- The
sitar (English: /
ˈsɪtɑːr/ or /
sɪˈtɑːr/; IAST: sitāra) is a
plucked stringed instrument,
originating from the
Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani...
- Look up
sitar, सितार, ਸਿਤਾਰ, or سيتار in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
sitar (Sanskrit: सितार; Punjabi: ਸਿਤਾਰ) is a South-Asian
musical instrument...
- 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...
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Indian sitarist and composer. A
sitar virtuoso, he
became the world's best-known
expert of
Indian classical music (in
Sitar) in the
second half of the 20th...
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Sitar, Iran is a
village in
Sistan and
Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Sitar (Persian: سيتار) in Iran may also
refer to:
Sitar-e
Abdol Rahim,
Sistan and Baluchestan...
- The use of the
sitar in
Western po****r
music arose in the 1960s due to
experimentation by
various rock
bands such as The Beatles, The Kinks, and The...
- Jeff
Sitar was a
locksmith living in Clifton, New
Jersey who
specialized as a safe-cracker and who has won the Lockmaster's
International Safecracking...
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milestone in the Beatles'
development as songwriters. The
track features a
sitar part, pla**** by lead
guitarist George Harrison, that
marked the
first appearance...
- The
history of the
sitar in jazz, that is the
fusion of the
sounds of
Indian classical music with
Western jazz,
dates back from the late-1950s or early-1960s...
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Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British-American
sitar player and
musician of
Indian descent, as well as
occasional writer. She performs...