Instrumental gold

Indian classical instrumental is a much sought after genre of music all over the world today. Gone are the days when listeners from Western countries could not make out if the instrument that was being played was sarod or sitar. The only sound that convinced Westerners that the music is really Indian was the constant drone of the tanpura. But thereafter, of course, the sounds of the sitar strings became recognizable everywhere and even got featured in a few Hollywood movies of the 1950s and 1960s. The sound was also noticed by many Rock bands of the West and some experimented with it in their music.

Bismillah Khan - Malkauns (Shehnai) :  



Hariprasad Chaurasia - Pilu (Bansuri) :  





Ali Akbar Khan - Gour Sarang (Sarod) Vocals: Asha Bhonsle :  



Anoushka Shankar - Shuddha Sarang (Sitar) :  



Note: Please inter-change the names of the last two songs after you download them. They were wrongly named while uploading.

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