Sitar Saturday - Buskers

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It is time for another #sitarsaturday with a street busker theme


The trick to busking is to have a catchy tune that you play on loop over and over again. Then you have to be able to switch to a set just in case people stop and listen for a long time. The tricky part is switching up your drum track when this happens.


The drone fast strum technique is also good for drawing a crowd. They will wonder what the crazy drone sound is and come by to see and hopefully drop some coin. Keeping this up for long is tough as your wrist gets wrecked after a while.


Taking a modern approach can work well too. Bass and bucket drums create an interesting mix. This kind of has a prog rock sound to it.

That's all for now, thanks for looking :-)



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I like the way the first guy sees the camera and starts kind of playing to it 🙂

gets wrecked after a while

I think that guy might already be wrecked 😂
Alt tag #Sitarsaroundtheworld

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It was a bit tough for him to play anything different since his drum track was on a loop. Strumming like the second guy can definitely cause a bit of carpel tunnel.

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I like the music, I like what you posted, thanks again my friend

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One of these days I have to retune my sitar and play it again. My toddler will probably be trying to climb all over it though.

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hahahaha Yes you should and you will let us enjoy the sound it gives

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