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With a sound very close to a hybrid of a sarod and a sitar. Her fingers on the strings and the ballance on the slide was at ease.
Kamala Shankar of Benares and her singing guitar has carved a name in the heart of music lovers of this city, not merely but her recital but her style and presentation display 'gayaki ang' at its best that too on an instrument like guitar...Hers is a rare combination of beauty and brawn blended the richness of Hindustani Classical Music.
With her left hand sliding the steel rod on the strings upwards and downwards, melody just flowed, leaving the audience just enthralled.
The instrument sounded like an improved veena giving out a clear-cut Naada (musical sound) and the musical niceties however minute were clearly audible with just the mike in front of her (not the contact mike).
Kamala Shankar is a well-known name is the world of music. She produced a rich blend of tantrakari and gayaki ang sharper and reached th ecstatic pitch of long hour practices.
Her mastery in transposing this Western instrument to Hindustani classical music, her melodious solo concerts, the magic of her jugalbandis with sitarist-husband Rajeev Janardan, all leading to creation of a modified version of Hawaiian guitar, makes her true-blue musician.
She performes Indian Classical Music using western guitar.
Fragrant melody from Varanasi
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