Raag Miyan Ki Todi Improvisation

Here is an improvisation to Raga Miyan Ki Todi - a very beautiful Raga to be played early morning and is good for warming the vocals! It inspires a deep love, reverence and respect.

Note from Monty: It is important to note that here I am playing an improvisation according to the feel of the Raga and not the Raga itself. I am learning from Ram the nuances of this beautiful and multi-faceted musical style. I bring influences from other traditional music disciplines - using an instrument normally only used in traditional Turkish Makam and Anatolian folk music - though being fretless it is adaptable to Indian Raga - I have tuned the Kemençe down to C# for this recording.

At the time of this recording we had been playing together for one week - when we were putting together the Hindustani vocal workshop in Margaret River to big success.

Ram - Vocals, Harmonium
Monty - Klasik Kemençe

Exploring the nuances of Indian Classical music is akin to a spiritual discipline in itself.