Sitar Lesson

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Medium/Fast Gat (Composition):

Toda 6:

S	MM	g	M
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Tin	Tin	Ta
0
9	10	11	12

-	S.	n	S.
-	Da	Da	Ra
Ta	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
3
13	14	15	16

SS	Sg	.n.n	S
Da	-	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
x
1	2	3	4

Sg	Md	Mg	S
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
2
5	6	7	8

MM	Md	gg	M
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Tin	Tin	Ta
0
9	10	11	12

Md	nS.	nd	M
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Ta	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
3
13	14	15	16

S.S.	S.g.	.n.n	S.
Da	RaDa	-Ra	Da
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
x
1	2	3	4

nS.	g.M.	g.g.	S.
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
2
5	6	7	8

S.n	dn	S.	S.
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Tin	Tin	Ta
0
9	10	11	12

nd	Md	n	n
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Ta	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
3
13	14	15	16

dM	gM	d	d
Da	RaDa	-Ra	Da
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
x
1	2	3	4

Mg	Sg	M	M
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
2
5	6	7	8

gS	.nS	g	g
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Tin	Tin	Ta
0
9	10	11	12

S.n	.d.n	S	S
-	Da	Da	Ra
Ta	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
3
13	14	15	16

.nS	gM	dn	S
Da	-	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
x
1	2	3	4

d	-	.nS	gM
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
2
5	6	7	8

dn	S.	d	-
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Tin	Tin	Ta
0
9	10	11	12

.nS	gM	dn	S.
-	Da	Da	Ra
Ta	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
3
13	14	15	16

d	-	n	d
Da	-	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
x
1	2	3	4

M	gg	S	.n
Da	Dir	Da	Ra
Dha	Dhin	Dhin	Dha
2
5	6	7	8

View the video clip to understand

1. Raag Malkauns uses only 5 notes in ascending and descending order. In this raga, R and P are not used and Ga, Dha, & Ni are komal (flat) represented by g, d & n

2. Medium Gat (Composition) is also called Rajakhani Gat

3. View small video clip to understand better - click here

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4. A dot after the note shows higher octave

5. A dot before the note will show lower octave.

6. View video clip several times to understand clearly.