Speechless first time reaction - Anoushka Shankar - Voice of the moon Live

[@primalengland]

I’m old enough to remember her dad vividly. He was a huge influence on us teens.

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Incredible, this gave us so much joy ❤ and this inspires so many artists

[@riyasaharia2079]

That's right... Pandit Ravi Shankar ji was her father n he was a legend ❤

[@holeesheet8582]

I have been playing sitar for 8 years..... and what have you seen here is total mastery..... And No, our arms don't ache that much after practicing for so many hours.....

[@Chatwin78]

Lovely choice--Anoushka is brilliant.

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Fantastic, that was incredible on so many levels

[@spdcrzy]

What's funny is the first tihai you were blown away by at 9:00 as they transition from dadra (6 beats) to aditalam/keherwa (8 beats) is actually a pretty standard "riff" that we learn at a VERY young age. I started learning tabla in earnest when I was 4, and I had the finger dexterity to pull that off by the time I was ten, if not younger (and I'm only an average tabla player). For an accompanying mridngam or tabla player, honestly, that's the easiest part of this performance. Catching all the different offbeat accents and rhythmic patterns is also second nature. This is because both the tabla and mridangam are not just percussion instruments, but also tunable AND melodic - unlike Western drums. What's really, REALLY difficult is jugalbandi - the back and forth at the very end between Anoushka and the mridangam player. THAT is a true test of musicianship, and also an extremely complex (but well-known) mathematical pattern. It fits PERFECTLY in 40 beats or "whole notes" (if you do the math). It's a 13 beat cycle repeated 3 times with a half beat space in between, which gives you 40 beats. BUT WITHIN those 13 beats, you have additional syncopation as well. It's not so much polyrhythms as it is nested rhythms.

[@samratsur218]

Bro. Where can I learn this. I am a novice right now but want to learn this.

[@chrisegbertky]

I think you are responding to the effect of the drone of both cello and the drone strings on the sitar. It is a very hypnotic sound ~ there's more here than what meets the eye or ear! Excellent channel! I dig it!!

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Thank you so much Chris 🙂Such a beautiful sound! We are trying to be diverse and show the world amazing music. Thanks for being here

[@chrisegbertky]

​@@RealLifeCoupleReactBelle is into girl power and multicultural music so I am going to lay yet another suggestion on your already over loaded plate. Voice of Bacophet is an all female heavy rock group from Indonesia. They sing about the struggles of being female in general and metal players in a society that looks down on women doing that. Despite death threats they persisted. God allow me please to play Music is a tremendous song tinged with reggae- great playing and even better lyrics!

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

@@chrisegbertky put it on the list :-)

[@aethernity8270]

6:50 that percussion is Mridangam ancient indian percussion mostly used in south Indian Carnatic music

[@kicorse]

I enjoyed that a lot. Beautiful performance.

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

It really did resonate with us 🙂Thank you so much for commenting

[@elifineart]

Beautiful reaction, wonderful to see someone feeling and appreciating other peoples culture and art, this is music for the heart.

[@harimohananchittilam2753]

Nice couple...music lovers❤. Anoushka and team...kudos

[@riyasaharia2079]

Guys enter into the world of Indian music...Shreya ghoshal, Arijit Singh, Jagjit Singh, Kaushiki Chakraborty,Hariharan etc singers I'm sure you'll love it.

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

All noted, thank you so much ❤

[@rajeevjain2615]

Mahesh kale to bhai pandit bhim sen joshi ji ke level ka classical singer hai

[@nagendrahebbar3902]

I have listened to this several times and yet everytime i listen it gives goosebumps, just divine . you should react to her other performances

[@aceman2790]

Did i make it !!! Thankyou!. Speechless

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Thank you so much! This music is inspiring ❤

[@dirac_dydx1830]

Hearing this song for the first time on her first album, Rise, was a borderline-religious experience. If I wasn't an atheist, I would believe this song was a conduit to connect humans with god (whatever god you believe in). That's how beautiful it is.

[@wadi3iat511]

Incredible piece of music

[@chinmaysangoram]

I have a small suggestion to anyone listening to a piece of Indian Classical Music.. Particularly if they're doing so for the first time in their life.. Try closing your eyes while listening to it.. It's a completely different, surreal, almost a spiritual experience..

[@sumantapramanik]

Every time I hear this masterpiece every time I become spell bound.

[@daveminers3404]

The first time I witnessed Anoushka Shankar was on an episode of Later...With Jules Holland and I don't recall her having this much accompaniment, just a percussionist I think. I've been watching rock and metal music since the 60's and have never seen a human being's fingers/hand/arm move up and down the fretboard (if that's what you call it on a sitar) of an instrument as fast as hers did. You know her sister (half) is Norah Jones, right?

[@madhavdel7071]

Indian music is really the 8th wonder of the world 🌎.❤️😊🌟✨

[@dr.SubhashKable]

Indian classical music instrumwnts very very ancient.. that's the music, instruments, songs, classical dances multilingual, dances,multi culture, multi religious, distinct foods, books,scientific literatures, scientific,scriptures, spirituality scientific way of life, philosophical society, ... this is called real civilisation. Hindu civilised society very fabulous there is no start and no end of this Hindu culture...

[@aceman2790]

Me Beening new to your channel, was happy now to find you like all genre.. That's so chilled..Still watching

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Glad you enjoy it!thank you

[@agastyan16]

that instrument is called mrudhangam, which is in cylindrical shape.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SO.CAL-D.Edwards]

Well, that was different. I like it.. Thanks for sharing.. TWA🤘🎶☮️

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

You're so welcome 🙂we want to be as diverse as possible, all music is amazing!

[@wadi3iat511]

Top top top top top.....🎉

[@PritamKumar-wu3go]

Hey Try Chanakya by Rishabh sharma

[@smrutiranjanmishra3204]

Reacting to indian classical music is like physics graduate reacting to Einstein 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikehunt956]

Try igorrr- Himalaya ritual for prog metal sitar goodness

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Awesome!!! Will check this out, I like the sound of this 😊

[@anujambhore19]

Jay Sita Ram Ji.

[@scouser052]

You mentioned her father being Ravi Shankar, her half sister (same father) is Norah Jones.

[@PravinThorat-s6y]

Bro Our India 🇮🇳 means mothers of world

[@vikaskumar-pm8zw]

Don't praise by ur words,let them 🙏🙏

[@0arjun077]

More Indian music Suggestion; "Ustad Zakir Hussain and Rahul Sharma. Instruments Tabla and Santoor"

[@RealLifeCoupleReact]

Thank you 😊

[@kirtigupta9753]

He is called as "Pandit" Ravi Shankar.Pandit means Master .

[@nagendrahebbar3902]

The disbelif in your reaction like you stubled upon and discovered this music. Most of the indian classical songs are this way. Please also react to another indian vocal classical below, i am sure you will be blown away Nina Burmi | Mishra Bhairavi Thumri | Indian Classical Music kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZelp61op6xghKs

[@avish5959]

Nice reaction guys, do check out zakir hussain and rakesh chaurasia❤

[@KattarHinduHarmesh]

Sitar Is Like A Mystery Instrument You Never Even Know What Mind Boggling And Unexpected Beautiful Melody Sitar Will Deliver If You Have Mastered It In India Hindu God And Goddesses Are Always Shown Holding Sitar But Especially Goddess Of Music And Knowledge Goddess Saraswati Has One In Her Hands You Can Look Pics On Internet Sitar Is Best Of All In Terms Of Melody It Will Calm Your Mind Body And Soul.

[@GouravKumar-ff1sn]

Welcome to Indian classical music😂. Few artists to explore Purbayan Chatterjee, Kaushiki Chakraborty, Aruna Sairam, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Roopa Panesar, Subha Mudgal