How To Play The Bilawal Scale on Sitar with Arjun Verma

Part of a series of instructional videos presented by AACM. This video demonstrates how to play the Sitar in the "Bilawal" (Major) scale shown by Arjun Verma. This is in the Key of D. 00:00 - Intro & Setup 00:26 - Da Stroke (Inward) 02:15 - Ra Stroke (Outward) 02:48 - The Two Strikes Together 03:08 - Chikari 04:14 - Left Hand Techniques 06:08 - Playing the Bilawal Scale 07:52 - A New stroke for Lower Octave (the Small Stroke) 08:55 - Descending & Ascending 10:16 - Questions About the Bass Strings For more information, please contact us at [email protected] or at www.aacm.org