How to play meend on Sitar | Fingertips with Purbayan | E3

"Fingertip with Purbayan" is an educational series launched by Sitar Maestro Purbayan Chatterjee for sitar learners and enthusiasts, and students of music.
In this series, We will be giving little nuggets of information, inspiration and experience related to the performance of music - with a special focus on Sitar.
In this video, he has demonstrated how to play meends on the sitar. This is one of the most important playing technique of Sitar.
Video Courtesy : Rishiraj Gupta and Gaurav Rao.

[@sidchatt]

Wonderful explanation ! This is as good as it gets ! Thank you so much !

[@nitindeshmukh7176]

Simply great , .....

[@rohitsainid6]

♠️♣️🙏♣️♠️

[@sardhardham9353]

Please explain minutely how to practice mind different different pieces.I am swamiji from Swaminarayan Mandir Dombivli

[@PurbayanChatterjee]

yes ji 🙏🏼

[@sahajwilliams4575]

Thanks a lot for this Purbayan Ji! This is exactly what I was looking for! Looking forward to many more videos like this 😁 Also i think the audio recorder level is going a bit too high making that crackling sound. If the gain was lower on the recorder it would sound awesome! Thanks again!

[@manojkale9733]

Very true. Meend is such an important aspect of sitar and the way it was explained, it would have been better with if the audio was good . Very great full to have this introduction on meend.

[@legalpundit22]

... the audio quality is excellent, it caught exactly what scratch sounds came from the top bone plate !

[@javiercisternasnajle]

@@legalpundit22 no, the recording is actually really bad. The explanation and his playing is very clear but the recording is very unclear, too much reverb

[@vishedirisinghe1779]

You are a Gem! What a voice and what a beautiful playing! Love from Srilanka! 🙏❤️

[@subySAN]

Man…you are too good.. I don’t think we the lesser mortals can ever hope to master the meend…in a way that you demonstrated…looking forward to a simple video on meend, on a step by step basis…after all simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, as Steve Jobs once said/

[@vijeeshvijayan7976]

Pranaam Purbayanji, could you kindly confirm if the raag that was played towards the end (the ghazal) is Kaushik Dhwani or was it Bhinna shadaj? If none of these, kindly let us know the raag please. Was really blissful and insightful.🙏

[@LoveGod123.forver]

Saadar pranam , you are a melody itself, I stared to fallow u ,sir I started learning sitar from two month I am going 40 km far away from my home I did sangeet prabhakar and I dance too basically I am M Sc chemistry and a teacher Bt I am feeling that I am not doing very nicely work in music as I want so it makes me sad kindly help

[@s.s.sdailyvlogs8270]

Wow, what a style of teaching

[@atharvasonawane582]

Which style of sitar you used to play?

[@PurbayanChatterjee]

Maihar style

[@clemalford9768]

I find too much meend becomes a kind on neurosis. Used appropriately is is beautiful but overused it is sickly and just a technique display.

[@urmilaapte9853]

Hello Poorbaayan , I'm fan of you. I always attend your concerts in Pune & do watch your videos on U tube. I'm (50yrs old) a sitarist of Maihar Gharana, am very happy to notice that you add new things, keeping intact the discipline of Maihar Tradition.😊👍👌💐

[@nareshbagewadi]

Who is your guru

[@urmilaapte9853]

Nareshji, My guru for initial 10 years was pandit Sudheer S.Phadke & later for three years I'm very fortunate to get blessings from Maa Annapoornadevi ,then after I'm self taught sitarist 😊👍💐

[@niravmehta7538]

@@urmilaapte9853 pranam to you I also play sitar

[@chanindiattanayake8139]

Another music lover from Sri Lanka

[@akashufade6073]

Sir please right hand ko strong karne ke liye exercise batao sir

[@apurvanand8506]

Bhai mili koi excercise? For right hand fast strumming ?

[@mahuadeb]

Please provide this video with good audio quality

[@igorjee]

Great explanation. Horrible audio.

[@stringstring9112]

kya baat he...apni tasbir ko .. my favourite ghazal

[@SwarnavaGhosh]

Sir I want to learn ? how to contact sir?

[@dipendranarayanmittra1570]

Good representation

[@SubhashChander-gu1yd]

Beshak yeh meend hai lekin yen sitar ka gayaki ang hai, meend nahi.

[@shahbaziraj]

It is Very helpful, thanks

[@omprakashtak8791]

Bahut hi meetha haath hai aap ka Great.

[@ezequieletcheverry5673]

Please, the sound

[@aanchalmusic7194]

You explain it so beautifully sir thank you so much🙏🙏❤️

[@et1555]

You really pour your heart out in the demo and the meends..have been through many meend tuts. But this seemed to have resonated with me the most. Thank you.

[@PurbayanChatterjee]

Thank you so much

[@Jayasid]

Wah 👏🏻👏🏻 very nice . You are truely an amazing teacher .

[@ratanambhore9692]

thanks sir

[@parveenkumarkumar4947]

Omg sir ji 🙏

[@teddypersaud9782]

Love it

[@arupnath3477]

Outstanding Sitar Guide line Thank you.

[@jaskaran2115]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@manjunathmadanabavi8022]

👍

[@dilshankarunasinghe3933]

Omg sir you are verrrrrrrrrry grate 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@dilshankarunasinghe3933]

Be safe sir.

[@pramodarulekar9616]

🙏👍

[@JAYA1VIDEO]

Thank you so much ...I was searching for this technique..

[@pandyamadho7972]

बहोत बहोत ही उमदा जानकारी......... specilly more helpfull tips for my missis 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@JAYA1VIDEO]

Such a beautiful explanation..Thank you ❤️

[@kallurianagha3704]

Wow beautifully explained.🙏 I had A doubt it would great if anyone could clarify. While playing the sitar do we play both the strings I. e. The main string and the shadaj string? Do we play both the strings or only one string Please do clarify this doubt 🙏🙏

[@suparnachakraborty3099]

Beautiful

[@deodattapande3522]

Thank you sir ji...I am a fan of yours. Blessing to listen to your sitar. Warm regards from nz.

[@RakeshKumar-zx7ot]

I play flute, I want to learn Sitar. Plz guide me to purchase a Sitar.

[@Obhimukto]

This is awesome! Very nicely demonstrated with perfect vocals! I do not play Sitar but I try to adapt your style in guitar! Wish I had started Sitar in those early years.

[@89ac25]

0:26 Goosebumps + tears, Purbayan ji just melts the heart. 😍😍😍😍😍

[@bindujoshi]

Thanks a lot Purbayan Chatterjee-ji.

[@simranjitsinghkhalsacafe]

sir thanks you for teaching .. I love to learn thanks!🙏🙏♥️

[@amlan9322]

Waaah, kya baat hai. Please explain minutely how to practice meend.

[@sonuthippesh4383]

Beautiful demonstration sir.. I simply loved it👌😍🙏

[@bostonstudies8213]

This is a great lesson for learners at any level. In the true spirit of a masterclass, Mr.Chatterjee gives an outstanding demo of vocalising the notes to make pleasant melodic phrases. Thank you very much for this. And for the lessons to come.

[@KGSinghSF]

Great message and wonderful to know, incredible touches

[@ABDALLAHJAMANI]

Beautiful. Thanks Sir.

[@themusictaste109]

I love to have you guruji like you plz upload more videos

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Beautiful ❤ 💐 Thank you

[@supratiksarkar6336]

When will the youth be attracted to these type of music which really has the power to take you to infinity unlike the so called music they like to hear.

[@ShivtoshGoutam]

Ahaaaa.. Kya bat.. Pranam.. Please aise video banate rahe.. 😍😍😍

[@drutgat2]

Thanks very much for this.

[@supriyaraychaudhuri6598]

Beautiful. Please upload more videos.

[@themusictaste109]

Sir can you teach me plz🙏

[@uttamtamboli581]

Very nice sir🙏🙏🙏

[@nilanjanmukhopadhyay9471]

খুব সুন্দর ।

[@mradutmangal2320]

I want to learn it

[@91192abhishekyadav]

Thanks....we want more sir.

[@rabinakhadgi7886]

I like so this video

[@music_music5049]

Enjoyed a lot.

[@tridibsarker2343]

If someone starts playing sitar will his fingers get cut by the strings?

[@vikingsailorboy]

Its extremely painful to play sitar. Until your fingers deeply callus, your fingers will be nearly ripped. But beginners likely wont cut themselves because they will stop playing when the finger pain is too unbearable and wait it out. An advanced player like this guy’s fingers are probably so callused that he wont cut his fingers either.

[@lilydas1427]

Thanks sir.

[@ratnadeepkamble619]

tnx guruji 🙏

[@pandyamadho7972]

वाह वाह #sir 👏👏👏👏👏

[@radheradhemusiccreation8155]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bhagyashreepatil7048]

👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏🙏❤

[@PatrickBansuri]

Sorry to say but the sound is absolutely horrible. Hope this is fixed for next video. Otherwise great lesson Purbayanji

[@legalpundit22]

... scratch sounds from top bone plate is responsible for the squeaks, the audio is excellent !