Sitar rehearsals

PKG is having their Kannada cultural celebrations this Sunday. I was invited to the event by Durga’s mom Suma. She’s an architect and interior designer and an amazing sitar player. I was called to help out with the music parts. 

Akshita was playing the keys and I made it really easy for her to play. Durga already knew what she was playing and it sounded great when they all knew the parts. 

Suma also taught me a new scale which is called the Jog, which was more like the pentatonic major with both the minor and major intervals. It was quite difficult to play any chord over it other than the root. But then I suggested a chord progression that fit in and all were happy. Looking forward to rehearsals and their performance.