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The sitar (English: / ˈ s ɪ t ɑːr / or / s ɪ ˈ t ɑːr /; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India.
Ravi Shankar, a master of the instrument, was the first to make inroads into Western culture with the sitar.. While the sitar had earlier been used in jazz and Indian film music, it was from the 1960s onwards that various pop artists in the Western world began to experiment with incorporating the sitar, a classical Indian stringed instrument, within their compositions.
Beatles for Sale (1964) ... Harrison’s sitar on “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” which preceded the Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” by just a few months, helped introduce the ...
Star's Electric Sitar, [1] a copy of Coral/Danelectro Electric Sitar 3S19 [2] Danelectro company promotional photo of Coral Electric Sitar co-creator Vincent Bell. An electric sitar is a type of electric string instrument designed to mimic the sound of the sitar, a traditional musical instrument of India. Depending on the manufacturer and model ...
Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: classical, Western and folk. Most of Persian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East , Caucasus , Central Asia and through adaptation, relations, and trade, in Europe and far regions of Asia .
A 19th century sarod, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent.Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. [1]
The siter and celempung are plucked string instruments used in Javanese gamelan. They are related to the kacapi used in Sundanese gamelan. The siter and celempung each have between 11 and 13 pairs of strings, strung on each side, between a box resonator. Typically the strings on one side tuned to pélog and the other to slendro. The siter is ...
A mezrāb or miżrāb (from Arabic: مِضْراب), also known as a zak͟hma or zak͟hmeh (Persian: زخمه), is a plectrum which is used for several Iranian and Indian string instruments. [1] [2] For sitar, a mezrab is worn on the finger of a sitar player. It is a plectrum made by hand from a continuous strand of iron used to strike the ...