Worshipping together?

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i get confused - how is kirtan different from gurbani?
i like the guitar very much, but have never heard it in gurbani, and don't think i'd like it - i like the traditional style - have never checked out the western style.
bhai avtar singh (who died recently) used sarangi - he is from a generation which has been singing gurbani since the time of the gurus and still sings in the style it was done then.
here's a link:
http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/BC3B6511FA68871A87257234006F0867
you can also listen to his music on that site.
i don't understand where you get the idea that anything but the harmonium is forbidden - it is not even a native instrument. i like the harmonium (it is also widely used in qawwali), but certainly have heard sarangi - and tabla is always there. the advantage of harmonium is that unlike the hindustani instruments, it does not need to be tuned forever and it is more convenient.
 
snakelegs said:
i get confused - how is kirtan different from gurbani?
i like the guitar very much, but have never heard it in gurbani, and don't think i'd like it - i like the traditional style - have never checked out the western style.
bhai avtar singh (who died recently) used sarangi - he is from a generation which has been singing gurbani since the time of the gurus and still sings in the style it was done then.
here's a link:
http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/BC3B6511FA68871A87257234006F0867
you can also listen to his music on that site.
i don't understand where you get the idea that anything but the harmonium is forbidden - it is not even a native instrument. i like the harmonium (it is also widely used in qawwali), but certainly have heard sarangi - and tabla is always there. the advantage of harmonium is that unlike the hindustani instruments, it does not need to be tuned forever and it is more convenient.
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Did i say forbidden? It's just you only see the tabla, harmonuim, and the chemta (large tabourine thingy but long)
 
AvarAllahNoor said:
Did i say forbidden? It's just you only see the tabla, harmonuim, and the chemta (large tabourine thingy but long)
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yep. actually you did. that's why you had me confused, cuz that was big news to me.
AvarAllahNoor said:
[A harmonuim is used to sing from the SGGS! Nothing else is allowed.
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anyway, we have no argument about the merits of sikh devotional music - it is indeed very beautiful, spiritual music.
 

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