How to play Meend on Sitar

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Learn How to play Sitar Online Step by Step

Created byBhuwan Chandra

Last updated 6/2021

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What you'll learn

Learn how to play Meend (the art of sliding from one note to another) step by step on Sitar

Course content

2 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 58m total length

Introduction0:32
Develop the meend technique on the sitar by practicing string pulling, advancing to the second level after completing the beginner course.

Exercise 18:09
Practice exercise 1 teaches the basic meend pull on the sitar, guiding beginners to use small distances, one or two fingers, and slow, precise timing.
Exercise 27:35
Practice meend on sitar by performing slow, repeated string pulls with increasing distance, maintaining a steady tempo and beginner-friendly pacing for about 20 minutes.
Exercise 38:25
Continue the mere practice with a 30-minute exercise, tracing ascending and descending meend sequences on sitar, starting slowly, repeating each pattern, and building control for beginners.
Exercise 410:08
Practice one-stroke meend on sitar, pull straight, and listen for the exact sound to ensure correct pitch; have a teacher observe your practice to correct alignment.
Exercise 58:47
Practice exercise 5 on sitar slowly, repeating the same stroke pattern to master meend. Seek feedback from a teacher or mentor as you assemble the pattern into a smooth sequence.
Exercise 68:59
Practice the meend on sitar with proper knee technique, massage the knee, and maintain slow, precise timing while repeating exercises to build control.
Exercise 78:40
Exercise 88:18
this lecture covers exercise 8 for playing meend on sitar, guiding you through a pulling exercise and hitting the string with the right hand and practicing three times.
Exercise 95:44
Practice exercise 9 for meend on sitar, focusing on ascending and descending notes, pulling the strings with confidence, hitting the next note cleanly, and practicing very slowly.
Exercise 104:25
Engage in exercise 10 through repeated practice of phrases, using one-stroke options, to build meend technique on the sitar.
Exercise 116:45
Practice a two-part meend exercise on sitar, following step-by-step notes, slowly building one complete phrase at a time, with beginner options and tips for handling difficulties.
Exercise 122:23
learn to pull the meend on sitar using the second finger to slide from ba, with guidance for beginners and more advanced players to refine the sound.
Exercise 136:42
Practice exercise 13 on meend for sitar, focusing on stroke patterns, one-stroke and broader stroking techniques, and progressing from beginner to advanced through repeated drills.
Exercise 148:21
Practice exercise 14 on the sitar by executing a slow, soft meend with pull between notes, repeating the pattern and checking tone from the beginner's side.
Exercise 157:18
Practice exercise 15 focuses on slow, controlled meend on sitar, transitioning between ascending and descending pitches, pulling the string with precise timing and confident intonation.
Exercise 167:04
Guide beginners through basic to advanced meend drills on the sitar, emphasizing gradual tempo, side-by-side progress, and building confidence through consistent practice.

Requirements

This course is for Intermediate practitioners.

Description

Welcome to the online Sitar course. In this course, you will learn how to play Meend on Sitar.

If you have a good solid foundation on the basics of Sitar and confident in the swars (notes) that you are producing, then you are ready for the next step of your Sitar journey.

This course is taught by one of the best sitarists of Rishikesh, Uttarkhand - Bhuwan Chandra. Here, you will learn:

how to correctly play meend (slide from one note to another) correctly
17+ step by step videos to take your practice to the next level

See you inside.

Note: If you are a beginner, then we recommend first taking our Sitar for Beginners course on Udemy. Search for - "Learn how to play Sitar - Complete Course for Beginners"

About Meend:

In its simplest form, a meend is a smooth glide from one note to another. During slower parts of a melody, kan-swars also become meends. However, meends can span much longer intervals too. Although a meend spanning a distance of several notes technically includes all the intermediate frequencies, only selected frequencies are given enough prominence as to be identified clearly. Sometimes only the starting and end notes of a meend can be clearly identified, but at other times, other specific notes are also given prominence. Not all meends travel directly from the starting to ending notes – some meends take circuitous paths, touching notes that do not fall between the notes in question.

About Sitar:

The sitar (English: /ˈsɪtɑːr/ or /sɪˈtɑːr/; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India and flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th-century India.

Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became popularly known in the wider world through the works of Ravi Shankar, beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1] In the 1960s, a short-lived trend arose for the use of the sitar in Western popular music, with the instrument appearing on tracks by bands such as the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones and others.

Sitar is used in a variety of genre. It is played in north Indian classical music (Hindustani Sangeet), film music, and western fusion music. It is not commonly found in south Indian classical performances or folk music.

Who this course is for:

This sitar course is for those who have good basic understanding of Sitar and want to learn how to play Meend to add alankar (ornamenation) to their practice.

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Introduction1 lecture • 1min