Enjoy learning in a large
spacious studio
Learn how to play the Sitar
Improve your Sitar skills
Improvise on the Sitar
Learn to read Sitar music
Learn the scales of the Sitar



Pamela & Felicia Blackwood both
playing a
Sitar guitar. This is another approach to playing Sitar.
This guitar version is tuned the same as the India Sitar,
and is approached in it's theory and improvising
in the same way as the traditional
Sitar. |

Pamela Davis pictured with her
custom electric Sitar
Playing the Sitar
The instrument should be balanced between the player's
left foot and right knee. The hands should move freely without having to carry any of the
instrument's weight. The player plucks the string using a metallic pick or plectrum called
a mizrab.
The thumb should stay anchored on the top of the
fret board just above the main gourd. Generally only the index and middle fingers are used
for fingering although a few players occasionally use the third. A specialized technique
called "meend" involves pulling the main melody string down over the bottom
portion of the sitar's curved frets, with which the sitarist can achieve a 7 semitone
range of microtonal notes.
Pamela's
private music studios is conveniently located in-town at
Pennock Point, Jupiter Florida.
Phone: 561 512- 9583
Email:
pamela@pameladavis.biz
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