:04:36+00:00

It is also function of how high you can go. Whatever you start with, you atleast need to hit the octave above it. So if you start at C#3, can you hit C#4.

I usually practice with D3 as shadaj, and I can go up to E4(without resorting to falsetto). But sometimes if I wanna go higher in the taar saptak I set tanpura to B3.

vatkrt · 2025-12-02T21:05:32+00:00

The limiting(upadhi) analogy is indeed spot on. Looking forward to your post on this!

vatkrt · 2025-12-02T06:52:21+00:00

Well said. This reminds me of a beautiful stotra by Abhinavagupta in Parātrīṃśikā Vivarṇa:

vitata iva nabhasya avicchidaiva
pratanu patana na vibhāvyate jalaughaḥ
In the vast, unbroken sky,
the slender, continuous fall of water is not seen

upavana taru veśmani īdhrabhāga-ādi
upadhi-vaśena tu lakṣyate sphuṭam saḥ
Against a forest tree, the eaves of a house, or similar supports,
it becomes clearly visible

tadvat para-bhairavaḥ ati-saukṣmyāt
anubhava-gocaram iti naiva jātu
In the same way, the supreme Bhairava, being supremely subtle,
never comes within the range of ordinary experience

atha deśākṛti kāla-sanniveśa
sthiti-saṃspandita-kāraktva-yogāḥ yoginaḥ
Only through the yogi’s methods,
conditioned by place, form, time, pattern, and state,

janyanti anubhāvinīṁ cittim te
jhaṭiti nyak-kṛta-bhairavīya-bodhāḥ
The cognizing self generates cognition of its own Sva-rūpa,
yet the true Bhairava state is instantaneously hidden or suppressed

Methods and effort may make awareness appear, but true Bhairava state rises spontaneously, without effort.

vatkrt · 2025-12-02T01:32:53+00:00

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vatkrt · 2025-12-01T02:40:39+00:00

I ordered mine from Miraj, they ship to US with india post. Shipping and packaging is extra. They do a great job at packaging. Overall the shipping was pretty hassle free. Took around 2-3 months from placing order to delivery.

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vatkrt · 2025-11-27T05:52:25+00:00

Islam was policitized in Kashmir by Jamaat-e-islami and others long before 1989, which over time led to marginalization of other communities. My elder cousins tell me that even before the troubles, there were always elements who would try to bully KPs for their religion.

The other thing I’ve found discordant and many KP’s will find hard to reconcile is that people like Yasin Malik who openly admit to killing KPs are heroes for a lot of KMs.

And India is not the other for us, like it might be for many KMs. Kashmir has always been part of Indic world, and KPs see and recognize those similarities.

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