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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:17,223 (soft music) 4 00:00:48,350 --> 00:00:51,170 - Sikh Musical Heritage is a very colourful 5 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:54,870 and rich tradition composed of creativity, 6 00:00:54,870 --> 00:00:57,450 but with a very practical purpose. 7 00:00:57,450 --> 00:01:01,003 Sikh music, also commonly known as Gurmat Sangeet or Kirtan, 8 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:05,310 is one of the foundations for the Sikh way of life. 9 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:10,734 (percussive music) 10 00:02:12,170 --> 00:02:16,003 (singing Gurbani) 11 00:02:18,333 --> 00:02:21,166 (acoustic music) 12 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,740 I've always wondered about the history and heritage 13 00:02:26,740 --> 00:02:29,530 of the instrumentation within Sikh music 14 00:02:29,530 --> 00:02:31,250 and as we look around today, 15 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:33,580 I cannot seem to find enough examples 16 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:35,490 of our traditional instruments. 17 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:38,698 And it makes me wonder what changed and why. 18 00:02:38,698 --> 00:02:42,531 (singing Gurbani) 19 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:55,870 Hi, I'm Azadvir Singh. 20 00:02:55,870 --> 00:02:58,870 I've always had a fascination for the history of Sikh music 21 00:02:58,870 --> 00:03:01,550 and possibly what may have been lost along the way. 22 00:03:01,550 --> 00:03:03,360 So I couldn't have been more excited 23 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,760 when I was approached to help tell this amazing story. 24 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,190 We're going to be looking at the early origins, 25 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:12,860 the history, important events, political influences, 26 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:14,650 and how advancing modernity 27 00:03:14,650 --> 00:03:17,140 have all affected Sikh Musical Heritage. 28 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,650 And in the process, I'll be learning some amazing facts 29 00:03:20,650 --> 00:03:23,210 and speaking to some of the most knowledgeable people 30 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:25,110 on this subject. 31 00:03:25,110 --> 00:03:29,310 As a Sikh, I live my life through the guidance of Gurbani, 32 00:03:29,310 --> 00:03:31,770 which is the message of divinity transcribed 33 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:34,780 into poetical metres by the Sikh Gurus. 34 00:03:34,780 --> 00:03:38,520 That Gurbani was then compiled into its final form, 35 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,228 Guru Granth Sahib. 36 00:03:40,228 --> 00:03:43,810 What I hope to discover is what role instruments 37 00:03:43,810 --> 00:03:47,253 and musicology play in conveying the message of Gurbani. 38 00:03:52,225 --> 00:03:54,107 (distant chattering) (birds chirping) 39 00:03:54,107 --> 00:03:58,231 - To understand Kirtan, 40 00:03:58,231 --> 00:04:02,567 one must understand the concept of Shabad Guru 41 00:04:02,567 --> 00:04:07,399 from the viewpoint of Guru Granth Sahib ji. 42 00:04:09,587 --> 00:04:12,220 Only by understanding that concept will we understand the 43 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:16,929 development, procedure, protocol and purpose of Kirtan. 44 00:04:16,929 --> 00:04:21,929 To understand anything related to Sikhi, one must understand 45 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:26,696 its connection to Shabad from the Guru. 46 00:04:29,050 --> 00:04:31,100 - [Azadvir] I wanted to ask an expert in this field 47 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:32,670 to help me understand the meaning 48 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:34,721 of some of this terminology. 49 00:04:34,721 --> 00:04:38,963 - Shabad Guru is Gurbani and Gurbani is Shabad Guru, 50 00:04:39,940 --> 00:04:42,923 a wisdom given to us by the Gurus, 51 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,060 so that we can master our life. 52 00:04:46,060 --> 00:04:47,800 What came from the creator, 53 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,440 Dhur ki bani, came from the creator. 54 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:54,020 So the creation, that means us, humans, 55 00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:57,530 can have better access to this opportunity, 56 00:04:57,530 --> 00:04:58,875 which we call life. 57 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:01,625 (Kirtanis playing) 58 00:05:18,810 --> 00:05:22,040 In today's term, Kirtan is singing Gurbani, 59 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,070 with/without instruments, 60 00:05:26,070 --> 00:05:30,030 in the Raag, prescribed on the Shabad or not. 61 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:33,193 Just singing Gurbani is known as Kirtan. 62 00:05:34,220 --> 00:05:37,240 But if we look into the Guru's way, 63 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,120 what is Guru asking us to do 64 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,780 when we are introducing ourselves to Kirtan. 65 00:05:44,780 --> 00:05:46,860 Then following the prescription, 66 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:49,370 following exactly what it is written 67 00:05:49,370 --> 00:05:51,110 in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. 68 00:05:51,110 --> 00:05:56,110 Title Raag, Ghar, Partaal, are all the terminology given 69 00:05:56,110 --> 00:05:57,583 on the top of the Shabad 70 00:05:58,630 --> 00:06:01,670 and not just singing, not just performance, 71 00:06:01,670 --> 00:06:04,750 is a composition from the life coming into it, 72 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:09,750 expressing our experience and Guru's Shabad. 73 00:06:10,493 --> 00:06:13,767 Indian classical music training 74 00:06:13,767 --> 00:06:16,175 is important only in the context of Raag. 75 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:18,142 If we are talking about Gurmat Sangeet, 76 00:06:18,142 --> 00:06:21,867 it's purpose is not the same as Indian classical music. 77 00:06:21,867 --> 00:06:25,618 In Indian classical music, Raag is the main feature, 78 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:28,951 or traditional genres in Indian classical music 79 00:06:28,951 --> 00:06:30,520 may be in the forefront. 80 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,064 Whereas, in Kirtan the Shabad is the core of the message 81 00:06:34,064 --> 00:06:38,819 the Shabad within Guru Granth Sahib is always in the center. 82 00:06:38,819 --> 00:06:41,244 When there is a distinct difference between the two, 83 00:06:41,244 --> 00:06:44,768 it is important that for training in Kirtan and the Raags 84 00:06:44,768 --> 00:06:46,451 used in Kirtan, 85 00:06:46,451 --> 00:06:51,092 the training should be done in the context of the Shabad 86 00:06:51,092 --> 00:06:55,567 because the purpose of each tradition is different. 87 00:07:02,982 --> 00:07:05,685 To do Kirtan, it is important to educate ourselves 88 00:07:05,685 --> 00:07:07,259 about the Raags. 89 00:07:07,259 --> 00:07:12,208 In order to do that, it is important to understand, 90 00:07:13,242 --> 00:07:14,352 the Sikh stringed instruments. 91 00:07:14,352 --> 00:07:17,185 (Saranda playing) 92 00:07:19,471 --> 00:07:21,910 Raag is to be felt. 93 00:07:21,910 --> 00:07:25,903 Raag is what creates the sehaj, the balance of life. 94 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:31,610 Raag is to express what's happening in our thinking 95 00:07:31,610 --> 00:07:33,860 and emotionally, what's happening. 96 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:36,120 Raag is an emotional attribute 97 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,120 or emotional grammar to punctuate Guru's Shabad. 98 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:48,520 - The concept of Sikh music is fueled solely on expression. 99 00:07:49,710 --> 00:07:52,963 It allows us to connect with our emotions. 100 00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:56,920 And in order for us to relate as humans, 101 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,040 we need to be in tune with our emotions. 102 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,030 This is where the reality comes in 103 00:08:01,030 --> 00:08:02,890 so that we can say what we feel 104 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:05,460 and sing what we feel as well. 105 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:06,940 It's a vehicle to carry 106 00:08:06,940 --> 00:08:10,260 that expression out of the physical body. 107 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:12,593 Sikh music is devotional music, 108 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:16,080 it's used for worship, for meditation, for healing. 109 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,530 And when you can relate yourself to 110 00:08:18,530 --> 00:08:20,270 that music and you become a part 111 00:08:20,270 --> 00:08:22,410 of that vehicle of expression, 112 00:08:22,410 --> 00:08:25,043 you are in turn healing yourself. 113 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,490 Music here was used for 114 00:08:28,490 --> 00:08:32,840 that very purpose in the devotional aspect. 115 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,260 It was given to us with the concept 116 00:08:35,260 --> 00:08:40,090 of an emotion, manifesting to a feeling, which 117 00:08:40,090 --> 00:08:44,573 then becomes a mood, which is the Shruti, to the Surr 118 00:08:45,570 --> 00:08:46,410 to the Raag. 119 00:08:47,396 --> 00:08:50,180 And this concept of expression, 120 00:08:50,180 --> 00:08:53,210 which we can connect to as humans, 121 00:08:53,210 --> 00:08:56,720 was given to us by the great Gurus. 122 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,180 This concept to have a way to translate everything it is 123 00:09:01,180 --> 00:09:04,490 that we feel and not allow it to manifest 124 00:09:04,490 --> 00:09:06,960 but to express it and release it 125 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,860 so that we can in turn be free of disease 126 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:12,193 and be more full of joy. 127 00:09:13,333 --> 00:09:16,083 (Rabab playing) 128 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,050 - The Sikh Gurus introduced the music in our scriptures 129 00:09:40,050 --> 00:09:41,163 for the first time. 130 00:09:42,510 --> 00:09:45,002 In Guru Granth Sahib there are 60 Raags, 131 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:47,323 and in Dasam Granth there are 20 Raags. 132 00:09:50,570 --> 00:09:54,840 The Sikh Gurus not only introduced the music and the tunes, 133 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,380 but also the musical instruments, 134 00:09:57,380 --> 00:09:59,910 which were very very much required 135 00:09:59,910 --> 00:10:03,570 for the desired results on the listeners. 136 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:05,920 Most of the instruments related 137 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,930 with Guru Nanak. 138 00:10:07,930 --> 00:10:11,960 Before going for his Udasis, on his penegrations, 139 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,520 Guru Nanak requested Bhai Mardana to accompany him 140 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,980 and Bhai Mardana asked Guru Nanak 141 00:10:18,980 --> 00:10:23,980 that "I need a Rabab to play the divine music." 142 00:10:25,370 --> 00:10:28,990 In those days, Rabab was not easily available 143 00:10:28,990 --> 00:10:31,413 in any part of India. 144 00:10:31,413 --> 00:10:36,413 Guru Nanak asked him to go to a village named Bhairowana 145 00:10:37,530 --> 00:10:42,530 and from there he will meet Bhai Firanda or Bhai Feru, 146 00:10:42,927 --> 00:10:47,860 who will be giving him the Rabab, the required Rabab, 147 00:10:47,860 --> 00:10:51,044 specially prepared for the music of Guru Nanak. 148 00:10:51,044 --> 00:10:54,430 (Rabab playing) 149 00:10:54,430 --> 00:10:59,260 According to Sadiq Ali Khan, the Rabab of Guru Nanak, 150 00:10:59,260 --> 00:11:01,650 it is also called Firandia Rababa 151 00:11:03,687 --> 00:11:06,377 and it had five strings 152 00:11:07,631 --> 00:11:09,637 as against six strings of Dhrupad Rabab . 153 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,150 Sadiq Ali has clearly stated 154 00:11:14,150 --> 00:11:17,920 that it was an invention of Guru Nanak 155 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,444 and it is used later on by other Gurus also. 156 00:11:21,444 --> 00:11:24,194 (Rabab playing) 157 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:51,820 - This has given me a valuable insight into the origins 158 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:53,140 of Sikh instruments. 159 00:11:53,140 --> 00:11:54,600 As we have heard, it was the Rabab 160 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,240 that was the first instrument to accompany Kirtan. 161 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,390 So now I really want to dig a little deeper 162 00:12:00,390 --> 00:12:02,550 to try to understand how important 163 00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:06,057 or fundamental the role of Kirtan is in Sikhi 164 00:12:06,057 --> 00:12:09,890 (singing Gurbani) 165 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:26,460 - In my opinion, 166 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:29,700 the role of Kirtan in Sikh is incredibly important. 167 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:32,860 Kirtan was introduced by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, 168 00:12:32,860 --> 00:12:35,720 where he traveled far and wide 169 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,410 with a musician singing sacred poetry 170 00:12:38,410 --> 00:12:40,010 to impact people's lives, 171 00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:43,470 to help them to connect with themselves 172 00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:48,470 and the underlying message here was to bring the concept 173 00:12:48,670 --> 00:12:50,300 of balance between the mind 174 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,710 and the soul to help people achieve inner peace. 175 00:12:54,710 --> 00:12:58,067 Bringing it inside and then sharing it within the community. 176 00:12:59,072 --> 00:13:01,481 - I still remember to this day. 177 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,233 They used to sing four Taal (at the Gurdwara) 178 00:13:06,233 --> 00:13:09,667 at the time I didn't know the difference between the Taals. 179 00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:14,667 (reciting the Kirtan he heard at the Gurdwara) 180 00:13:43,948 --> 00:13:48,948 Kirtan could only be listened to back then. 181 00:13:48,950 --> 00:13:51,734 You couldn't go to school to learn the Shabads. 182 00:13:51,734 --> 00:13:54,175 When performing on the Tabla, 183 00:13:56,142 --> 00:14:01,125 the Kirtani would leave a small gap between strikes 184 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:07,535 I loved the way this was done. The style spoke to me. 185 00:14:07,535 --> 00:14:10,666 I appreciated the rhythm and timing of it all. 186 00:14:10,666 --> 00:14:14,516 I would go every evening to listen to the Kirtan. 187 00:14:15,979 --> 00:14:18,712 Hearing the Kirtan spoke to my soul 188 00:14:18,712 --> 00:14:22,703 and evoked my desire to learn. 189 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:27,115 So after school I would go to 190 00:14:27,115 --> 00:14:28,703 that Gurdwara and learn Kirtan. 191 00:14:30,860 --> 00:14:32,160 - We now know Guru Nanak had 192 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,450 an instrument customised just for them. 193 00:14:34,450 --> 00:14:35,605 So it got me wondering whether any 194 00:14:35,605 --> 00:14:38,420 of the other gurus also got directly involved 195 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:40,640 with commissioning custom made instruments 196 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,500 for the purpose of Kirtan. 197 00:14:42,500 --> 00:14:46,100 If they did, then how closely involved were the Gurus, 198 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:49,211 in the design, making or modifying of these instruments. 199 00:14:49,211 --> 00:14:53,044 (singing Gurbani) 200 00:15:25,742 --> 00:15:30,560 - There are many people who are working on this project 201 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,210 of reviving the Sikh musicology 202 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,520 for the benefit of humanity. 203 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,156 It is not confined to the Sikhs (in Punjab). 204 00:15:39,156 --> 00:15:42,989 (singing Shabad) 205 00:15:46,449 --> 00:15:49,200 Scripture of the Sikhs is a ecumenical scripture. 206 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,400 It is for the world, it is a world scripture. 207 00:15:52,340 --> 00:15:55,620 The vision of the Gurus was also not limited to Punjab 208 00:15:55,620 --> 00:15:57,754 or any province of India. 209 00:15:57,754 --> 00:16:01,587 (singing Shabad) 210 00:16:07,170 --> 00:16:09,060 - I feel that when you play Kirtan 211 00:16:10,340 --> 00:16:14,570 without the musicology, the technique of the Raags, 212 00:16:14,570 --> 00:16:18,940 the prescribed Raags and the original instruments, 213 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:22,390 you are missing one important part 214 00:16:22,390 --> 00:16:25,070 of the teachings that are inside 215 00:16:25,070 --> 00:16:29,320 of the Shabad or inside Sri Guru Granth Sahib 216 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,010 because the complete goal, 217 00:16:32,010 --> 00:16:34,140 the complete teaching 218 00:16:34,140 --> 00:16:38,050 is when you put together the instruction 219 00:16:38,050 --> 00:16:41,073 of the musicology and the voice of the Shabad. 220 00:16:41,073 --> 00:16:44,906 (singing Gurbani) 221 00:16:48,938 --> 00:16:53,073 - Guru Amar Das blessed his grandson Arjan Dev, 222 00:16:53,073 --> 00:16:54,607 "Dohita Bani Ka Bohita." 223 00:16:55,780 --> 00:17:00,780 A person who is a repository of the divine word 224 00:17:01,530 --> 00:17:06,530 and he is supposed to have compiled the 225 00:17:06,538 --> 00:17:09,879 Aad Granth in 60 Raags. 226 00:17:11,050 --> 00:17:14,540 We can well imagine the mind of the man, the mind 227 00:17:14,540 --> 00:17:18,110 of the prophet to introduce 228 00:17:18,110 --> 00:17:20,577 the required instruments also like Guru Nanak. 229 00:17:20,577 --> 00:17:23,410 (acoustic music) 230 00:17:25,442 --> 00:17:30,442 Guru Arjan Dev Ji invented this Saranda with three strings, 231 00:17:30,820 --> 00:17:34,390 the other popular Saranda is with four strings. 232 00:17:34,390 --> 00:17:36,000 In historical perspective, 233 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,770 you can see that it is still used 234 00:17:38,770 --> 00:17:41,870 by the musicians while performing Kirtan. 235 00:17:45,138 --> 00:17:48,971 (singing Gurbani) 236 00:17:54,354 --> 00:17:57,437 (distant chattering) 237 00:18:04,610 --> 00:18:08,050 - When Aad Granth was compiled in 1604 AD, 238 00:18:08,050 --> 00:18:10,890 and was installed at Harmander Sahib, 239 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:14,390 he (Guru Arjun Dev ji) performed kirtan on Saranda along 240 00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:17,653 with Sata and Balwand at Harmander Sahib. 241 00:18:19,170 --> 00:18:22,260 - When we look into tradition of Gurbani singing, 242 00:18:23,657 --> 00:18:28,430 the very first encounter with Aad Granth, Sri Guru 243 00:18:28,430 --> 00:18:32,833 Granth Sahib, we look into the indexes it's 31 Raags, 244 00:18:33,890 --> 00:18:38,110 but as we go further into the Shabad Guru, 245 00:18:38,110 --> 00:18:41,823 there are 60 titles, 60 Raags all together. 246 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,640 Out of the 60, 32 are the creation of the Sikh Gurus. 247 00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:55,970 31 because Guru Arjan Sahib compiled everything together all 248 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,200 of the Shabads from Guru Nanak Sahib, 249 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,230 to bhagats were put together 250 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:07,230 and he introduced 31 Raags on top which are not existing 251 00:19:08,810 --> 00:19:10,993 in the Indian classical system. 252 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:16,190 Out of these 60, 28 are by taken by Gurus 253 00:19:18,030 --> 00:19:20,993 from the Indian classical system 28. 254 00:19:21,910 --> 00:19:25,717 But 32 Raags, the last Raag 255 00:19:26,647 --> 00:19:28,284 in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, 256 00:19:28,284 --> 00:19:33,284 one Raag Jaijaivanti is created by Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib. 257 00:19:33,670 --> 00:19:38,550 And that's incredible contribution to the building 258 00:19:38,550 --> 00:19:42,950 of a psyche for people to feel the wisdom given 259 00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:44,627 to us by the Gurus. 260 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:50,266 (Saranda playing) 261 00:19:59,563 --> 00:20:02,695 - The primordial sound, 262 00:20:02,695 --> 00:20:04,877 Naad, 263 00:20:04,877 --> 00:20:07,090 innate strength of the soul 264 00:20:07,970 --> 00:20:11,403 which is required to be heard by the people. 265 00:20:12,330 --> 00:20:16,223 In Sanskrit we call it Anthaswar, the inner voice. 266 00:20:17,410 --> 00:20:21,000 This inner voice you can achieve 267 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,000 or hear only when you achieve inner silence. 268 00:20:26,570 --> 00:20:28,850 You are detached from the outer world 269 00:20:28,850 --> 00:20:30,543 and attached to the inner sound. 270 00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:36,740 It is called Anthaswar, Naad, 271 00:20:37,409 --> 00:20:39,270 Anhad Naad. 272 00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:41,613 That is why it is called unstruck music. 273 00:20:47,210 --> 00:20:50,723 - When we cry or when we laugh, 274 00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:57,460 these two expressions are not dependent on the language 275 00:20:57,460 --> 00:21:01,180 but emotions has been felt and expressed 276 00:21:01,180 --> 00:21:03,800 and that is what Naad is. 277 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:08,540 Expression of emotions which has been felt 278 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:12,120 or can be made felt to other person, 279 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:15,033 audible sound or audible expression. 280 00:21:15,914 --> 00:21:20,914 Anhad is before that what is before emotions. 281 00:21:21,710 --> 00:21:26,710 And that is what unstruck sound or known as a beyond sound, 282 00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,370 what creates emotion is Anhad. 283 00:21:30,370 --> 00:21:34,370 And we must reach there too, according to Guru Amar Das. 284 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:35,780 Listening to that space, 285 00:21:35,780 --> 00:21:39,170 being in that space is crucial 286 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:42,362 for a person who's indulged in kirtan. 287 00:21:42,362 --> 00:21:45,195 (Saranda playing) 288 00:21:48,380 --> 00:21:51,240 - Sikh music for me is the most effective system 289 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,150 that I ever met to deal with everyday life, 290 00:21:55,150 --> 00:22:00,150 to deal with any kind of problems and my own emotions. 291 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:05,540 I met Sikh music first in 2006 292 00:22:05,540 --> 00:22:07,210 and I went into a Gurdwara 293 00:22:07,210 --> 00:22:09,130 and I heard this beautiful music 294 00:22:09,130 --> 00:22:11,500 and these nice instruments. 295 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,260 (singing Gurbani) 296 00:22:13,260 --> 00:22:16,420 And I was very much moved in my heart. 297 00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:17,993 I was in tears actually. 298 00:22:18,990 --> 00:22:21,890 So then I started to study it 299 00:22:21,890 --> 00:22:22,890 and got to know it 300 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,290 and since I'm playing myself I find 301 00:22:30,272 --> 00:22:32,313 It gives me inner peace and happiness. 302 00:22:33,574 --> 00:22:37,407 (singing Gurbani) 303 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:58,850 - It's fascinating for me to hear just how deep 304 00:22:58,850 --> 00:23:00,810 an involvement the Gurus played 305 00:23:00,810 --> 00:23:02,510 in developing the right instruments 306 00:23:02,510 --> 00:23:04,530 to accompany Gurbani. 307 00:23:04,530 --> 00:23:05,570 We are seeing a focus 308 00:23:05,570 --> 00:23:07,710 on specifically modifying the instruments 309 00:23:07,710 --> 00:23:11,950 of the time in order to truly get across the emotion 310 00:23:11,950 --> 00:23:14,120 of the Raag for the Shabad. 311 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:17,100 So far, we have heard about the development 312 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,580 of stringed instruments for Sikh music. 313 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:22,090 However, something that still intrigues me, 314 00:23:22,090 --> 00:23:26,134 is when did we see the introduction of percussion in Kirtan. 315 00:23:26,134 --> 00:23:29,134 (Mridangam playing) 316 00:23:41,827 --> 00:23:45,853 - Bhai Gurdas has given clear cut references in his Vaars 317 00:23:45,853 --> 00:23:50,853 that the Kirtan was performed on Mridangam. 318 00:23:51,057 --> 00:23:53,623 Mridangam is used to give beat, 319 00:23:54,786 --> 00:23:56,670 to give rhythm to the singer. 320 00:24:00,830 --> 00:24:05,830 It was used up to the time of Guru Ram Das 321 00:24:06,930 --> 00:24:11,930 and later on it was modified into Jori by Sata and Balwand 322 00:24:14,210 --> 00:24:18,243 and it was later on turned into the Tabla. 323 00:24:19,230 --> 00:24:24,023 - I was introduced to the Jori by my first teacher, 324 00:24:24,946 --> 00:24:26,453 Ustaad Ajit Singh Mutlashi. 325 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,563 When I saw him play this, I was deeply moved. 326 00:24:34,230 --> 00:24:36,990 The resonance this instrument created 327 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:43,360 actually goes beyond words. 328 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,805 It's difficult to explain the kind of feeling that you get. 329 00:24:46,805 --> 00:24:51,800 All I could say was it the most beautiful moment I've ever 330 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,577 felt as a child to listen to such an instrument. 331 00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:58,244 (Jori playing) 332 00:25:09,323 --> 00:25:11,204 - Regarding the Jori, 333 00:25:11,204 --> 00:25:14,612 Bapu Ji (Bhai Jawala Singh) first began to learn 334 00:25:17,243 --> 00:25:19,764 approximately 65 or 66 years ago. 335 00:25:19,764 --> 00:25:22,353 The Jori was the standard in Kirtan at the time. 336 00:25:22,353 --> 00:25:25,011 Bapu Ji (Bhai Jawala Singh) maintained tradition 337 00:25:25,011 --> 00:25:26,619 and played the Jori 338 00:25:26,619 --> 00:25:29,477 including the tradition of dough on the dhamma (base side). 339 00:25:29,477 --> 00:25:31,218 Bapu Ji (Bhai Jawala Singh) then began 340 00:25:31,218 --> 00:25:33,480 performing with Avtar Singh ji and Gurcharan Singh ji. 341 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:38,480 They were also of the same school of thought, 342 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:43,580 in that they wanted to maintain the traditions of the Guru, 343 00:25:43,953 --> 00:25:47,064 This is why the Jori continued to be a part of our lineage. 344 00:25:47,064 --> 00:25:49,647 The Jori, it has a deeper sound 345 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,153 than a Tabla very much like the Pakhawaj. 346 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,250 So the whole point of having a deeper sound is 347 00:25:59,250 --> 00:26:02,970 that the lower the resonance, 348 00:26:02,970 --> 00:26:04,480 the more chance there is 349 00:26:05,347 --> 00:26:08,850 for the atoms within us to also resonate at 350 00:26:08,850 --> 00:26:10,323 that same frequency. 351 00:26:13,570 --> 00:26:17,979 For this a science known to man 352 00:26:17,979 --> 00:26:20,720 known as Ayurvedic Physics 353 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,190 has to be studied carefully. 354 00:26:23,530 --> 00:26:25,630 In Ayurvedic physics it states that, 355 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:33,743 each atom within us if it resonates at one frequency, 356 00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:38,033 for those few seconds, we have become one with ourselves. 357 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:43,978 The difference for me is more a matter of taste 358 00:26:43,978 --> 00:26:46,159 For example, performing on the Jori 359 00:26:46,159 --> 00:26:48,167 with the dough on the dhamma, 360 00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:51,829 the gumbak (way of playing) of the dhamma 361 00:26:51,829 --> 00:26:55,233 The sound of it feels so much purer to my heart. 362 00:26:55,233 --> 00:26:58,233 Especially in comparison to the duggi which at times 363 00:26:58,233 --> 00:27:00,296 can produce sounds which are out of pitch. 364 00:27:00,296 --> 00:27:03,288 But the openness, the flow and grace as well 365 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:05,742 as the sweetness of the sound, that the dhamma produces 366 00:27:05,742 --> 00:27:08,417 is why it resonated with me more. 367 00:27:08,417 --> 00:27:12,656 That is why my heart leans towards performing on the Jori. 368 00:27:12,656 --> 00:27:14,156 So this instrument 369 00:27:17,818 --> 00:27:21,620 is an intermediate instrument to the Pakhawaj and Tabla. 370 00:27:21,620 --> 00:27:24,370 So it has the grandness of a Pakhawaj, 371 00:27:24,370 --> 00:27:25,703 but the speed of a Tabla. 372 00:27:28,402 --> 00:27:30,985 (Jori playing) 373 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,140 The resonance of the bass pierced me to my core. 374 00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:15,340 We're all familiar with how bass heavy music can move us. 375 00:28:15,340 --> 00:28:17,970 I'm humbled by the genius of the Gurus 376 00:28:17,970 --> 00:28:21,410 and their understanding of how to strike us at the heart. 377 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:25,350 They realised the power of adding percussion to Kirtan 378 00:28:25,350 --> 00:28:28,160 with its resonance and its potential ability 379 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,290 to connect us to the frequency of the Shabad. 380 00:28:31,290 --> 00:28:33,420 Although I could hear it and feel it, 381 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:36,040 I wanted to see if there was a more technical explanation 382 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,573 of this and how it affects our emotions. 383 00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:41,440 - When we look into the Shabad, 384 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,750 there is everything clear. 385 00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:46,088 On the top it says. 386 00:28:46,088 --> 00:28:48,760 (Raag Sri Mahalla Pehla) 387 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:53,760 Means, this particular Shabad is to be sung in Sri Raag. 388 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,552 Or if title says, 389 00:28:56,552 --> 00:29:00,430 (Raag Dhanasari Mahalla Panjva Ghar Panjva Partaal) 390 00:29:00,430 --> 00:29:04,893 That means there is emotional attribute on the whole mood. 391 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,533 And that is the fifth Shruti. 392 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,960 Now this is a very technical part of it 393 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,660 but we need to understand 394 00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:15,830 that how we can express exactly 395 00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:19,050 the same way Guru Sahib is expressing. 396 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:21,980 As a seeker we are the shadow of Guru's thinking. 397 00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:23,210 It is Guru's way, 398 00:29:23,210 --> 00:29:26,130 Kirtan has to be performed the way Guru Sahib 399 00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:28,470 have prescribed it to us. 400 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:32,982 Now, looking into the title then that Satguru Ji says, 401 00:29:32,982 --> 00:29:33,815 'Partaal' 402 00:29:33,815 --> 00:29:35,180 Means there's more than one rhythm 403 00:29:35,180 --> 00:29:36,614 in this composition or says, 404 00:29:36,614 --> 00:29:37,570 'Vaar' 405 00:29:37,570 --> 00:29:39,660 That this is different type of genre 406 00:29:39,660 --> 00:29:44,660 or this is a Salok, a different type of poetic genre. 407 00:29:44,730 --> 00:29:46,530 Then into the Shabad, 408 00:29:46,530 --> 00:29:49,410 we will see the numbers and see number one, 409 00:29:49,410 --> 00:29:53,130 number two, number three, and we'll see number one again. 410 00:29:53,130 --> 00:29:54,477 And it says 'Rahao'. 411 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,740 That means this is the central idea of the Shabad. 412 00:29:58,740 --> 00:30:02,920 Shabad cannot be performed from any other line, 413 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:07,920 this is the core, this is the chorus of this composition, 414 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,850 the wisdom from the Guru. 415 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:12,730 If this is a Shabad Guru, 416 00:30:12,730 --> 00:30:15,630 then we must follow it the way it is written there. 417 00:30:15,630 --> 00:30:18,150 Then numerology is there number one, number two, 418 00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:21,960 number three, so that we don't mix the reference, 419 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,350 this is reference one to the chorus, 420 00:30:24,350 --> 00:30:26,820 reference two to the chorus. 421 00:30:26,820 --> 00:30:28,650 And in very much detail, 422 00:30:28,650 --> 00:30:31,620 all of this terminology is there explained 423 00:30:31,620 --> 00:30:36,193 to us how to have the light from Shabad Guru. 424 00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:39,073 But what is the purpose of Raag? 425 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:45,360 Why this Raag is on the title of the Shabad? 426 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:48,290 That is a very important part to the Shabad 427 00:30:48,290 --> 00:30:51,310 and that leads us to musicology. 428 00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:56,250 That emotional grammar of the poetry 429 00:30:56,250 --> 00:30:58,600 is what musicology is. 430 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,283 Like "Raag Majh" for example, 431 00:31:02,810 --> 00:31:05,330 the longing it evokes 432 00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:08,010 because emotionally how you have been told 433 00:31:08,010 --> 00:31:11,380 to punctuate, to create this particular mood, 434 00:31:11,380 --> 00:31:13,373 to create this particular Raag, 435 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:16,710 leaves influence on the translation 436 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:19,210 of the Shabad, how we feel it. 437 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:21,830 So the feeling part, the aesthetics 438 00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:25,180 emotional and psychological attribute 439 00:31:25,180 --> 00:31:27,950 of the Raag is what musicology is. 440 00:31:27,950 --> 00:31:31,000 And it's not only about the performance, 441 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:36,000 otherwise, we can't differentiate between the western 442 00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:39,450 or entertainment world 443 00:31:39,450 --> 00:31:41,450 and the world given to us 444 00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:44,900 by the Gurus called inner attainment. 445 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:47,620 - For me the western music I have studied western music, 446 00:31:47,620 --> 00:31:49,293 I am a professional singer. 447 00:31:50,220 --> 00:31:54,713 For me this was more the entertaining part. 448 00:31:57,130 --> 00:31:59,690 It was expression, emotions also there 449 00:31:59,690 --> 00:32:03,270 but it was for the outside, 450 00:32:03,270 --> 00:32:05,030 it was for entertaining. 451 00:32:05,030 --> 00:32:08,623 And the Sikh music is just inner attainment. 452 00:32:12,090 --> 00:32:15,898 (Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.) 453 00:32:15,898 --> 00:32:18,015 On May 30th, 1606, 454 00:32:18,015 --> 00:32:20,723 after the martydom of the fifth Guru (Guru Arjan Devi ji) 455 00:32:20,723 --> 00:32:22,813 "As water comes to blend with water, 456 00:32:22,813 --> 00:32:25,216 his light blends into the light." Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 278 457 00:32:25,216 --> 00:32:27,996 The sixth Guru (Guru Hargobind ji) 458 00:32:27,996 --> 00:32:30,087 sat at the throne as the next Guru 459 00:32:30,087 --> 00:32:33,649 and laid the foundation of the Akaal Bunga in 1609. 460 00:32:33,649 --> 00:32:35,741 It was at this event, for the first time, that Dhadhi Jathas 461 00:32:35,741 --> 00:32:37,624 were summoned to perform Vaars, 462 00:32:37,624 --> 00:32:40,916 alongside where Kirtan and Katha was taking place. 463 00:32:40,916 --> 00:32:45,224 To evoke and bless the congregation with warrior spirit, 464 00:32:46,366 --> 00:32:51,282 the Guru commanded Nath Mal and Abdal Kher 465 00:32:52,322 --> 00:32:55,939 to perform the Vaar 'Rasaloo Marvar'. 466 00:32:55,939 --> 00:33:00,686 We, the Gargajj Dhadhi Jatha, will now perform that Vaar. 467 00:33:00,686 --> 00:33:03,436 (acoustic music) 468 00:33:09,826 --> 00:33:14,501 "Two Talwars (type of sword) were adorned, 469 00:33:20,634 --> 00:33:23,385 Two Talwars (type of sword) were adorned, 470 00:33:23,385 --> 00:33:25,002 One representing temporal authority, 471 00:33:25,002 --> 00:33:26,635 the other representing spiritual authority, 472 00:33:26,635 --> 00:33:28,485 One representing glory, 473 00:33:28,485 --> 00:33:30,060 the other representing political rule. 474 00:33:34,684 --> 00:33:35,517 The word 'Vaar' 475 00:33:35,517 --> 00:33:38,020 literally means a strike 476 00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:39,380 as you would on a battlefield 477 00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:42,250 with a sword or with a weapon. 478 00:33:42,250 --> 00:33:46,030 And musically, we would translate it as a ballad. 479 00:33:46,030 --> 00:33:48,570 Still has the same significance as a strike, 480 00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:51,123 but now the strike is emotionally fueled. 481 00:33:52,210 --> 00:33:56,070 So we have two types of Vaars in Sikh music, 482 00:33:56,070 --> 00:33:59,760 one which we most commonly know as Tadhi Vaars. 483 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,200 And these are known as the heroic ballads 484 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,490 where we're telling a tale from history 485 00:34:04,490 --> 00:34:07,670 and we're igniting that spirit within the future generation 486 00:34:07,670 --> 00:34:09,510 so that they're connected with their past. 487 00:34:09,510 --> 00:34:12,070 They understand where they've come from. 488 00:34:12,070 --> 00:34:13,930 We have another Vaar, which exists 489 00:34:13,930 --> 00:34:15,710 within the Guru Granth Sahib, 490 00:34:15,710 --> 00:34:17,930 and this is a spiritual ballad. 491 00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:19,690 And the principle is the same. 492 00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:22,310 It's igniting that very same spirit 493 00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:24,420 but for you spiritually internally, 494 00:34:24,420 --> 00:34:27,260 to encounter and deal with your daily obstacles 495 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:30,070 and all of the problems that we encounter 496 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:35,240 and in turn, what this enables us to do is to arouse 497 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,820 that martial spirit so that we can go on 498 00:34:37,820 --> 00:34:39,800 and face our challenges. 499 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,633 (Sarangi playing) 500 00:34:44,853 --> 00:34:48,520 - In Guru Granth Sahib, there are 22 ballads 501 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:53,970 with nine tunes and the Sarangi is one 502 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:57,060 of the most important musical instruments 503 00:34:57,934 --> 00:35:01,443 to sing the ballads of Guru Granth Sahib. 504 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,930 - See from ancient India Sarangis' 505 00:35:11,930 --> 00:35:15,200 emotional capacity to capture 506 00:35:16,650 --> 00:35:19,500 and in detail every single emotion. 507 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:24,500 It was also known as Sau Rangi meaning 100 colours, 508 00:35:25,170 --> 00:35:28,800 hundreds of moods Sarangi can demonstrate. 509 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,920 This is why Guru Hargobind Singh maharaj introduced that 510 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,580 into the spiritual ballads in Sri Guru Granth Sahib 511 00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:40,802 to capture that mood, like for example, 512 00:35:40,802 --> 00:35:42,360 'Dhunde Ase Raaje Ki Thuni' (Asa Di War) 513 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,020 this is a tune. 514 00:35:44,020 --> 00:35:47,920 But from this materialistic experience, 515 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,620 worldly experience to convert 516 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:52,860 that into spiritual experience, 517 00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:57,860 the Sarangi built an incredible base for, 518 00:35:59,110 --> 00:36:01,040 and had that capacity 519 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,497 because the resonance of sympathetic strings 39 of them. 520 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:08,247 (Sarangi playing) 521 00:36:41,220 --> 00:36:42,870 So far, we have seen the vision 522 00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:44,880 of the Guru's in adapting these instruments 523 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,310 to impact every aspect of life. 524 00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:51,050 From day to day experiences all the way to the battlefield, 525 00:36:51,050 --> 00:36:53,590 we have seen the skill of the musicians 526 00:36:53,590 --> 00:36:55,780 as well as heard some fascinating theory 527 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,363 and history from our experts. 528 00:36:58,250 --> 00:36:59,750 But what does it take to make 529 00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:01,400 one of these amazing instruments? 530 00:37:03,131 --> 00:37:08,131 (vehicle engine roaring) (car hooting) 531 00:37:09,389 --> 00:37:11,639 (scraping) 532 00:37:19,547 --> 00:37:21,714 (banging) 533 00:37:25,837 --> 00:37:28,708 This is our third generation 534 00:37:28,708 --> 00:37:30,465 my father, Sri Hansraj ji, 535 00:37:30,465 --> 00:37:33,732 crafted instruments for a long time 536 00:37:33,732 --> 00:37:35,865 and he passed down his incredible talents to us. 537 00:37:35,865 --> 00:37:38,948 We continue to craft based on the methods he taught us and 538 00:37:38,948 --> 00:37:43,948 although we customise instruments based on customer need, 539 00:37:43,977 --> 00:37:48,882 the foundation methods of how to craft an instrument 540 00:37:48,882 --> 00:37:50,739 and the traditional techniques and patterns 541 00:37:50,739 --> 00:37:53,322 are still utilised to this day. 542 00:38:13,831 --> 00:38:16,639 An instrument like the Taus takes approximately 543 00:38:16,639 --> 00:38:19,439 four to five weeks to build a single instrument. 544 00:38:21,954 --> 00:38:24,208 The seasoning process of the wood is a long process. 545 00:38:24,208 --> 00:38:26,024 To make a instrument to our high standards 546 00:38:26,024 --> 00:38:29,827 we use wood that has been seasoned for seven to ten years. 547 00:38:29,827 --> 00:38:33,930 Once the wood is in our craftsman's hands 548 00:38:33,930 --> 00:38:36,380 it takes four to five weeks to turn around. 549 00:38:39,462 --> 00:38:41,653 We predominantly use Tunwood 550 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,964 as it is a fine wood that fetches a good price. 551 00:38:44,964 --> 00:38:49,955 We use goat skin on the body of the instruments. 552 00:38:52,589 --> 00:38:55,172 (Taus playing) 553 00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:24,860 - The reason I picked up the Taus is 554 00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:28,422 because my Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, 555 00:39:28,422 --> 00:39:31,290 created this instrument and he used to play it 556 00:39:31,290 --> 00:39:34,410 and that really inspired me to pick it up 557 00:39:34,410 --> 00:39:37,823 and learn it and to master this instrument. 558 00:39:38,994 --> 00:39:41,827 (acoustic music) 559 00:39:49,392 --> 00:39:51,250 - Another instrument, that is Taus, 560 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:56,250 which was introduced by Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th master. 561 00:39:57,590 --> 00:40:02,130 The master of languages, the master of music 562 00:40:02,130 --> 00:40:07,130 and the master of poetical metres and the master of poetry. 563 00:40:09,106 --> 00:40:12,939 (singing Gurbabni) 564 00:40:21,340 --> 00:40:24,330 - Guru Gobind Singh was a master of the Persian language. 565 00:40:24,330 --> 00:40:26,640 He named this instrument Taus, 566 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,750 which in Persian is pronounced 'Tauoos', 567 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,210 the literal meaning is peacock. 568 00:40:32,210 --> 00:40:34,000 And it's often said 569 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,470 that this instrument is so wonderfully melodious. 570 00:40:36,470 --> 00:40:39,510 It can take you to a complete heavenly state, 571 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:42,610 allowing you to feel the warmth of the universe. 572 00:40:42,610 --> 00:40:43,893 - I grew up in the West, 573 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,280 I did all my schooling there. 574 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:50,400 And what I've noticed is all we do is, 575 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,790 you focus on materialistic growth, 576 00:40:53,790 --> 00:40:56,130 going to school, going to high school, 577 00:40:56,130 --> 00:41:00,420 getting into college, university, getting a good job, 578 00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:03,670 getting a nice car and a big house. 579 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:07,660 And that focus I saw was just towards the outer world. 580 00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:09,970 And I felt something was missing. 581 00:41:09,970 --> 00:41:14,970 For me it's a tool, it helps me bring out the emotions, 582 00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:19,630 just like there's a pencil to write an essay, 583 00:41:19,630 --> 00:41:21,300 what are the thoughts come in your head, 584 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:23,300 you bring it out through pencil. 585 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:28,300 For me, my Taus is the paintbrush of my soul. 586 00:41:29,410 --> 00:41:32,420 It helps me relieve the tension 587 00:41:32,420 --> 00:41:34,980 that's built inside, the pain 588 00:41:34,980 --> 00:41:38,680 and the happiness everything and it brings it out 589 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,230 and it helps me express myself. 590 00:41:41,110 --> 00:41:43,693 (Taus playing) 591 00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:54,090 - Taus is a fusion of two musical instruments 592 00:41:54,090 --> 00:41:59,090 of ancient Indian historical tradition, Veena and Sarangi. 593 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,230 We should be grateful to this master 594 00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:10,640 who has given us one instrument to give the effect 595 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:15,640 of two instruments to play the word of God, 596 00:42:18,390 --> 00:42:22,670 prepared by the Sikh Gurus and Bhagat 597 00:42:22,670 --> 00:42:26,290 for the benefit of whole humanity throughout the world. 598 00:42:26,290 --> 00:42:28,873 (Taus playing) 599 00:42:48,017 --> 00:42:50,070 - I'm now getting a greater understanding 600 00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:53,150 of how the Guru's created immediate emotional context 601 00:42:53,150 --> 00:42:55,940 to the Shabad through the beauty of music. 602 00:42:55,940 --> 00:42:58,660 We can also see the Guru's understanding of the power 603 00:42:58,660 --> 00:43:00,880 and strength that can be drawn from music 604 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,853 for the purpose of battle and rousing the martial spirit. 605 00:43:04,890 --> 00:43:08,180 I am truly inspired by the foresight to use music 606 00:43:08,180 --> 00:43:10,060 to its full spectrum. 607 00:43:10,060 --> 00:43:11,960 But what still puzzles me 608 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,080 is that in most Gurdwarey today, 609 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,410 we only see Kirtan being performed using 610 00:43:16,410 --> 00:43:17,823 the harmonium and Tabla. 611 00:43:19,010 --> 00:43:20,660 What changed? 612 00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:21,883 And how did this happen? 613 00:43:22,818 --> 00:43:25,568 (dramatic music) 614 00:43:27,459 --> 00:43:28,292 (horse neighing) 615 00:43:28,292 --> 00:43:30,709 (chattering) 616 00:43:31,983 --> 00:43:34,233 (shooting) 617 00:43:43,490 --> 00:43:45,020 - The first Anglo-Sikh War 618 00:43:45,020 --> 00:43:46,610 was fought between the Sikh Kingdom 619 00:43:46,610 --> 00:43:51,330 and the East India Company between 1845 and 1846. 620 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:54,690 When the British Empire settled 621 00:43:54,690 --> 00:43:57,760 amongst the indigenous people and took control, 622 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:02,050 it had a major impact, especially on education, 623 00:44:02,050 --> 00:44:05,250 the arts and music. 624 00:44:05,250 --> 00:44:09,250 - What Empire did was to actually reconstruct the mind. 625 00:44:09,250 --> 00:44:13,600 It rejigged something in the way that our minds worked 626 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,740 or the way that the Indic mind effectively worked 627 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:19,010 so that you wouldn't recognise 628 00:44:19,010 --> 00:44:20,630 that any change had actually happen, 629 00:44:20,630 --> 00:44:22,790 you basically think you're the same person, 630 00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:24,948 it's the same culture that's going on. 631 00:44:24,948 --> 00:44:28,868 When we discuss the influence of the British (on the Sikhs) 632 00:44:28,868 --> 00:44:31,232 you can start to see some of those influences 633 00:44:31,232 --> 00:44:33,479 before they enter Panjab. 634 00:44:33,479 --> 00:44:37,020 But once the British have settled in Panjab, we can see how 635 00:44:37,020 --> 00:44:41,711 immediate they are in implementing their action plan. 636 00:44:44,366 --> 00:44:48,741 You can see quite clearly they want us (Sikhs) to be 637 00:44:48,741 --> 00:44:50,963 broken away from our heritage. 638 00:44:50,963 --> 00:44:52,304 Outside Darbar Sahib (Harmander Sahib complex) 639 00:44:52,304 --> 00:44:54,861 you would have seen Maharaja Ranjit Singhs Bunga (fort) 640 00:44:54,861 --> 00:44:57,121 also known as Ranjit Singhs Mehal. 641 00:44:57,121 --> 00:44:58,412 The British Empire tore it down and 642 00:44:58,412 --> 00:45:00,347 built a clock tower in its place. 643 00:45:00,347 --> 00:45:01,180 There was no immediate threat from that Bunga, 644 00:45:07,206 --> 00:45:09,404 but the British wanted to ensure those who came 645 00:45:09,404 --> 00:45:12,121 to pay homage at Darbar Sahib, 646 00:45:12,121 --> 00:45:14,746 they would not have a connection 647 00:45:14,746 --> 00:45:17,232 to the legacy of Ranjit Singh 648 00:45:17,232 --> 00:45:19,488 but instead build a new visual attachment to 649 00:45:19,488 --> 00:45:21,004 the British clock tower. 650 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:30,550 - The images from our collection are all part 651 00:45:30,550 --> 00:45:33,340 of a large collection of books 652 00:45:33,340 --> 00:45:36,310 and prints and ephemera and photography 653 00:45:36,310 --> 00:45:39,500 which form the Mary Evans Picture Library, 654 00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:43,683 which is the UK's leading historical picture agency. 655 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:48,230 Two plates showing the temple in situ 656 00:45:48,230 --> 00:45:52,660 from two separate angles including a view of the palace, 657 00:45:52,660 --> 00:45:57,330 which was demolished later on by the British 658 00:45:57,330 --> 00:45:59,213 and replaced by a clock tower. 659 00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:05,240 - What a dominant system like an a new empire does, 660 00:46:05,270 --> 00:46:06,990 is kind of over code, 661 00:46:06,990 --> 00:46:11,920 it sets in a new structure 662 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:15,393 and a new way of making meaning of the world. 663 00:46:17,720 --> 00:46:19,810 And once people have entered into 664 00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:22,470 that mode of meaning making, 665 00:46:22,470 --> 00:46:25,920 they can't see that they were once attached 666 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,805 to another mode of meaning making. 667 00:46:28,805 --> 00:46:32,388 It was a very well thought out process to 668 00:46:32,388 --> 00:46:35,446 to break us from our heritage. 669 00:46:35,446 --> 00:46:38,471 New structures were put in place of previous ones. 670 00:46:38,471 --> 00:46:40,490 In Lahore, a museum was constructed, 671 00:46:40,490 --> 00:46:43,034 as well as having a new library built. 672 00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:46,042 So we have been given these new structures, 673 00:46:46,042 --> 00:46:48,461 and the new structures were a way of attaching 674 00:46:48,461 --> 00:46:52,436 us to a new culture. 675 00:46:52,436 --> 00:46:54,354 One may argue that these new structures are a way 676 00:46:54,354 --> 00:46:55,729 to preserve Panjabi culture for the future. 677 00:46:55,729 --> 00:46:57,471 Instead they have impacted our mindset 678 00:46:57,471 --> 00:46:59,765 and how we perceive our environment. 679 00:46:59,765 --> 00:47:02,556 These new structures aid the British 680 00:47:02,556 --> 00:47:06,445 to enforce their mindset upon us. 681 00:47:06,445 --> 00:47:08,283 They're still the same people. 682 00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:13,743 They're essentially believe they have the same identity, 683 00:47:15,190 --> 00:47:17,830 but they're operating within a new universe. 684 00:47:17,830 --> 00:47:20,040 They're operating with a new framework 685 00:47:21,470 --> 00:47:22,990 of meaning effectively. 686 00:47:22,990 --> 00:47:27,033 The whole idea is that shift remains invisible, 687 00:47:28,247 --> 00:47:29,242 it's never seen. 688 00:47:29,242 --> 00:47:32,970 It's something that takes place inside your mind, 689 00:47:32,970 --> 00:47:34,580 is something that you accept 690 00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:38,819 because you want to be part of this new world. 691 00:47:38,819 --> 00:47:41,243 The flourishing of the arts during 692 00:47:41,243 --> 00:47:46,243 Maharaja Ranjit Singhs' time, the British terminated it. 693 00:47:46,530 --> 00:47:49,455 From that point onwards, the Sikh arts never developed. 694 00:47:51,062 --> 00:47:53,737 If we look at our education system, 695 00:47:55,731 --> 00:47:57,978 one could look back and mistakenly assume we didn't have 696 00:47:57,978 --> 00:48:00,453 an education system during Maharaja Ranjit Singhs' time. 697 00:48:01,414 --> 00:48:04,956 However, when we reference the accounts from that time, 698 00:48:04,956 --> 00:48:06,978 the records show that 400,000 children 699 00:48:06,978 --> 00:48:10,727 were receiving government aided schooling before 1849, 700 00:48:10,727 --> 00:48:13,560 from which the Lahore Darbar was providing grants. 701 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,656 The British closed all those schools 702 00:48:16,656 --> 00:48:18,449 and grants were shut down. 703 00:48:18,449 --> 00:48:20,162 For the next thirty years, 704 00:48:20,162 --> 00:48:24,643 that same education system couldn't get back on its feet. 705 00:48:24,643 --> 00:48:26,054 In those thirty years, 706 00:48:26,054 --> 00:48:30,760 two of our generations lost access to education, 707 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,049 the generation that was studying at the time 708 00:48:33,049 --> 00:48:34,959 and the generation that would have started their education. 709 00:48:34,959 --> 00:48:38,878 So those steps, which some may consider 710 00:48:38,878 --> 00:48:40,706 baby steps taken by the British, 711 00:48:40,706 --> 00:48:43,787 but those steps have forever, 712 00:48:43,787 --> 00:48:46,628 broken our ties to our heritage. 713 00:48:48,700 --> 00:48:53,010 These two images come from the archive 714 00:48:53,010 --> 00:48:56,250 of the Illustrated London News collection. 715 00:48:56,250 --> 00:49:00,000 These plates come from the 1858 edition. 716 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,590 And this first one shows interior 717 00:49:03,590 --> 00:49:08,280 of the temple at Amritsar showing musicians performing 718 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,512 and showing some readings taking place. 719 00:49:11,512 --> 00:49:16,404 When we think about the impact the British had on Kirtan, 720 00:49:19,765 --> 00:49:24,656 I feel like searching for images or lithographs. 721 00:49:26,551 --> 00:49:31,102 We find an example of this from the Illustrated London News, 722 00:49:31,102 --> 00:49:36,072 published November 6th, 1858. 723 00:49:36,072 --> 00:49:38,996 The lithograph depicts the inside of Darbar Sahib. 724 00:49:38,996 --> 00:49:42,816 It was an image of decorum. 725 00:49:42,816 --> 00:49:46,907 We can see the Rabab and Jori being used to perform Kirtan. 726 00:49:49,925 --> 00:49:51,524 There is no harmonium in sight, 727 00:49:51,524 --> 00:49:53,340 the harmonium was not around then. 728 00:49:53,340 --> 00:49:55,721 (singing Gurbani) 729 00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:02,660 - The Harmonium came to India in the late 19th century. 730 00:50:02,660 --> 00:50:05,443 It was brought in by missionaries and chaplains. 731 00:50:06,490 --> 00:50:08,470 It became popular in all traditions 732 00:50:08,470 --> 00:50:11,600 of North Indian music including Christian music. 733 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,690 And the reason for this was because it was portable 734 00:50:14,690 --> 00:50:15,830 and the differences 735 00:50:15,830 --> 00:50:18,630 in the temperature didn't make the instrument fluctuate. 736 00:50:19,790 --> 00:50:24,760 By 1913, India had become the world's richest market 737 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:28,346 in the manufacturing and production of the harmonium. 738 00:50:28,346 --> 00:50:29,705 From the beginning our focus 739 00:50:29,705 --> 00:50:31,973 has been on the manufacture of stringed instruments 740 00:50:31,973 --> 00:50:35,673 However, in the 1990's their sale slowed down and we added 741 00:50:35,673 --> 00:50:37,861 the manufacture of the harmonium, 742 00:50:37,861 --> 00:50:42,852 which to this day continues to have strong demand. 743 00:50:42,852 --> 00:50:44,780 It was in the late 1800s, 744 00:50:44,780 --> 00:50:47,850 when the first harmonium Kirtan guide was published. 745 00:50:47,850 --> 00:50:48,900 And from there, 746 00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:51,330 the harmonium is widely used throughout the world 747 00:50:51,330 --> 00:50:54,253 and even today, for Sikh music practise. 748 00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,690 The question isn't about the harmonium being a good 749 00:50:57,690 --> 00:50:59,360 or a bad instrument, 750 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:00,750 the question is, 751 00:51:00,750 --> 00:51:04,597 can it deliver what is required of Sikh music? 752 00:51:04,597 --> 00:51:08,514 (singing Gurbani) 753 00:51:17,660 --> 00:51:21,269 - For example, in the world of sound, 754 00:51:21,269 --> 00:51:24,436 (sings melody) 755 00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:27,353 is a fixed point. 756 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:32,890 It doesn't let emotional signatures seep in and control 757 00:51:32,890 --> 00:51:34,626 and create that curve. 758 00:51:34,626 --> 00:51:37,626 (harmonium playing) 759 00:51:40,322 --> 00:51:41,155 Where... 760 00:51:41,155 --> 00:51:45,388 (sings melody) 761 00:51:52,250 --> 00:51:55,530 Instruments created by Sikh Gurus 762 00:51:55,530 --> 00:51:59,320 can take your voice and aid it to 763 00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:03,110 that depth emotional attribute can be punctuated 764 00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:05,703 in the Naad, in your sound. 765 00:52:05,703 --> 00:52:07,570 (harmonium playing) 766 00:52:07,570 --> 00:52:10,793 - Out of the discussions we had with my father and my uncle, 767 00:52:12,290 --> 00:52:13,970 they never found any instrument 768 00:52:13,970 --> 00:52:17,090 to be mismatched to the Gurbani 769 00:52:17,090 --> 00:52:19,210 because as long as the tonal quality 770 00:52:19,210 --> 00:52:21,490 of the instrument is matching. 771 00:52:21,490 --> 00:52:26,490 Kirtan is singing Gurbani in specific Raags, 772 00:52:26,740 --> 00:52:28,390 in rhythm is Kirtan. 773 00:52:28,390 --> 00:52:29,580 Any instrument can come in. 774 00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:33,410 But certainly if one of the instrument goes much, 775 00:52:33,410 --> 00:52:35,900 much more than what is required, 776 00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:38,740 then that is not going to be a real Kirtan 777 00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,380 because Bani Shabad should be always 778 00:52:40,380 --> 00:52:41,770 at the centre stage. 779 00:52:41,770 --> 00:52:44,000 So and we should certainly give respect 780 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,210 and try to preserve the instrument, 781 00:52:46,210 --> 00:52:48,160 specifically those which our Gurus 782 00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,840 have used during their time. 783 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,160 So Rabab is there, Saranda is there, 784 00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,210 Taus is there, Jori is there. 785 00:52:56,210 --> 00:52:59,130 So these are the instruments which Guru maharaj has used 786 00:52:59,130 --> 00:53:01,120 and we should certainly preserve them 787 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,020 and bring them more into practice, 788 00:53:03,020 --> 00:53:03,970 that's what I feel. 789 00:53:06,159 --> 00:53:08,320 - The harmonium became an interesting topic 790 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,560 of discussion amongst scholars, 791 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,653 musicians and practitioners of Indian music. 792 00:53:14,550 --> 00:53:17,230 Rabindranath Tagore, who was a poet, 793 00:53:17,230 --> 00:53:19,740 a writer and an acclaimed musician. 794 00:53:19,740 --> 00:53:23,240 He heavily criticised the use of the harmonium 795 00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:25,660 for it being incapable of being able 796 00:53:25,660 --> 00:53:28,760 to deliver the emotional temperament required 797 00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:32,197 in Indian music and in the expression of the Raags. 798 00:53:33,130 --> 00:53:35,680 The Raags are emotionally fueled. 799 00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:39,793 The joint between the note, the meend, for example. 800 00:53:41,747 --> 00:53:44,580 (Dilruba playing) 801 00:53:59,413 --> 00:54:01,750 The meend is crucial in the expression 802 00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:04,660 of both Indian and in Sikh music. 803 00:54:04,660 --> 00:54:07,633 And the harmonium does not have this capability. 804 00:54:09,910 --> 00:54:11,530 - When you call someone, your teacher, 805 00:54:11,530 --> 00:54:12,853 your guru or your master, 806 00:54:14,010 --> 00:54:17,723 it's the duty of the student to follow exactly what he says. 807 00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:22,240 And looking at the current state of Kirtan, 808 00:54:23,290 --> 00:54:28,290 it makes me question because what the student is singing 809 00:54:28,460 --> 00:54:33,090 or doing, it contradicts what the teacher has said. 810 00:54:33,090 --> 00:54:37,120 For example in Guru Granth Sahib 811 00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:39,043 if it says Asa Mahalla Pehla, 812 00:54:41,481 --> 00:54:43,850 and the student is not singing in Asa 813 00:54:45,690 --> 00:54:48,370 that makes me question that, 814 00:54:48,370 --> 00:54:51,400 why isn't the student following with the teacher says? 815 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,530 And I see that no matter where I go any Gurdwara 816 00:54:55,530 --> 00:54:58,173 or I go into any CD I pick up or cassette, 817 00:54:59,890 --> 00:55:03,380 majority 99.9% of the Shabads that I hear, 818 00:55:03,380 --> 00:55:06,200 the Kirtan that I hear is not done the way 819 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:07,450 that the Guru prescribed. 820 00:55:08,790 --> 00:55:11,793 And for me I feel that's very sad. 821 00:55:11,793 --> 00:55:16,776 (Reciting a Shahab with a mainstream/bollywood tune) 822 00:55:21,284 --> 00:55:22,967 When you recite this Kirtan this way, 823 00:55:22,967 --> 00:55:24,383 are you singing a mainstream song 824 00:55:24,383 --> 00:55:26,473 or are you reciting Kirtan? Which is it? 825 00:55:26,473 --> 00:55:30,556 The words you speak are the Guru's Shabad, yet the tune 826 00:55:30,556 --> 00:55:34,922 you sing it with is taken from mainstream music. 827 00:55:34,922 --> 00:55:36,670 Is that what you are calling singing a Shabad? 828 00:55:36,670 --> 00:55:37,586 Is that really Kirtan? 829 00:55:37,586 --> 00:55:40,904 Sitting in the house of Guru Ram Das (Harmander Sahib) are 830 00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:43,320 you reciting Kirtan remembering the praises of the singer, 831 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:44,153 who originally sang the tune you are using, 832 00:55:44,153 --> 00:55:46,956 of the Shabad of Guru Arjan Dev ji? 833 00:55:46,956 --> 00:55:48,835 The Shabad should be sung in such a way 834 00:55:48,835 --> 00:55:50,618 that there is absolutely no mistaking, 835 00:55:50,618 --> 00:55:53,051 that what you are singing is the divine message of the Gurus 836 00:55:55,642 --> 00:55:58,770 - We know how much can change in six months to a year. 837 00:55:58,770 --> 00:56:00,680 When I think of the change that could have occurred 838 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,060 for over a century, it's difficult 839 00:56:03,060 --> 00:56:05,920 for me to imagine it was ever any other way. 840 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:08,400 I can see that at the time what was introduced 841 00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:09,400 from the west to India, 842 00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:12,680 may have been perceived as advancement, as the future. 843 00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:14,270 And I get that. 844 00:56:14,270 --> 00:56:15,650 Whenever a new phone is released, 845 00:56:15,650 --> 00:56:17,900 we all feel that desire to update. 846 00:56:17,900 --> 00:56:21,380 But in actual fact, what happened was the slow 847 00:56:21,380 --> 00:56:24,200 and intentional mutation of the Sikh DNA 848 00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,297 that changed the way we approach Kirtan to this day. 849 00:56:30,209 --> 00:56:33,126 (Dilruba playing) 850 00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:11,220 We have seen and heard what we have lost over the centuries 851 00:57:11,220 --> 00:57:13,040 and what it was replaced with. 852 00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,033 All under the guise of modernity, 853 00:57:16,130 --> 00:57:18,550 I can't help realising that we are moving further away 854 00:57:18,550 --> 00:57:20,700 from where our Gurus intended for us to be. 855 00:57:21,610 --> 00:57:23,670 So where do we go from here? 856 00:57:23,670 --> 00:57:25,490 And what lies ahead? 857 00:57:25,490 --> 00:57:29,103 And probably more importantly, what can we do. 858 00:57:33,224 --> 00:57:35,110 - As a teacher of Sikh music, 859 00:57:35,110 --> 00:57:38,010 I find it encouraging and inspiring, 860 00:57:38,010 --> 00:57:39,840 when students want to pick up 861 00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,500 and preserve and play these traditional instruments given 862 00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:44,803 to us by the Gurus. 863 00:57:45,660 --> 00:57:48,700 When somebody walks through the door for the first time, 864 00:57:48,700 --> 00:57:50,780 they don't have any musical background, 865 00:57:50,780 --> 00:57:52,740 no musical experience, 866 00:57:52,740 --> 00:57:54,450 and they want to learn how to do Kirtan 867 00:57:54,450 --> 00:57:57,260 and with something like the Dilruba, 868 00:57:57,260 --> 00:57:59,090 within a matter of weeks, 869 00:57:59,090 --> 00:58:00,537 they're able to play their first Shabad, 870 00:58:00,537 --> 00:58:02,940 their first composition on an instrument 871 00:58:02,940 --> 00:58:04,963 that a few weeks ago was alien to them. 872 00:58:06,170 --> 00:58:08,900 The Dilruba is a great example 873 00:58:08,900 --> 00:58:12,060 of one of the instruments that's very easy to pick up. 874 00:58:12,060 --> 00:58:15,750 Very easy to learn, very accessible, I would say. 875 00:58:15,750 --> 00:58:19,120 The reason for that is you're working with one string, 876 00:58:19,120 --> 00:58:21,790 you have your scales situated within this one string, 877 00:58:21,790 --> 00:58:24,550 the frets identify to you where the notes are, 878 00:58:24,550 --> 00:58:27,400 so you know exactly where to place your fingers. 879 00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:30,200 Once you place your finger onto the fret, 880 00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:32,180 you're pressing the string against the fret, 881 00:58:32,180 --> 00:58:35,008 with your bow you generate your note. 882 00:58:35,008 --> 00:58:37,841 (Dilruba playing) 883 00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:56,450 The simplicity and the ease of learning 884 00:58:56,450 --> 00:58:58,570 that the Dilruba provides, 885 00:58:58,570 --> 00:59:00,700 are two of the fundamental reasons 886 00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:01,970 that myself as a teacher 887 00:59:01,970 --> 00:59:03,760 of Sikh music would strongly recommend 888 00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:06,110 the Dilruba as a great starting point 889 00:59:06,110 --> 00:59:08,600 for your journey of Sikh music. 890 00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:11,890 - When I go through the chapter of history, 891 00:59:11,890 --> 00:59:15,483 I come across this incredible personality Bhai Babak. 892 00:59:16,590 --> 00:59:21,590 Even in the battlefield when they found his dead body, 893 00:59:22,430 --> 00:59:24,370 his Rabab is on his shoulders. 894 00:59:24,370 --> 00:59:26,193 This is how he's been recognised. 895 00:59:27,730 --> 00:59:28,950 Incredible that is, 896 00:59:28,950 --> 00:59:33,800 that why a Sikh will not leave Rabab back 897 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,610 in the tent or in the house going to battlefield? 898 00:59:36,610 --> 00:59:39,850 What is the importance of, 899 00:59:39,850 --> 00:59:42,450 why they carry the instrument even in a battlefield? 900 00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:48,960 And I remember from my childhood my grandmother coaching me 901 00:59:49,130 --> 00:59:50,200 over this that, 902 00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:51,280 there's three things, 903 00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:54,810 the core three things in the Sikhs life. 904 00:59:54,810 --> 00:59:59,810 One is Shaster, so that we are responsible citizens. 905 01:00:00,990 --> 01:00:04,590 The weapon the Sikh carries as a Kirpan, 906 01:00:04,590 --> 01:00:06,763 makes us responsible citizens. 907 01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:09,920 Then there is a Shaastar. 908 01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:12,930 The second thing is the wisdom of the Gurus. 909 01:00:12,930 --> 01:00:15,830 Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Bani, Bhai Gurdas Ji Vaars. 910 01:00:17,010 --> 01:00:21,353 The other concepts given to Sikhs is very important. 911 01:00:22,940 --> 01:00:25,930 Sikh must be very close to this dimension. 912 01:00:25,930 --> 01:00:30,823 The third thing is Astar, Dilruba is Astar to me. 913 01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,950 Is a divine weapon to carve, 914 01:00:34,950 --> 01:00:38,793 defend and discipline the Sikh in a one particular way. 915 01:00:40,090 --> 01:00:44,470 Can you imagine the mother teaching her son 916 01:00:44,470 --> 01:00:48,860 or daughter Gurus way with the Guru's instrument. 917 01:00:48,860 --> 01:00:51,303 When I see these incredible Kirtanis, 918 01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:54,623 having Dilruba on the shoulder, 919 01:00:56,770 --> 01:01:01,770 and using their stress to convert it into success, 920 01:01:04,710 --> 01:01:06,260 spiritual success, 921 01:01:06,260 --> 01:01:08,253 I see them I feel it's a blessing 922 01:01:08,253 --> 01:01:11,250 of Guru Gobind Singh Maharaj. 923 01:01:11,250 --> 01:01:14,247 His hand on the shoulder of that Kirtani. 924 01:01:15,397 --> 01:01:18,230 (Dilruba playing) 925 01:01:35,590 --> 01:01:40,362 - Dilruba was specifically used by Mata Sundri Ji 926 01:01:40,362 --> 01:01:43,170 to train the children of the Guru 927 01:01:43,170 --> 01:01:44,923 as well as children of his Sikhs 928 01:01:44,923 --> 01:01:46,630 as well as the children 929 01:01:46,630 --> 01:01:51,630 of other communities in the Sikh musicology 930 01:01:51,860 --> 01:01:56,860 and we should also introduce this system now 931 01:01:57,125 --> 01:02:02,125 to create other Babaks, Bhai Mardana, Sant Baba Sham Singh. 932 01:02:03,730 --> 01:02:08,350 We should also train such people in our seminaries, 933 01:02:08,350 --> 01:02:11,870 we should open new seminaries in our universities also 934 01:02:11,870 --> 01:02:15,070 to promote this Sikh musicology. 935 01:02:15,070 --> 01:02:17,903 (Dilruba playing) 936 01:02:35,832 --> 01:02:38,090 - What an incredible journey this has been for me. 937 01:02:38,090 --> 01:02:39,740 And if I look back to the beginning, 938 01:02:39,740 --> 01:02:41,070 I can honestly say 939 01:02:41,070 --> 01:02:43,010 that despite my strong connection 940 01:02:43,010 --> 01:02:45,090 to both my culture and faith, 941 01:02:45,090 --> 01:02:47,880 I have learned so much from this experience, 942 01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:49,500 especially because we have come 943 01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:51,560 to realise just how important 944 01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:53,930 and closely connected the Shabad 945 01:02:53,930 --> 01:02:56,870 and the instruments of the Gurus are to Kirtan. 946 01:02:56,870 --> 01:03:01,750 This is in fact, an integral part of my own identity. 947 01:03:01,750 --> 01:03:05,250 The opportunity to immerse myself in walking 948 01:03:05,250 --> 01:03:08,350 in this path has revealed a hidden treasure 949 01:03:08,350 --> 01:03:11,803 and that is the power of Sikh music. 950 01:03:11,803 --> 01:03:14,480 When I first heard the primal sound of the Jori, 951 01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:16,260 or the sweet sound of the Taus, 952 01:03:16,260 --> 01:03:17,970 it stopped me in my tracks 953 01:03:17,970 --> 01:03:21,040 and I was absorbed in the emotion of the Raag. 954 01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:25,590 One of many things that have inspired me is the passionate 955 01:03:25,590 --> 01:03:27,440 and emotional connection that each 956 01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:31,150 and every musician has to both the instrument 957 01:03:31,150 --> 01:03:32,760 and the Shabad. 958 01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:34,810 I hope that this experience has given all 959 01:03:34,810 --> 01:03:38,490 of us a glimpse into the revolutionary vision of the Gurus 960 01:03:38,490 --> 01:03:40,610 and the chance to hear the Shabad performed 961 01:03:40,610 --> 01:03:42,630 with their original intent. 962 01:03:42,630 --> 01:03:45,520 It has actually given me the desire to pick up the Dilruba 963 01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:47,090 and start my journey of connecting 964 01:03:47,090 --> 01:03:49,230 to the Shabad in a whole new way. 965 01:03:49,230 --> 01:03:52,040 And if I can start my journey now, 966 01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:53,350 I know many of you will be able 967 01:03:53,350 --> 01:03:56,370 to join me in picking up one of these amazing instruments 968 01:03:56,370 --> 01:03:57,823 to begin your journey too. 969 01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:02,320 Let's keep Sikh Musical Heritage alive, 970 01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:06,490 otherwise, will future generations ever be able to hear 971 01:04:06,490 --> 01:04:09,960 and appreciate these instruments as we have experienced, 972 01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:14,063 or will they remain silent and motionless in museums. 973 01:04:16,841 --> 01:04:19,758 (Saranda playing) 72203

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