in the coming years, he continued his musical education from leading musicians of various traditions including those from agra gharana, mohanrao pakelar from jaipur gharana, sarangi-player majeed khan, inayat khan, ganpatrao dewaskar, pt. sadashivbuwa jadhav of gokhale gharana, shinde khan of gwalior gharana, binkaar murad khan of indore gharana, and most importantly, bade ghulam ali khan of patiala gharana, with whom he remained associated for many years, and became an important musical influence on his "gayaki", singing style. thus, he incorporate styles of several traditions, gharanas into his singing, and this also paved way for his career as a musicologist. in time, he also collected musical compositions, rare ragas from all the traditions he was associated with, through his career.