The other day we had a guest visitor come to my school. Sandip Burman an Indian Tabla Artist (Grammy award winning artist) came to visit us.
He taught us many aspects about Indian music, such as the solfege system of india and the Indian rhythum counting system. It was pretty cool. He also played his sitar ( a 20 string guitar) but unfortunetally he cut himself playing the drums.
And since we were sitting about 10 feet from him, we were able to have our questions answered! He is in this video:
Mark O'Connor's method books -- released this week -- teach students using many styles of American music. Enter to win a set of the books this week, on Violinist.com. Photo: Deanna Rose
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