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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.Accorinding to Historians Sitar was a latter ...
The Hornbostel–Sachs system, an academic instrument classification method, also uses the term zither to classify all stringed instruments in which the strings do not extend beyond the sounding box. Categories include Bar zithers (made up of musical bows and stick zithers ), tube zithers , raft zithers , board zithers (includes box zithers ...
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 ...
Plucking is a method of playing on instruments such as the veena, banjo, ukulele, guitar, harp, lute, mandolin, oud, and sitar, using either a finger, thumb, or quills (now plastic plectra) to pluck the strings. Instruments normally played by bowing (see below) may also be plucked, a technique referred to by the Italian term pizzicato.
In India, the Sitar is an instrument with many forms. Its name is "an Urdu transcription of the Persian sihtār ". [ 1 ] The Indian instrument was likely adapted from instruments brought by Muslim empires and then developed locally.
Other instruments such as the harp, lute, guitar, harpsichord, and piano do not have additional strings, but make use of the effect by allowing their playing strings to vibrate sympathetically when they are not being played directly. In keyboard instruments like the piano, the string dampers can be raised to produce this effect.
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Sitar is a Persian word meaning three strings. [35] Legends state that Amir Khusro of Delhi Sultanate renamed the Tritantri veena to sitar, but this is unlikely because the list of musical instruments created by Akbar historians makes no mention of sitar or sitariya. [36] The sitar has been popular with Indian Muslim musicians. [37]