: Listen: Strolling past the chowk in Mumbai named after sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan #IndiaNEWS In the 22nd episode of our series on public spaces named after Hindustani musicians, we visit
Listen: Strolling past the chowk in Mumbai named after sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan #IndiaNEWS
In the 22nd episode of our series on public spaces named after Hindustani musicians, we visit the Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai. On June 19, an important junction in this locality was named Padma Bhushan Ustad Halim Jaffer Khan Chowk. It is named after sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who lived in the area and taught scores of students over the years.Creator of the Jaffarkhani baaj or style of sitar playing, his inimitable approach to sitar playing had an unpredictable quality marked with tremendous dexterity and rhythmic interplay. The tone of his sitar, the characteristic use of certain instrumental embellishments like krintan (literally means cutting, in instrumental technique for plucked instruments it refers to the production of notes by plucking the string with the second finger of the left hand) and meend (long glides between notes), taans (fast melodic passages) spanning three octaves, and quick musical reflexes that mirrored his quick-witted nature, stood out in his performances, and set him apart from his contemporaries and seniors.In an interview to me, Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan mentioned that he came to Mumbai with his father at the age of one. His father Jaffer Khan played the rudra veena, sitar and was also adept at vocal music....Read more
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