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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.
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.
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 ...
In all stringed instruments, from the veena or sitar to the modern guitar and violin, the response curve of the instrument consists of a series of Helmholtz resonance modes associated with the size and shape of the resonance cavity (harmonics of the fundamental cavity mode), as well as vibration damping from absorption by the resonance cavity ...
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.
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.
In 2019, recent college grad Anna Sitar logged onto TikTok because, frankly, everyone else was. Here, she tells E! News about her journey from novice video maker to Hollywood’s favorite follow.
They increased the number of chikari (drone) strings and increased the number of tarafdar (sympathetic) strings. However, as is the case with most young, evolving instruments, much work remains to be done in the area of sarod luthiery in order to achieve reliable customization, and precise replication of successful instruments. This reflects ...