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ngetal
Is Anybody Here?
Canada
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 Posted - 07/01/2002 : 03:46:50 AM
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does anyone in this fourm have this? can ya tell me the pros and cons of the sitar?
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
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Posted - 07/02/2002 : 12:38:29 PM
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Pro: It's one of the coolest instruments around
Con: It takes fifty years to learn.
Pro: it puts you in a trance when you play it
Con: The music notation makes no sense a'tall
That's all i cna say. If you want to get into it, by all means do, just beware that if you do, you'll have to drop guitar for a while and dedicate all your music time to playing sitar. Ravi Shankar dedicated his life to it, and that's why he's so good.
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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ngetal
Is Anybody Here?
Canada
46 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2002 : 2:48:18 PM
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hehe its not an actual sitar. the jerry jones sitar is a guitar with a buzz bridge to make a sitar-ish sound. plus it has 13 strings that resonate. it has a guitar body,but a little bit odd shape. check out the picks at www.jerryjonesguitars.com
its not as difficult as a real sitar either,those wankers from the band KORN have used it,if they can figure it out it cant be to hard.
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ngetal
Is Anybody Here?
Canada
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2002 : 03:49:51 AM
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I looked at that instrument...
How do you play that? Looks like it has two wholly different sets of strings.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2002 : 3:17:55 PM
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Well......guessing from what ngetal said.......It sounds like the other strings resonate when you play the ones on the fretboard. Kind of like sliding up on one string and having another one start ringing....but on a grander scale.
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2002 : 3:23:00 PM
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So one wouldn't actually play the shorter strings? Ok, then what about it would make it so hard to play ("Con: It takes fifty years to learn.").
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2002 : 3:31:27 PM
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I think Jay was talking about learning to play an actual sitar.
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 07/04/2002 : 3:35:31 PM
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Oh, an actual sitar is different? I guess that makes sense.
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ngetal
Is Anybody Here?
Canada
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Posted - 07/04/2002 : 4:54:56 PM
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this thing is played like a guitar,and the shorter string resonate as you play,you dont have to touch the short strings. plus it has a special bridge to make the twangy sounds of a real sitar. its pretty much just a real odd guitar.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2002 : 5:03:51 PM
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See?! I was right!
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
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Posted - 07/04/2002 : 7:41:41 PM
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To play an actual sitar, the sympathetic stirngs are set behind the six or seven playing strings. HTe sympathetic strings are played with the thumb and middle finger, while the playing strings are plucked with teh pointer. So you accaully play the sympathetics on an actual sitar.
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2002 : 7:54:01 PM
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Ooohhhh.....I feel bad for those sympathetic strings.........OK....that was a bad joke....but I don't here you making any!
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2002 : 11:24:54 PM
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i AM a joke.......
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2002 : 7:54:14 PM
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Touche!
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dirtysloth
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 07/16/2002 : 11:57:46 AM
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Yeah, it definitely isn't a sitar, but damn what a cool guitar! I want one! They do make pedals that give you a sitar effect right... anybody got any info? e.g., Bela Fleck's banjo on the Flecktones song, "Shanti". Kneet stuff.
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ngetal
Is Anybody Here?
Canada
46 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2002 : 4:20:29 PM
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danelectro has a sitar pedal,it blows tho.
boss has a twin pedal that has a sitar sound(plus square,saw,and other neat sounds) i havent heard it yet,but its boss,so its prolly great.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2002 : 8:11:16 PM
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e.g., Bela Fleck's banjo on the Flecktones song, "Shanti". Kneet stuff.
Actually, I think I remember reading somewhere in the flap of the CD case, that he plays a strange sitar-banjo, or something like that......then again, it could have said that he used an effect and I just read it wrong.
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2002 : 02:40:46 AM
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Um..Sitar banjo? SWEET! Sandy Carl plays one, he does...
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 02:31:34 AM
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Hey Jay.............lay off the Sandy Carl!!!!
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dirtysloth
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1302 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2002 : 10:52:15 PM
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I've seen the Flecktones play that song live and he gets that same sound with his usual "cosmic hippo" banjo.
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/19/2002 : 11:42:57 PM
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Yeah i think if you put your heart into it, learning anything, you'll do it, just a matter of getting it, and getting into it.
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