But devotional music, such as Hindu chants, is divine inspiration, he says. He sought a teacher and would study devotional and classical music for 15 hours a day. As I was studying, things changed inside me. So many blessings available. The tamboura, for example, has a special bridge that gives notes a buzz quality.
Indian music has hundreds of scales, but many times sacred music is improvised.
Kabir adopts Sufi or Islamic mystic traditions as well as Hindu or Indian music. The voice and heart work together. Kabir is a music teacher and leads a Sufi music circle every Thursday that is open to the community. He performs at the Royal Peacock restaurant in Boulder twice each month, a sacred space where there are devotees, he says. The music circle plays zikrs, a Sufi spiritual event that includes chanting and songs.