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Definitions of sitar in various dictionaries:
noun - a stringed instrument of India
A stringed instrument of India made of seasoned gourds and teak and having a track of 20 metal frets with 6 or 7 main playing strings above and 13 sympathetic resonating strings below.
noun - a lute of India
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| The stringed instrument played sitting cross-legged on the floor, sometimes with a tabla, an Indian drum |
| Popular in northern India, it's the instrument seen here: (Alex "playing" the instrument!) |
| This instrument first appeared on a Beatles recording when George played it on "Norwegian Wood" |
| On "Paint It, Black" Brian Jones played this instrument, like George on "Norwegian Wood" |
| Many of the strings on this instrument vibrate even when you don't play them directly |
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| Sitar, Ilam, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) |
| Sitar, Sistan va Baluchestan, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) |
| Sitar, Ar Riyad, SAUDI ARABIA |
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The sitar (English: or ; , Punjabi: , sitra pronounced [star]) is a plucked stringed instrument used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument flourished under the Mughals and it is named after a Persian instrument called the setar (meaning three strings). The sitar flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th-century India. It derives its distinctive timbre and resonance from sympathetic strings, bridge design, a long hollow neck and a gourd-shaped resonance chamber. In appearance, the sitar is similar to the tanpura, except that it has frets. * Used widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became popularly known in the wider world through the works of Ravi Shankar, beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the 1960s, a short-lived trend arose for the use of the sitar in Western popular music, with the instrument appearing on tracks by bands such as The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones and others. |