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Latest reviews of “How to Play Indian Sitar Rāgas on a Piano” (2020 edition)

“Five stars to John Pitts for his exhaustive and absorbing book on a timeless music” John Carpenter, WAIF FM December 2020

“Studying John Pitts’ innovative books could fundamentally change your perspective on music. …Both books are fascinating and deserve wide currency.” Murray McLachlan, International Piano Magazine, Jan/Feb 2021

Critics’ verdicts (How to Play Indian Sitar Raags on a Piano 1st edition)

“a fascinating and unique product!” Christopher Norton, Composer

“bursting with information, ideas, and advice… truly monumental… a lot of fun” Dr Gail Fischler, Piano Bench Mag

“fascinating” Dr Angela Miller-Niles, American Music Teacher Magazine

“endlessly fascinating”
Allan Cronin, NewMusicBuff

“…I strongly recommend the book to pianists with an eye and an ear to the East…”
Dr Jonathan Katz, International Piano Magazine

“If you have any interest in this esoteric arena… I can’t imagine a better primer than this.”
Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb-International

“a very well produced and informative book”
Robert Matthew-Walker, Editor, ‘Musical Opinion’

“This is a great book.”
Dr Mark Polishook[lulu.com]

Order “How to Play Indian Sitar Rāgas on a Piano”

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£50.00 Coil-bound paperback plus PDF digital download with Studio Licence for teachers.

Order “Indian Rāgas for Piano Made Easy”

£9.99 including postage to UK/USA.
£12.00 including postage to anywhere else in the world (including EU).
£7.99 PDF, watermarked for individual use, and emailed within one working day.

£24.00 Paperback book and PDF digital download with Studio Licence for teachers.

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Articles

Five stars review from John Carpenter, WAIF Radio
A video tour of the 2nd edition of “How to play Indian Sitar Rāgas on a Piano”
2nd edition now published! July 2020
Piano Triets
New book! Rāga Jogiya Kalingra “Aroma of Saffron” (Christmas 2019)

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