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The Auroville Jam Session

The Auroville Jam Session

Jazz, Indian Classical and other styles of Improvised Music presented by “Divine Arts” & the Solitude Farm Cafe   Time: Every Saturday at lunch time 11:00 – 12:00: Open Stage Workshop (details please see below) 12:00 (open end): Jam Session

Michael 8. April 202211. May 2022 Live! Read more

TRANSCRIPTION: Raag Kirvani (Kirwani) in 16beats by H.Chaurasia

TRANSCRIPTION: Raag Kirvani (Kirwani) in 16beats by H.Chaurasia

Here is a nice composition by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. It is a great one to learn, as the structure is straight forward (4×4), and the scale of Raag Kirvani (Kirwani) can be related to the western “Harmonic Minor”. Here the

Michael 14. January 202214. January 2022 Blog Read more

Raag Kirwani – transcript & playalong (16beats comp. by H.Chaurasia)

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Michael 2. January 202216. January 2022 Student Blog Read more

Intonation Experiments with Overtones

Intonation Experiments with Overtones

Hello you’all, here I want to show you not only a video with me experimenting with some Raag in combination with the natural overtone series, but also invite you to experiment by yourself. Further, this is really “experimental”, it is

Michael 25. October 202126. October 2021 Blog Read more

Hindustani Music, North Indian Classical

Hindustani Music, North Indian Classical

Raag, Taal & Bandishes For specific material on North Indian Classical Music, Hindustani Music, I have an extra website. You find all the basic information on taal (tala, rhythm), raag (raga, the melodic systrems), a collection of bandishes and more.

Michael 13. October 202114. January 2022 Blog Read more

Basic Western Theory: The Ionian System

Basic Western Theory: The Ionian System

A brief and quick explanation on how to harmonize a major scale, how the chords on each note is created and how all the modes emerge out of this.   This is the first mode, Ionian. It is the base

Michael 20. May 202113. October 2021 Blog, Jazz Basics Read more

The 12 Keys & The Cycle of 5th in Western Music

The 12 Keys & The Cycle of 5th in Western Music

Here’s a most basic and shortest explanation of the “Cycle of 5th” and how the 12 Keys in Western Music are created from each other. One of the most fundamental difference between all kind of Western Music (Classical, Jazz, Rock/Pop,

Michael 9. May 202113. October 2021 Blog, Jazz Basics Read more

Harmonic Minor

Harmonic Minor

This is to explain the essential theory behind Harmonic Minor in a very brief way. For you to understand this it is necessary to know what it means to harmonize a scale. This you should have worked through with the

Michael 4. May 202113. December 2021 Blog Read more

Bansuri and Western Notation – Let’s use F!

Bansuri and Western Notation – Let’s use F!

Here I show you the advantages to ether transpose your sheet music, or choose an F-Flute to have the easiest time to read music written in western notation. First of all, the standard flute in Hindustani Classical Music is the

Michael 1. May 20211. May 2021 Blog Read more

Bansuri Finger Chart

Bansuri Finger Chart

Including the fingering for the highest octave and explanation of note-names in terms of the Classical Indian Music, but also the Western System used in Jazz Music. In case you want to learn to read western music on the Bansuri,

Michael 1. May 20211. May 2021 Blog Read more

Bansuri Hints for beginners: Which size to choose

Best size of Bansuri to start with

A very common question. The Bansuri is available in very different sizes, the lower the pitch the bigger the flute. In this video I discuss the advantages and disadvantages of E, C and A of the North Indian Bamboo flutes

Michael 21. April 2021 Blog Read more

Bansuri Hints for Beginners: Get in tune with less struggle!

Bansuri Hints for Beginners: Get in tune with less struggle!

Know about the nature of tuning, avoid unnecessary efforts and focus on the essentials. The Bansuri is an instrument that cannot be tuned. The Bansuri maker did this for you. But still the pitch can change dramatically by the way

Michael 16. April 2021 Blog Read more

Raag Bhoopali (Bhupali) in A (434Hz) and 22 shruti tuning

Raag Bhoopali (Bhupali) in 22 shruti tuning

Here a short “Follow Me” in A (23 cents lower than standard calibration), where I use the 22 shruti tuning. The last minutes in the video is a tanpura sound only for you to experiment. The Raag is Bhoopali (Bhupali).

Michael 8. April 20218. April 2021 Blog Read more

Live Concert Wed, March 10, 2020

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Michael 8. March 202120. May 2021 Blog Read more

Online Music Teaching – Sound Settings for Video Conference

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Here is my most recent solution to the problem to get a mostly pure and unprocessed sound through the messenger services. Unfortunately, most clients like “WhatsApp”, “Signal”, “Skype” and others do not support native sound, but this we need for

Michael 12. February 202112. February 2021 Blog Read more

VIDEO LESSON: The very first steps on the Indian Bamboo Flute (Bansuri)

Two instructional video-lessons for beginners: 1. Body & Finger Position (4:44 min) 2. Playing the First Notes (4:25 min) Please use the navigation function under the player. Flute: F For updates and new releases, please sign-up for the The Newsletter

Michael 30. July 201912. February 2021 Bansuri for Beginners, Blog Read more
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