{"product_id":"inde-du-nord-north-india-sangeet-trio-en-concert","title":"Inde du Nord - North India: Sangeet Trio en Concert","description":"This is an unusual ensemble for Indian classical music. First of all, instead of a soloist accompanied by the tabla drums and the sitar-like tampura, there is a trio plus accompanists. The trio consists of three unusual instruments: bansuri flutes (played by Renu Mojumdar), a modified guitar (played by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt), and the Middle Eastern santur hammer dulcimer (played by Tarun Bhattacharya). The guitar is especially interesting. It has a short neck, four melody strings, three drone strings, and 12 sympathetic strings. It is played with a metal slide in a quasi \"slack key\" style. The slide is frequently used to bend notes in the Indian fashion, but when Bhatt resorts to more of a finger-picking style, it sounds American. The trio plays \"Raja Jog\" at this live concert in Paris. It is an exceedingly long raag (66 minutes), and the alap -- the opening 18-and-a-half-minute slow movement -- might be a little tedious for Western ears. The two faster sections are more engrossing. The musicians chose a raag whose intervals recall the American blues, and there is a repeated five-note figure that could almost be a jazz riff. The overall effect is more like jazz than blues. These allusions are achieved without any straining for effect, if they are indeed conscious at all. Good fun. ~ Kurt Keefner","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145136619807,"sku":"3415820000067","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/cb48f1073505f01710b04bc7b914df0b_93e0adf2-f6ed-4abd-813e-93f435846c09.jpg?v=1777694951","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/inde-du-nord-north-india-sangeet-trio-en-concert","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}