Ustad Amjad Ali Khan plays the sarod
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is the sixth generation in a lineage of sarod players. The Khan family contributed to the development of the sarod in India from the rabab in Afghanistan.
Click and listen to the sound of the sarod:
The sarod’s distinctive is its lack of frets, allowing a tone to be bent across six notes by sliding a fingernail along its metal fretboard. The strings are plucked with a piece of coconut to produce a heavier sound than the sitar.
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performed an open air concert in Nehru Park. It was dedicated to the victims of Mumbai’s November ’08 terrorist attack.
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