New: sitarAll contentburnbotblurtkractifitzzangamesvideoinstablurtburnpostr2cornellartcurationblurtafricablurtgermanphotographyblurtindiabloglifeblurthispanoblurtblockHotTrendingNewDAppskenny-crane in actifit • 2 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: May 8 2023 - Do You The Instrument Called SITAR?I found some covers of 60s rock songs featuring a Sitar. This is a string instrument like a guitar and seems to be from India. The first song I found is a cool cover on a song by The Who called I…sketch.and.jam in blurtmusic • 4 years agoHoli Festival - Sitar Sunday ImprovisationHere's an improvisation on my Hiren Roy sitar to a few basic cajon beats in Superior Drummer. I added a few effects to the sitar via the FAS Reverb plugin by Fractal Audio and some mastering via EZ…sketch.and.jam in blurtmusic • 4 years agoFlashback to the Past - Hiren Roy Sitar ImprovisationHere is a quick improvisation on my Hiren Roy Sitar to a 4/4 100bpm drum beat I programmed in Superior Drummer 2. For drums I used the Roots ezx library with a Gretsch drum set and some slight…sketch.and.jam in blurtmusic • 4 years agoThe Optimist - Sitar ImprovisationHere is an improvisation on my Hiren Roy sitar. I just improvised to a 120 bpm metronome playing whatever came to mind. I recorded both a direct signal via dtar pickups on the body of the sitar as…sketch.and.jam in blurtmusic • 4 years agoCalming Sitar - Doumbek, Kalimba and SitarHere is a calming improvisation that started out with displacing air in my doumbek. this created a perfect c note so I began layering other sounds over it. Next I added another displacement note on…sketch.and.jam in music • 4 years agoSitar Dreamscape - Hiren Roy Sitar, Handsonic and Paul Reed Smith HollowbodyHere is an improvisation on my Hiren Roy sitar to a 6/8 tabla beat I made via my Roland Handsonic. Four different tracks of Indian drums create the majority of the percussion. The other two drum…