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Foundations
Foundations
Sitting posture, hand shape, tuning the dayan and keeping the bayan alive.
Beginner12 min60 BPM
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Key concepts
- Sitting posture and gaddi placement
- Dayan tuning to the tonic
- Relaxed wrist and open palm
Practice exercises
- 15 min of open Na strokes at 60 BPM
- 2Tune the dayan to your tanpura Sa
Today's challengeTune the dayan to your tanpura Sa Then play it again 3 BPM faster and keep it clean.
Practice tempo
60 BPM
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