Movie"Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century India. A segment from "India, Haunting ...

In his Symphony Ravi Shankar explores this passion using the traditional instruments of a large Western orchestra. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or selection of ...

2. Play the raga and a drone Play the scale and a drone at the same time. A drone is one note held throughout the piece. Ravi Shankar uses the note D as a drone. Choose two or three notes from the ...

Two of the key ideas of Hindustani classical music (raga and tala) are found in the finale of Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. The sitar and orchestra play melodies based on a raga (a pattern or ...