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Ghulam Ali is the son of Tajuddin Khan, a Sufi singer and harmonium player. He learned sarangi from Wazir Hussain Khan, a very special sarangi player who I spent time with in the 90s in Delhi (see Wazir Khan's page on this site). Ghulam He is identified with the Sonipat-Panipat gharana of sarangi, which is distinguished by the use of all four left-hand fingers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first performance here is of rag Multani followed by Mishra Pilu, a performance in a Sikh gurdwara—perhaps in Punjab:
 

Now rag Bhairavi:

 

Now another mishra Pilu with a fantastic barrage of tan::

 
The following is rag Jog (no visuals):

 

And another Multani (again no visuals):

          

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