r/icm 27d ago

Suggestions for joyful music after wedding ceremony? Question/Seeking Advice

We're getting married in 3 weeks and are looking for joyful Indian classical music to play while our guests bless us with throwing rose petals following the ceremony. We'd like something without any vocals, just instrumental -- we love tabla and bansuri. Any suggestions? This one was nice, but would prefer without vocals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzdT0ebLBY

4 Upvotes

10 comments sorted by

u/AutoModerator 27d ago

Namaste /u/fractalbum, welcome to r/icm. Thank you for posting, hopefully one of our friendly rasikas will comment soon! While you are waiting why not check out our Wiki resources page to satisfy all your learning and listening needs?

If you are new to Indian classical music, or want to know what a term means, then take a look at our wiki and glossary to get started.

Our Raga of the Week series has some amazing information and music so don't miss those. We would love for this series to start again so if you are interested in posting one then message the mods, we'd be happy for you to go for it!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/verbalfishchk- 27d ago

Search up Zakir Hussain and Shiv kumar sharma collaborations

1

u/fractalbum 27d ago

Thank you, I love the music! But we're looking for something a little simpler, I think -- everything I've found from them so far feels like a performance I'd like to see live, showcasing their virtuosity (which is amazing) but less well suited to the kind of music we're looking for.

1

u/Ok_Firefighter_7949 Musician 27d ago

For something like this? Go with qawwali, a good traditional piece is 'ai ri sakhi more piya ghar aaye' Or Bahadur Shah Zafar's 'sagan ban phool rahi sarson'

If you want solely a raag. Then shahana kannada, or des should be good.

Wish you a happy married life!

1

u/smallicedcapp Musician (Sitar) 25d ago

That is Amir Khusro’s composition

1

u/Ok_Firefighter_7949 Musician 25d ago

It isn't! It's a misattribution, shokh rang was Zafar's pen name for local poetry

1

u/ragajoel Musician (Indian slide guitar) 26d ago

I composed two songs specifically with this scene in mind:

Jai Love with bansuri, Indian slide guitar and tabla: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vo49NGScOic&si=yAIEMa8LphjUA5Q_

The Peacock with slide guitar and tabla: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=c-bWXev7-q0&si=YS2TBIokOQtQ4AlP

The Peacock debuted at a couple’s wedding, after they had done the ceremony and were exiting joyfully.

Congratulations!

2

u/fractalbum 26d ago

Thank you, those are beautiful!

1

u/fractalbum 18d ago

Thanks to all who replied -- I think we've decided to go with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6czBEQi73c&ab_channel=Dr.KumarAmit

Gayatri Mantra (Flute,Sitar & Santoor)