History of Harmonium and Stringed Instruments in Sikh Kirtan - Sikhnet.com
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The harmonium is the only instrument most Sikhs have ever experienced Sikh Kirtan through. It came into India via Portuguese missionaries as a more portable alternative to the church organ. The contribution the harmonium has made to Kirtan is huge. This is because it enables a Kirtani to learn to perform a Shabad within two weeks or so.
As the harmonium became more popular traditional stringed instruments started to go extinct, which is a fascinating thing.
I attended a Divan where 17 Namdharis came. They sang Kirtan without the harmonium. There were 3 joris, 4 dilrubas, a flute, and tarshanai. It was mind blowing. I decided I needed to find a teacher to learn a stringed instrument. It was difficult to find a teacher but eventually I found Surjit Singh (Namdhari). People were not impressed with me because the Namdharis had been vilified. They have been underrated in their contribution because they gave the Panth the gift of preserving the traditional stringed instruments. Every Sikh who plays a stringed instrument (at least in the UK) learned from the Namdharis somewhere down the line.
Even as a player and teacher of stringed instruments, I don't hate the harmonium. It has become a 'Sikh instrument' because we've been using it for more than one hundred years. Its become part of the fabric of our culture and an installment in our Gurdwaras. Great musical heroes have adopted it like Dharam Singh Zakhmi, and Sant Sujan Singh. We can't suddenly cast out that instrument.
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I really respect namdharis for preserving the actual kirtan style. I have rarely seen them doing asa di vaar or any other shabad with harmonium. They use stringed instruments all the time🙏🏼🙏🏼🌺🌺
There are no teachers for string instruments in my area and I've wanted to learn for a very long time
Al Joseph school is the problem
[ KowToo] gap year?
So informative!!
But the problem is, it’s not traditionally a Sikh instrument, or one which Guru Ji endorsed. The Guru’s created many stringed instruments because they are much more invoking to our soul. The whole point of Kirtan is to help us literally connect with Vaheguru (God) more easily, the harmonium although simple to learn is a lot lower level because of its limited ability to produce tones that flow naturally from one note to the other etc
What others should be bought .. that can be learrned by some teacher nowadays
Where is Babe Nanak ki Rabab?
The harmonium actually derived from Germany.
Sir is vedio ke starting me background me konsa bhajan play ho raha hai
Please tell us
What song is playing background in the starting vedio
Did you watch the video haha. Listen to raag gurbani kirtan
So is harmonium a colonized version of Sikhi....
But does it djent?
hell yeah it does
It is not a Sikh instrument. It was introduced by British to replace Guru Nanak’s Rabab and other Sikh instruments
Never said It was did he? says Portuguese brought it over in text
It was placed in Sikh temples because it sounds like a church organ. The British attempted to bring Sikhs towards Christianity.
Only the naamdharis use the instruments of the gurus
Umm yhe nihangs do it too but ok.
It is the same with the chopping of the tabla in half however, this doesn't mean nothing to a Sikh, you can use any instrument you want. We should use strings because the Guru's invented them, they used them and they sound better. But using one over the other means nothing as long as you pray.
@@swaranbains8326 the ESRAJ , taus and dilruba are so damn powerful and expressive to a next level i really am curious how the gurus made these!! 🙏🏼
@@ravtejsingh4402 You are right veerji but they are not very firm with singing with raag.
Harmonium is low vibration. And should be abolished
There is no this panth that panth, the only panth is anything that leads to god
What does panth mean
@@Poetry4Peace religion or maybe even community
@@Poetry4Peacelike path