This morning raga, Bairagi, has been chosen to balance increased Kapha. The firm, very clear tones of the sarod make it a suitable instrument for enlivening the mind and body. The sarod is made from teakwood, has goat skin stretched over the sound box and a hollow neck covered with metal. It has 25 strings. 4 are for the playing the melody and 15 are resonance strings. The sarod has no frets and the notes are played by pressing the fingernails onto the metal plate. Meends, the important musical gliding tones, are achieved by the musician sliding his fingernails up and down the vibrating string. The sarod is played using a coconut shell plectrum and is the loudest of any Indian stringed instrument. Bairagi, as it is mainly played, has the quality of an early, quiet, somewhat heavy morning and gives a feeling of solitude and melancholy.
Artists:
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod), Subhankar Banerjee (Tabla).
Audio CD:
1 disc
Label:
Healing Sounds of Ayurveda
