Indian style was Re: making money off your music OT

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Hi Kris,
that's quite right, the instrument is commonly called
a Rudra Vina, though Chris tells me that "Rudra Been"
is more appropriate.
Been players don't use a mezrab(mizrab?), so he plays with his
fingers. His fingernails are short apart from on the 4th finger
which he often uses for a brighter sound on the drone strings.  

Kris Hartung wrote:
> He doesn't appear to be using a mezrab. Is that correct?  The miserable 
> mezrab as I called it, when I played sitar.
> But that doesn't even look like a normal sitar. :)
> 
> Kris
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> here's something positive
>>
>> Here's my friend Chris Doddridge performing to half a
>> dozen or so people.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9wHQH0jKg
>>
>> Chris has no desire to play to larger audience,
>> and considers his playing to be a meditation rather than
>> a performance.
>> He follows the ancient Dhrupad school of North Indian music,
>> and has quite strict views on not playing flashy stuff to
>> impress an audience.
>> While he comes across as very much the traditionalist,
>> Chris has his own distinctive style which often involves the 
>> re-stringing and retuning of instruments to a much lower pitch.
>>
>> andy
> 
>