Hi! Im alos an indian classical guitarist like (begginer). I really like your videos. I had a question though. So at the beggining you were talking about a drone beat? Like you said that it was the tonal center or something. So I was wondering if you tuned your guitar differently or something, because when I tried playing the drone beat, it didnt sound the same as yours. So caqn u explain what note the drone beat is? Thanks so much!
Hello I'm glad you found it interesting. I just published a performance of this raag today if you'd like to hear it. th-cam.com/video/Qm4wBVObFyY/w-d-xo.html
Hey Jack! This was very informative. I have a question though - Is it safe to say that raga yaman is basically a D Lydian mode, with stricter rules on the direction of the notes, as opposed to playing any combination of the notes, as you typically do in western modes? Really eager to know more about ragas on guitar :)
Also, shouldn't the defining note be G# here (or the ma note)? So what does this mean that ni, re, ga is a give away that the raga is yaman, as opposed to ma that should be the give away?
First of all yes from a Western perspective it's basically a lydian scale with some rules of which notes you can use in the way up and down. In answer to your second question you would be right and saying that the #4 is the defining note in a lydian scale. But in terms of raags we can just look at different combinations of notes and identify that as a defining phrase. So in this case Ni Re Ga is the beginning of the ascent of raag yaman and the key notes in raag generally are actually Ni and Ga. This is what makes it such a typical phrase. Therefore in this raag so the #4th doesn't need to be included in a phrase in order to identify yaman.😀 I hope that answers your question, it needed a fairly detailed answer. Let me know if there's anything else it's you'd like to know?
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Thanks for explaining that. Would it also be safe to say that we don't have to restrict ourselves to the key of D in that case. I believe you're using D more for drone purposes unless I got it wrong. Can we expand this to let's say an A Lydian as well and use A as our drone or even G lydian and use G string as our drone? Thanks again for all your lessons on the raag. Immensely helpful!
Hey Jack, a lot of thanks for uploading this video and answering the questions in detail. Please let me know how a classical vocalist can perform raag using Guitar.
Hello yes a vocal background can really help. You need to learn how to adapt the sargam system to the guitar. This video helps with that. th-cam.com/video/uqAtKv84Pc8/w-d-xo.html
Sir for sa = which note is used Re = which notes Ga = which notes Ma = which notes Pa = which notes Dha= which notes Ni= which notes You are request to provide the above notes as I very like your playing style, very sweet your playing. Thank you
This video explains the tuning / string arrangement. I will be making another video to talk more about tone as a lot of people have asked about that now. th-cam.com/video/h2dNCCkjFTw/w-d-xo.html
No I would not recommend using three D strings, as in wound 4th strings. What I'm doing is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings called Chikari strings like on a sitar. 6th D - 8. 5th D - 8. 4th D - 28. 3rd G - 18. 2nd B - 14. 1st E - 11 The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges
@@akmt123 Yes where the two low string (E and A ) would normally be, they are tuned to high D instead. Also for your information those strings are usually called 5th and 6th strings, not 1st and 2nd. Feel free to ask any more questions.
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Sorry, got cut off, so the Strings been swapped for high gauge 8s tuned to D.....So which are these high 8s, an E or an A or both are Ds?
Thank you very much for your encouragement. Check out the rest of the chapters on this playlist. More videos on the way soon. th-cam.com/play/PLFAAZc23bSnEQ5jgpFBFjXErE7SO_0cKT.html
That's not my speciality although I may do a video on it at some point. Definitely check out the video John McLaughlin made on konnakol called 'gateway to rhythm'.
Yes I am trying to make a course for raag bhairavi that I have quite a few raags to get around first. So I think it will probably be in the new year that I make a complete course for it. But there is a short video here where I talk about some nice phrases that you can play in that raag. th-cam.com/video/3xWaKcpPtHo/w-d-xo.html
6th D - 8. 5th D - 8. 4th D - 28. 3rd G - 18. 2nd B - 14. 1st E - 11 The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges. But I find that the G-string works much better for bending if it's a thicker string. It actually allows you to get more pitch range before you run out of bending space on the fretboard. If you don't have the chikari strings then just 'drop D' tuning (DADGBE) will work to give you a drone. But you won't be able to play the chikari patterns.
I would suggest a guitar with a fixed bridge like a Telecaster or a Stratocaster with a blocked trem like I'm playing here. I also advise electric guitars that have more of a natural softer tone like Fenders.
There are free tabs for these lessons on my website www.playleadguitar.net/free-raag-yaman-course.html I am using a blend of Western and Indian theory here. The intervals 1st 2nd 3rd etc are Western and the Sa Re Ga is Indian. I don't include the notes name like C D E because that would be 3 sets of theory information which is perhaps too much to take in. But I am also telling you the fret numbers. So along with the tab/stave notation that's all anyone can do to help you to understand what is going on. The course is similar as it is based on learning the Sargam system on the guitar and it also has tabs and synchronised tab videos for each exercise or composition. Here is an example of that. th-cam.com/video/_NLutwqfSlc/w-d-xo.html
Hello there this video will help to understand the terminology and then this video will make more sense once you know the basic theory of using Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa to identify the notes. th-cam.com/video/uqAtKv84Pc8/w-d-xo.html I hope that helps.
guitarist who play and teach raga r really rare .tysm for all the lessons .🙏
Thank you 🙏
Similar to Sitar tuning, key can be C, C#, D
Hi! Im alos an indian classical guitarist like (begginer). I really like your videos. I had a question though. So at the beggining you were talking about a drone beat? Like you said that it was the tonal center or something. So I was wondering if you tuned your guitar differently or something, because when I tried playing the drone beat, it didnt sound the same as yours. So caqn u explain what note the drone beat is? Thanks so much!
Great great great!!! I'm so happy to see raag on guitar😊
Hello I'm glad you found it interesting. I just published a performance of this raag today if you'd like to hear it.
th-cam.com/video/Qm4wBVObFyY/w-d-xo.html
@@JackJenningsGuitarist thanks I will use it as stress reliever!!!
I tried raag yaman on guitar it truly sounds nice.
Great knowledge sir I admire u
Thanks and welcome
Please play "Jab deep jale aana" on your guitar! It's a sweet song in the Yaman Kalyan raga.
Awesum great work Sir
Clearly teached.
Thank you so much..
Thank you for watching 😀
Cheers! Pranam!
You're welcome
Hey Jack! This was very informative. I have a question though - Is it safe to say that raga yaman is basically a D Lydian mode, with stricter rules on the direction of the notes, as opposed to playing any combination of the notes, as you typically do in western modes? Really eager to know more about ragas on guitar :)
Also, shouldn't the defining note be G# here (or the ma note)? So what does this mean that ni, re, ga is a give away that the raga is yaman, as opposed to ma that should be the give away?
First of all yes from a Western perspective it's basically a lydian scale with some rules of which notes you can use in the way up and down.
In answer to your second question you would be right and saying that the #4 is the defining note in a lydian scale. But in terms of raags we can just look at different combinations of notes and identify that as a defining phrase.
So in this case Ni Re Ga is the beginning of the ascent of raag yaman and the key notes in raag generally are actually Ni and Ga. This is what makes it such a typical phrase.
Therefore in this raag so the #4th doesn't need to be included in a phrase in order to identify yaman.😀
I hope that answers your question, it needed a fairly detailed answer. Let me know if there's anything else it's you'd like to know?
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Thanks for explaining that. Would it also be safe to say that we don't have to restrict ourselves to the key of D in that case. I believe you're using D more for drone purposes unless I got it wrong. Can we expand this to let's say an A Lydian as well and use A as our drone or even G lydian and use G string as our drone? Thanks again for all your lessons on the raag. Immensely helpful!
hii can you please explain the drone note you are playin in between the other notes as its not creating the same sound in my guitar
Hey Jack, a lot of thanks for uploading this video and answering the questions in detail. Please let me know how a classical vocalist can perform raag using Guitar.
Hello yes a vocal background can really help. You need to learn how to adapt the sargam system to the guitar. This video helps with that.
th-cam.com/video/uqAtKv84Pc8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much for this lesson.
You are welcome!
Sir for sa = which note is used
Re = which notes
Ga = which notes
Ma = which notes
Pa = which notes
Dha= which notes
Ni= which notes
You are request to provide the above notes as I very like your playing style, very sweet your playing. Thank you
D lydian scale - D E F# G# A B C# - Sa Re Ga Ma'(tivra) Pa Dha Ni Sa
How you tune the guitar will you pliz explain
i think for the drone beat he tuned his d string one octave higher so its more high pitched, I. also had the same question tho
Great work
Arunachalaॐ 🇮🇳🙏
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Sir I request u to do a tutorial video on ragas lalit and deepak.PLZ 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Ok I'll keep those in mind thank you
Great Video...waiting for more!!
Thank you so much. I hope you enjoy parts 2 and 3. Part 4 is on the way also. Were just at the tip of the iceberg.
hello jack ,this raag rule ,that you go back one note when you ascend ,is every raag rule?
Hello there, every raag has slightly different rules or notes that I uses. You have to take each one individually.
Thanks
Welcome
Legend!
Amazing. Are you in drop d? Also, what makes your guitar sound so close to a sitar in tone? Any amp or/and guitar settings in particular?
I asked the same...please see earlier comments for ALL your answers....
This video explains the tuning / string arrangement. I will be making another video to talk more about tone as a lot of people have asked about that now.
th-cam.com/video/h2dNCCkjFTw/w-d-xo.html
After some delay I have just made a video about tone for Indian Classical guitar and the gear I use for this.
th-cam.com/video/_H8ualji5qY/w-d-xo.html
It is good to start with electric guitar 🎸 like you played awesome...
So the bass e and a are tuned to d
So can the strings be identical as in 3 d string . and also you say the drone is a d note correct
No I would not recommend using three D strings, as in wound 4th strings.
What I'm doing is essentially standard tuning but the low E and A have been swapped for high strings called Chikari strings like on a sitar.
6th D - 8.
5th D - 8.
4th D - 28.
3rd G - 18.
2nd B - 14.
1st E - 11
The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges
What note is the drone, sir?
D and A. 1st and 5th.
Hi again, have u drop tuned your guitar or? My Guitar tuner is saying your Sa or C is really a D?
Hello. It's not tuned down so Sa is D. The top four strings are standard tuning. The bottom two have been swapped for high gauge 8s tuned to D - Sa.
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Thanks, so the first and second are BOTH tune open as D???
@@akmt123 Yes where the two low string (E and A ) would normally be, they are tuned to high D instead. Also for your information those strings are usually called 5th and 6th strings, not 1st and 2nd. Feel free to ask any more questions.
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Thanks for the clarification!
@@JackJenningsGuitarist Sorry, got cut off, so the Strings been swapped for high gauge 8s tuned to D.....So which are these high 8s, an E or an A or both are Ds?
Pls continue doing it.....
Thank you very much for your encouragement. Check out the rest of the chapters on this playlist. More videos on the way soon. th-cam.com/play/PLFAAZc23bSnEQ5jgpFBFjXErE7SO_0cKT.html
Awesome lesson! Thank you 🙏🏾
Thank you. Glad you liked it. More coming soon.
Play Lead Guitar - Tuition Looking forward! Maybe some lessons on konnakol sometime?
That's not my speciality although I may do a video on it at some point. Definitely check out the video John McLaughlin made on konnakol called 'gateway to rhythm'.
Play Lead Guitar - Tuition I’ll definitely do that. Thank you and keep up the great work. 🙏🏽
What guitar effect are you using?
Nothing really just a little boost from the EHX Crayon pedal.
Can you do raag bhairavi course too?
Yes I am trying to make a course for raag bhairavi that I have quite a few raags to get around first. So I think it will probably be in the new year that I make a complete course for it. But there is a short video here where I talk about some nice phrases that you can play in that raag.
th-cam.com/video/3xWaKcpPtHo/w-d-xo.html
Thanks man.
Now planning it for December
Благодарю 🙏🏻🌤️🌹🌹🌹
Thank you
Make more raag videos too.. Thank u
Thanks for your encouragement. There are more chapters on raag yaman coming out over the next two weeks.
What is standard tuning for this guitar
6th D - 8.
5th D - 8.
4th D - 28.
3rd G - 18.
2nd B - 14.
1st E - 11
The top 4 strings are from an 11 set. You could use 10 set gauges. But I find that the G-string works much better for bending if it's a thicker string. It actually allows you to get more pitch range before you run out of bending space on the fretboard.
If you don't have the chikari strings then just 'drop D' tuning (DADGBE) will work to give you a drone. But you won't be able to play the chikari patterns.
Wah 🤍
Cheers
Tnx for this lesson sir
Thanks for checking it out
@@JackJenningsGuitarist sir you are awesome
Kya starting h aapki
Sir pl suggest which electric guitar is appropriate to play indian classical. Pl reply sir
I would suggest a guitar with a fixed bridge like a Telecaster or a Stratocaster with a blocked trem like I'm playing here. I also advise electric guitars that have more of a natural softer tone like Fenders.
As requested I have just made a video about tone for Indian Classical guitar and the gear I use for this.
th-cam.com/video/_H8ualji5qY/w-d-xo.html
Not understanding u r classes , if I join you course same this like only u explain , 🤯 Western music is best
There are free tabs for these lessons on my website www.playleadguitar.net/free-raag-yaman-course.html
I am using a blend of Western and Indian theory here. The intervals 1st 2nd 3rd etc are Western and the Sa Re Ga is Indian. I don't include the notes name like C D E because that would be 3 sets of theory information which is perhaps too much to take in. But I am also telling you the fret numbers. So along with the tab/stave notation that's all anyone can do to help you to understand what is going on.
The course is similar as it is based on learning the Sargam system on the guitar and it also has tabs and synchronised tab videos for each exercise or composition. Here is an example of that.
th-cam.com/video/_NLutwqfSlc/w-d-xo.html
i dont understand a shit bro... i wanna cry
Hello there this video will help to understand the terminology and then this video will make more sense once you know the basic theory of using Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa to identify the notes.
th-cam.com/video/uqAtKv84Pc8/w-d-xo.html
I hope that helps.
Blah Blah Blah.
Fair enough