Indian classical music ravi shankar

Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)

For other people named Ravi Shankar, see Ravi Shankar (disambiguation).

Ravi Shankar (Bengali pronunciation:[ˈrobiˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury,^[2] sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury;^[3] 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.

A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Indian classical music (in Sitar) in the second half of the 20th century,^[4] and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.

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Indian classical music is principally based on melody and rhythm, not on harmony, counterpoint, chords, modulation and the other basics of Western classical.

The book starts off with the basics and gradually introduces new concepts of music.

He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones.

Shankar was born to a Bengali family^[5][6] in India,^[7] and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar.

At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sit