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Indian Slide Guitar
A three-tier Indian Slide Guitar programme with nine 12-session modules covering technique, raga understanding, repertoire, and performance development.
with Debasis Chakroborty
Pandit of Senia-Maihar Gharana
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About the course
About this course
Indian Slide Guitar is a structured long-form programme for students who want to study Hindustani melody on a slide-based instrument with seriousness and continuity. The journey is organised across three tiers: Foundation, Intermediate, and Advanced, with each tier split into three 12-session modules so students can progress in clear steps without losing musical depth.
The programme balances posture, tuning, swara knowledge, meend control, right-hand discipline, raga development, gat work, and performance practice. It is designed for guided learning with real continuity rather than disconnected short lessons.
- 3 tiers with 9 total modules
- 12 sessions in each module
- Technique, repertoire, listening, and performance integrated together
- Suitable for absolute beginners and assessed lateral entry
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Progressive Structure
The programme is broken into manageable 12-session modules so students can move forward with clarity and measurable progress.
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Technique With Musical Purpose
Each tier combines physical technique with raga understanding, not just isolated drills.
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Repertoire and Improvisation
Students move from early melodic exercises toward gat presentation, alap development, and independent phrasing.
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Assessment-Led Entry
Learners can begin from Foundation or be assessed into a later tier if they already have the required grounding.
On the slide, the string does not merely vibrate; it speaks. The soul of the raga finds its voice in every glissando, and the silence between notes carries as much meaning as the sound itself.
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Areas of expertise
- Indian Slide Guitar
- Senia-Maihar Gharana
Education
- Associate Professor (Music), Mangalayatan University
- Expert, UGC-NET Bureau
- Member, Music Audition Board – All India Radio
Affiliations
- Visiting Artist / Artist-in-Residence – Monash University (Melbourne) – 2008, 2013, 2015, 2024
- Visiting Artist – California State University (Fresno, USA) – 2017 to 2019
- Resource Person at World Congress of Music Therapy – Japan 2017, Korea 2011
- ICCR Empanelled Artist – Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India