Online Sitar Lessons
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Currently we have several courses that teach sitar.  New Categories for Courses will be added soon.

The courses are presently categorized as Beginners' Courses, Intermediate Level Courses, Advanced Courses

Beginners' Courses:

1.  A systemetically laid out course asuming no previous knowledge that leads to playing the first stroke on the Sitar

2.  Playing various exercises leading to your first tune.

3   Understanding rhythms of Indian Classical Music

3.  Starting your first Rag called Alhayia Bilawal

Courses and their topics: 

ST001B Fifteen videos. Covers all preliminaries including parts of the sitar, basic tuning, sitting posture
ST002B Playing the sargam and a detailed discourse on strokes of the right hand
ST003B Playing the chikari strings. FREE
ST004B
ST005B
ST006B Komal and Teevre Sur, Usage of these in a traditional tune
ST007B Understanding Rhythym, Counting and Clapping

Intermediate Level Courses:

1.  Playing various compositions and learning to play with the tabla. 

ST001I Playing a gat and taans in Raag Alahiya Bilawal

Advanced Courses:

1.  Meend--bending the notes.  This course clearly lays out systemetically how to pull the string.  

2.  Courses on different Raags and styles of playing.

3.  Learning various ornamentations

 
ST001A Ornamentations- Zamzama , Usage in a gat and taans
ST002A Ornamentations- Meend