Sitar

But we have to admit you

know the Mridangam has not become as popular as the Sitar and Tabla

there.

People must be

You can do sitars.

Sitar.

As in the bow wow.

Yeah, the Indian guitars.

Wow! So, after a gap of four years and there's no way somebody would have gone and put it in that.

Then, you know, when I really tried to reconnect, Those years, 2004, Sitar practice and playing had really come down because of so many commitments in the office and all that.

And once more boys joined the office, I got chance to go back to playing Sitar and practicing Sitar.

And Swami gave back that bead.

So, that bead

was sort of another welcoming sign for you to get back to Sitar.

I just think that's the only correlation I can find.

It may be absolutely wrong interpretation, but that's just the correlation I found between the beat getting lost and my stopping Siddharth practice and then starting it back.

Remember, tumbe equals bangra, single string, high pitch, rhythmic.

Sitar equals classical raga, multi-string, shimmering drone.

The sarangi is a bowed string instrument with a warm, slightly nasal tone.

It can produce expressive, ornamental melodic lines and is sometimes used to double the vocal melody.

We'll play some sitar.

I'm being very, I'm being corny, kind of the way it was in the 60s and 70s.

Sitar music, incense.

Remember the music? Hey, far out, man.

You know, where people would speak as kind of a hippie, dippy, groovy.

Abrams stars alongside Josh Brolin, who plays Jay's father, Mitt Gardner.

Sitar virtuoso Anushka Shankar has made her China debut, with Beijing serving as the opening stop of her Chinese tour this week.

The 13-time Grammy nominee is bringing her distinctive blend of Indian classical music, contemporary rhythms, and musical experimentation to Chinese audiences.

She's the daughter of legendary Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar, whose contributions helped introduce Indian classical music to the audiences around the world.

In addition to your work on the zitar, you've also worked more broadly in electronic music.

Uh, your fusion album, Sitar Gaze, has become a cult classic [chuckles] online.

Uh, it's an incredible album.

And I understand your work in electronic music goes back to the 1990s to the Asian underground movement that was happening in the United Kingdom at that time.

George, however, can play rhythm guitar as well as all of them.

Sitar.

Sitar, the best lead guitarist in the group, one of the best bass players around, like, so much so that people for a long time thought it was Paul playing bass on Old Brown Shoe.

Turns out it was George.

And I'm not sure so much about his drumming prowess, but we also know he was a very good keyboardist.