Sarangi bowing technique

[uddhavadasa]

Hello,

I'm learning sarangi and I'm having several problems that I haven't been able to solve. One of the main ones has to do with bowing.

When the sarangi is tuned to C, and I try to play Dha or Ni on the main high pitched string, it always makes a noise. It only happens in those notes, I can play for a long time without any artifacts from Sa to Pa. As soon as I get to Dha or Ni, then problems again.

So here are some questions:
Do I need to bow in a certain angle for those notes?
Should I worry about the rosin quality?
Do I need to clean the string when it is all covered with rosin?
Is there any thing to apply to avoid? Oil, powder, etc?

With Love,
Uddhava dāsa

[RaviSri]

Bets thing for you to do is to contact Pandit Ramnarayan, the legendary master of the Sarangi. I have given his address and other contact numbers etc below. He is a very simple person and will answer your queries. These will be the most authentic

Pandit Ram Narayan
20–C, Sujata,
S.V. Road, Bandra (West),
Mumbai–400 050
Maharashta
India
Tel: (022)3258 8399
Fax: (022)2655 2778
Email: [email protected]

[uddhavadasa]

Dear Sri Ravi,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Guru!

Thank you for the details. I have emailed him, hopefully will get an answer soon.
I'll post the results here for other interested students.

With Love,
Uddhava dāsa

[smala]

Sri Uddhavadasa :

If I may make a humble suggestion : it is appropriate and respectful to find a guru - In India, music is learned from the guru, just as higher precepts in Vaishnava thought were learned from the guru, Srila Prabhupada in the West.

Learning an instrument through self-teaching can be done, for whatever individual purposes, but it will be limiting. BBoards such as this can only give some info, not much else.

[uddhavadasa]

Dear Smala,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Bābājī!

I agree with your proposal. Do you know any Guru that is available in Coimbatore?

With Love,
Uddhava dāsa

[smala]

Sorry, I don't know but the maestro listed earlier might have suggestions or you could move to where the music guru/teacher is, if you are serious about learning Indian music.

By the way, who is Sri Babaji?

[uddhavadasa]

Dear Smala,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrī Bābājī!

I am serious about learning music, and I have emailed the guru on the previous post. So eventually everything will come.

Bābājī is my spiritual guru. You can learn about his work on www.esotericteaching.org.

With Love,
Uddhava dāsa