Nadaka: Raga Guitar

Recorded live, May 4, 2014, at the Northwest Handmade Instrument Exhibit, Marylhurst University, Portland, Oregon.
NADAKA, Indian Classical/Fusion performer, gave the first public demonstration of his unique Raga Guitar -- Guitar, Indian Veena, Swara Mandal, and Tanpura combined into one hybrid instrument.
www.ragamantra.com

[@RockyCraggs1]

This is the instrument I have been looking for for all of my life.

[@swapnanilnag3713]

Did you get it

[@riteshmahajan5209]

Why have u not created it yourself ?

[@MountainsideMusic]

Me too, Martin. I’ve been looking for a more electric variant, but this make so much more sense. The sound speaks to the soul, huh?

[@paullynch1246]

Ditto. I need to try and make one... Somehow

[@castorkat4868]

ME TOO

[@MandeepSingh-hn4jd]

As he start playing taanpura, I got goosebumps

[@ogedeh]

is that Daler Mehndi?

[@sahilvig22]

You can tell he spent so much time in India as he lost his accent 😂❤️

[@cowboytsundere3013]

It sounds kinda German to me.

[@karkon479]

@@cowboytsundere3013 he has a little south indian accent.

[@songsabai3794]

He is such a wonderful player. I still have cassette-tapes of him I found during a trip to India in the late 80's. I think he grew up in Auroville - What a charmed musical life!

[@NarratorAtRachanachar]

Yes, he's from Auroville. Met him today and was lucky to listen to his mastery over this incredible instrument, which he crafted himself. What a genius! 💜

[@aswina.b.4660]

The ragam is called Revathi in south Indian classical music ... Very rejuvenating ragam .. like the sound of the guitar. Divine!!...

[@Francisco_Lopes]

Wonderful instrument, magically played. The whole video just flown by! Amazing work!

[@domig8006]

honestly i have never heard anything more beautiful in my life.

[@Helvin66]

Swara mandal is awesome 😍 Any

[@guitaristdotcom]

His name is Nadaka. He lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. His website is ragamantra.com. See the caption above.

[@user-xc7uw5hp4c]

will i get this instrument from ragamantra

[@sarojdeb9729]

This hi-breed is definitely a complete instrument for expressing Raga with better playing comfort than any other conventional Hindustani instrument. Modified steel guitar has entered into mainstream hindustani classical arena long before and now this one is also destined for same.

[@murugeshanswamy3976]

he is one of the best musician i have come across

[@MoaEdmundsGuevara]

What an amazing work behind this instrument.

[@kavithaneelakantan]

Love the sound.. This is beautiful

[@vishalabhange1358]

What a lovely performance..too good sir... So beautiful.... Raag bairagi you played superb 👌 💐🙏💐🙏💐🙏💐

[@baabia]

congrtas for the new dicovery ! Great Job !

[@neftalirivera]

Hi, Amazing instrument and playing. Incredible sound. I'm a Portlander and new follower original from Puerto Rico.🇵🇷

[@FortniteOG420]

I first heard a sitar way back in the Super mario 64 days, I always loved the sound

[@svenjansen2134]

Ravi Shankar in the 70s. George Harrison.

[@tedhinshaw3174]

"Detachment, free mind." Yes indeed

[@AnuragSalunke]

simply amazing!!!!! mesmerized !!!

[@B3Band]

The string that's off the fretboard is for playing djent.

[@pwnedshift1]

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[@JanJohanssonmusic]

Stunningly beautiful

[@shashankrao23]

awesome play and great guitar sound :)

[@auldbelly]

Marvellous. A kind of short form Raga fusion style. Well done sir. Brought a big smile to my face. Oh, and what a fantastic creation this instrument is. Beautifully made too.

[@09Nadim]

Wonderfully presented show !

[@surajitsamanta01]

It's beautiful!

[@DoneDealNikhil]

May Godess Saraswati Bless You!

[@johnkondrk1382]

Fantastic...love it!...ty

[@heysachin]

It was really great to hear... Do keep going... Wish u the best!

[@muralidharilavala]

wonderful invention. congrats

[@JudgeFredd]

Mesmering... beautiful.

[@veidorje1681]

SHAKTI natural elements , handful of beauty I'm sure you must have heard these great albums thanks for sharing namasté :)

[@jjsitar]

Tonal quality of this instrument is very nice like veena👌👌👌👌

[@platimus7984]

Awesome bhairagi bhairav

[@arafilmsandadvertising5712]

I WROTE JUST AND U PLAYED ......SUPERB--THANKS

[@shahbaziraj]

super relaxing, amazing instrument, I enjoined a lot. Thank you

[@shashishah5088]

What a wonderful amalgam of Indian music with your own creative genius. I should like to know more about your "geetaar" and your playing it so innovatively to spell any audience. Thank you.

[@swamikrishnananda9570]

Excellent experimental fusion resembling John McLaughlin style.

[@arulmozhiv]

deeply resonates me, fully

[@johneli495]

His compositions are great

[@shishirsingh3166]

Amazing. God bless you

[@udaymahurlkar3223]

If you have love, you can adopt every thing..........

[@dozukime]

Beautiful.

[@nadzriabdullah6218]

Fabulous fusion harmony

[@ravikanthasokan4836]

A great innovation, very good music and a great design! Good presentation. Thank you for the wonderful piece of music. I wish to buy this kind of guitar. How do I buy one Sir?

[@nashiruddinahmed-7504]

divine music. I was lost

[@PawanKumar-yw2he]

great Invention.., It's Really Good...,

[@derekstaroba]

This is the best explanation

[@ranadheera5770]

Omg this is so good😳

[@tombunza705]

Thanks for this. Very Interesting

[@richardmorrison7467]

wow just WOW!!!!

[@trivkumar3789]

Superb feel like keep listening.

[@parcmateriellyonneenscene5649]

really good , this instrument is an evolution of the shakti guitar of the great john mc laughlin !

[@connorstewart4833]

No its not .yu cant compare this very bsic attempt at mimicing indian classical with john mc or shakti thats ridiculous

[@HRHKamal]

Fascinating!

[@gladsonaj]

loved this

[@peterward9446]

*_I believe the ancient Hindustanis/'Indians' somehow figured-out or intuited - or were 'taught'..... - the pristine vibration frequencies of the 'super-strings' from which our particular Universe is built ... what you are hearing here - is the mesmerizing symphonic harmonies of the most fundamental constituents of space-time...._*

[@KevinSaundersPaperAirplaneGuru]

Cool guitar!

[@param888]

I want to meditate to shiva on this music loved the bhairavi rag.

[@syedijlalofficial]

lovely !

[@picketytwin]

subtle and lush

[@Rohan_1986]

great music....

[@param888]

Superb invention

[@winterpixel6813]

want this so bad haha. its all i want in an instrument

[@mariaharald9779]

~cool...greetings from 2 musicians (sitar & tanpura) from germany........(maria&harald,the nectar of the night)...~

[@harpreetchanna01]

Very nice and relaxing

[@AntonioBrandao]

Put a Western man playing an ancient music and almost instantaneously new instruments pop out.

[@svenjansen2134]

Electronicos Fantasticos

[@sankhyadipbasu2830]

awesome.....

[@seshachary5580]

thank you regards

[@suriyaveer1994]

Sir awesome sir want to same type of guitar how much

[@samsonmasih2220]

Excellent 👍

[@ardiandhani]

i want one!

[@kameiwilson12345]

Wow that's great 👍👍👍👍 😃😃😃

[@arafilmsandadvertising5712]

SIR GREAT ---THE GEETA BEFORE MAHABHARAT---CAN U PLAY JUST LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC FOR FIGHT DURING MY WEB EPISODE NO 24--PLEASE SIR

[@josephonguitars]

incredible

[@spudsicle1]

Likes a bit of Phrygian dominant. Sounds nice

[@ganybhat]

wonderful

[@DEPTHMOTION]

So nice

[@rjbeckham4786]

Wah bhai wah

[@Gitanoz]

Great!

[@devalbarot8383]

Amazing

[@jeetray11]

the guitar engineering looked impressive. the sound didn't feel quite like Indian Ragas. Something major felt missing. It just sounded like guitar. The drone sound and table was in the right direction.

[@kvnboudreaux]

Jeet Ray I agree, he should use a slide or utilize bends because he is missing the meend sound that is so characteristic of Indian music

[@808music3]

I agree. No westerners have the ability to recreate the true essence of Indian sitar. Best not meddle with the original. Sounds silly.☝️🤪 He hasn’t a clue how beautiful the sitar is and how you use it! It’s all in the hand and touch not the other way round.

[@poodle3507]

808 Music it's not a Sitar yeah. Sitars can't imitate guitars either. Playing classical music of Europe on sitar would sound ridiculous too, I agree. Compared to sitar, this is inferior for Indian music, it's like if you tried to play a lute piece written by Bach with a sitar.

[@shredgplayer5616]

Los 'ragas' son como una especie de 'Teoría musical' en la India, pero, con un planteamiento más 'abstracto'. Supongo que alguien que ha estudiado 'Ragas' podría aplicarlas a otros instrumentos 'solistas' a parte del Sitar.

[@drvillarreal24]

Not enough sliding

[@nikhil007hajirnis]

Hats off.. \m/

[@pebberbrown]

He starts playing finally at 4:44

[@theoptimalenergyproject5185]

Thanks for your precious guitar lessons Sir....Love from India..

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

As a guitarist with a growing interest in Indian music and different tuning temperaments, just wow, what a beautiful instrument, it also sounds divine, thank you.

[@girishbptbannerugatta]

super super Sir...i Love it ..Guruji....i love to learn...pls help me to learn....pleeeseeeeeeeeeeese..

[@john0098]

Can someone please through a link to purchase it. Thanks

[@sarangarajanranganathan1315]

Sir this is great. May I know the name of the person who is playing.

[@taura101]

Wow! What an instrument! Where do I place my order?

[@guitaristdotcom]

ragamantra.com.

[@Alrukitaf]

D sharp harmonic minor - raag Bhairav I think, unless I am mistaken- very nice

[@satan360974]

Alrukitaf no its not.....harmonic minor is raag kirvani

[@anandutsav3329]

Alrukitaf theres a taste of Revathi

[@spectrovision7466]

Rather a natural minor with 2nd note flattened . It's actually a mode in western terms .

[@Helvin66]

@@anandutsav3329 i think is revathi sounds like aigiri nadini song soundings

[@jackkurasik8371]

Beautiful music, playing and the instrument. Can anyone tell me? : Are all Raga guitars that expensive 6 or 7 thousand dollars? Are there guitars of this type available to buy at a much more budget price? I know one can experiment with a normal acoustic, doing some little cheap tricks to obtain a similar sound. The bottom line is- it will never be even close to one like this, even much cheaper model. Any comments welcome.

[@Skanoza]

Around 03:45 Nadaka says, "In South of India .. we don't care as much about the time of the day for particular modes." On the contrary, i have found Indian music schools of music to be extremely fastidious about the modes played at specific times of the day, and even include considerations for the seasons and occasions apart from time of day. Maybe i misunderstood Sri Nadaka ji's context, but what i heard him say here didn't sound right.

[@rams599]

Famtastic

[@sexypoetry]

the mighty thing

[@kingg9703]

Depth of regga is soul

[@rethomps1]

Nice!

[@firespirals]

Very similar to John McLaughlin's Shakti-era acoustic guitar, most likely this guitar is based on it.

[@drsamrmassey]

He stands nowhere in comparison to McLaughlin.

[@kshitijbhatt11]

Well, he has been influenced in early days from John and has played with Shakti band and has even released studio albums with members of shakti band

[@loucadenysschen7202]

Tickles all of my musical desires...

[@shamanthnorway]

Without the slides and the pulls, how can this be a Raga? Sounds more like western music, rather than Indian. But amazing guitar :)

[@pbhushanbsb]

Brilliant.. ! Only 16k views ? The world on internet today clearly has no music taste. This is in teen-taal right ?

[@pwnedshift1]

holy shit this is good

[@blakehornsby5653]

Does anyone know who the luthier is that built this and if they are available for sale?

[@1RandomGuy666]

how would you tune that :/

[@sexypoetry]

difficult....lol....but worth it....if you can....LOL!