Gharani essentially means a school of thought, or a music school that follows a particular style perfected over the years by rigorous practice and future generations that combine contemporary style and incorporate new ideas to improve. Gharani literally means family tradition, members of a family of musicians, to create their own musical discipline consistently over three or more generations. It 'hard to give a precise date on which this system was created to give.Ithawa Gharani has developed more than seven generations of some of the best sitar player in India. Shujaat Khan is in this unbroken chain of sitar virtuoso from seventh Ithawa Gharani and is considered the torchbearer for the future of this school of music. Shujaat Khan In Concert today, it would be appropriate to continue some of the hidden knowledge of the history and development of this type to make music.

Gharani in Ithawa its present form owes its existence, itsPopularity and its unique style of playing the sitar father, Shujaat Khan, the legendary musician Ustad Vilayat Khan. But for him the gayaki ang, or vocal style in instrumental music, which is characteristic of this Gharani would not have existed, nor would it thrived. To speak of Ithawa Gharani in recent years is to talk about Vilayat Khan and his early musical training, his initial thoughts on gayaki instrumental in bringing play his improvisationsand changes to the structure of the sitar for the continuity of economic justice or to imitate vocal plays sitar. It is believed that only after anguished performance Vilayat Khan, who won the hearts of the public, critics and musicians as Vikram Samaroh Music Conference in 1943 in Bombay, instrumental music, a wider acceptance of traditional classical music deserves.

Born in 1928 in Gauripur, India, East Bengal, entered the world of Vilayat KhanThe music at a tender age of four and gave his first performance when she was eight years old. She made her first recording at the same age. Vilayat Khan comes from a musical family impressive. Today his great grandfather Ustad Khan Sahabdat surbahar announced that the low version of the sitar is a very difficult to master, will present its phonetic form and structure. The age of ten Vilayat Khan lost his first guru, his father Ustad Inayat Khan, one of the most important of hisDay. He moved with his mother in a state of Nahan near Delhi, to music by his maternal grandfather Ustad Bande Hasan Khan, the court musician of the state was more. During the '40s and '50s was still Inayat Khan, Vilayat Khan's influence in the game. Tantrakari was still very much in the foreground. The right hand, which is regarded as a central motif instrumental piece for strings distintly still dominant. Tantrakari great to takeHeights of previous generations, but now it's time to give new direction was crucial. It is believed that the human voice is the sublime essence of expression and all other persons sound is used only to improve and ornament of vocal music. Research to achieve continuity in the voice, the sound of the sitar, which led Vilayat Khan gayaki ang in instrumental music in the early '60s.

RAS Khayal, a vocal style with imaginationThe use of texts, which began in instrumental music with introspective vision Vilayat Khan and create vivid imagination. The tone of the sitar has changed. The right hand was on the spot, but there have been significant advances in the left hand. The Panchami Gandhi Kharaj has now been replaced with a steel (this change will help the process), the mood of the raga. Several other significant changes were made and the structure of the sitar.

There are several problems involvedRAS Khayal, which require lots of improvisation, in order to translate into instrumental music. Alap At first, it was the slow progress, but peace of ragas, since a different approach with meende, and adorned krintan Zamzam. Next were and Bol Taan Taan, the rapid pace of phrases and thumri. Switching to Ras Khayal is clearly in the record of 60 by Vilayat Khan.

Gayaki NEC has now successfully transferred to the next generation of Ithawa GharaniMusicians. Today there are many players who prefer this form and follow the music. Thanks to his creative genius of this enormous contribution to the world of music. It would be fair to refer to as Vilayatkhani Gharani Ithawa Gharani.

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