The night the Beatles grew up
Introducing the sitar to Western pop
Studio as an instrument
The birth of the album era
YOUR GOAL
Master of The day the Beatles stretched pop forever
charles90 Sitar in Western Pop
George played a cheap London sitar and changed the sound of pop on Norwegian Wood
charles90 The Rolling Stones and the Byrds incorporated Indian ragas, igniting a mid-1960s craze that laid the foundation for
charles90 Blend sitar ragas with rock beats to discover how Rubber Soul changed pop history.
The cheap sitar: The sitar George Harrison used on 'Norwegian Wood' was a low-quality instrument he bought for just a few pounds at a London boutique called Indiacraft.
A plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani classical music, having a long fretted neck and a gourd resonator. George Harrison played the instrument on the Beatles' 1965 song Norwegian Wood.
Would you ever try learning an incredibly difficult traditional instrument from another country?
Which rival band immediately copied the Beatles' sitar experiment on their hit 'Paint It Black'?
How did Harrison double Lennon's guitar melody on 'Norwegian Wood' during recording?
Which song on Rubber Soul was the first Western rock recording to feature a sitar?
Which Indian classical maestro became George Harrison's close friend and sitar mentor?
What musical genre was born from fusing Western rock with Indian classical structures?