This is the hawaiian steel guitar, which incidentally made its way into india via the hawaiian guitarist Tao Moe in the 1930s (he used to perform at the taj mahal hotel in bombay).
To best understand carnatic music, i think you should start by trying to learn a carnatic musical instrument (good mridangam teachers should not be hard to find). On 1/14/08, Charles Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008 7:57 PM, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the really interesting albums is the one with Vishwa Mohan > > Bhatt (who plays > > a modified hawaiian guitar in the indian classical style) and Ry Cooder > called > > "a meeting by the river" .... > > Fascinating. I'm a long time fan of ki ho'alu (Hawaiian "slack-key" > guitar) having been in some sense raised in Hawaii. If by "Hawaiian > Guitar" you mean traditional Hawaiian guitar tuning and style (aka hi > ho'alu) rather than a physical object then that would definitely be a > "must have" or at least a "must listen." (If you're interested in > slack key I could go on more, but I'm not sure it's appropriate to > silk... there's a controversy right now about Keola Beamer's latest > album being nominated for a Grammy in the "Hawaiian Music" category > but again, I digress.) > > > Then of course there are the qawalli proponents: nusrat fateh ali khan has > made > > various fusion albums with michael brooks, massive attack.... i have also > seen > > a decent fusion album with the sabri brothers.... > > I came to qawalli via Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and now have some qawalli > and ghazals. I'm interested in moving beyond the sort of "Indian > music for western sensibilities" kind of fusion - that's what got me > hooked but now what's the next step? Am I going to have to learn all > the ragas before I can apreciate carnatic music? If so - where do I > start? > > -- Charles > >
