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14 Jun 00 - 08:47 PM (#242600) Subject: Sitar standard tuning From: GUEST,Marion Hi folks. My roommate has just dragged home a sitar that somebody gave her. It's a pretty wild-looking beast, but since it's a stringed instrument I just have to learn something on it - maybe just Amazing Grace. Does anyone know what the standard tuning for sitar is? Thanks, Marion |
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14 Jun 00 - 10:40 PM (#242644) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: Malcolm Douglas There seem to be several! Here are some online resources you may find useful: Tuning the Sitar Sitar Care, Stringing, and Maintenance. Online Sitar Tutorial for Beginners How to Tune a Sitar Malcolm |
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15 Jun 00 - 01:23 PM (#242908) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: GUEST,Banjo Johnny I wish you the very best with your sitar, a beautiful instrument. But PLEASE not another rendition of "Amazing Grace". Hasn't it been done to death? |
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15 Jun 00 - 01:57 PM (#242925) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: Ed Pellow Marion, As Malcolm's links show - the tuning of a sitar is fairly alien in terms of the western musical scale. However, it has the huge advantage of having movable frets. If I was lucky enough to have a sitar sitting around the house, and wanted to play western tunes, I think that I'd 'cheat' and move the frets to western intervals (using a good electronic tuner if I couldn't do it by ear) I'd then tune it in a 'western' style, tuning the sympathetic strings to tonics and dominants of whichever key the main strings felt most comfortable in. This may well sound like sacrilege to purists, but it would be a lot easier to play western songs with the sitar sound. Ed |
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16 Jun 00 - 09:55 AM (#243347) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: Marion Thanks folks, this is very interesting. The beast looks wilder by the minute. I don't really want to become a sitar player, but while I have it in the house I'll have to do something about it. And Banjo Johnny - I'm of the school of thought that anything worth doing once is worth doing over and over again - but don't worry, I won't make you listen to it :). Marion |
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16 Jun 00 - 10:58 AM (#243388) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: GUEST,ray looked after a sitar for a while.took ages to tune it.then again thats part of the experience. |
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16 Jun 00 - 04:34 PM (#243498) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: GUEST,Banjo Johnny Thanks, Marion. It's a good tune, maybe even a great song, the first 2,000 times. It's like the big band players who are sick of playing In the Mood. Johnny in OKC. |
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15 Jan 02 - 05:11 PM (#628578) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: GUEST,ritatreehugger@yahoo.com hello there...not sure if you'll see this, but I'll give it a whirl. your message came up on a search i did for sitars. i'm looking to buy an inexpensive one. if you happen to not be using yours, i am interested! rita |
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16 Jan 02 - 12:03 PM (#629023) Subject: RE: Sitar standard tuning From: Rex The links that Malcolm listed show how to tune the instrument well enough. Particularly clear is the first one (Tuning the Sitar). There are several standard musical scales used for the sitar. Fortunately, a popular one follows the western scale and you'll find the frets for many sitars set up for that. While overall tuning in C# is common, you can see why tuning in C allows you to play western tunes. If the links are not clear to you, let us know if you want more information on tuning or whatever. Rex |