Sitar facts for kids

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Sitar
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String instrument
Classification
Related instruments

The sitar (Hindi: /Sanskrit: सितार, Urdu: ستار) is a plucked string instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber to make a rich sound with complex harmonic resonance. It is used throughout India.

Images for kids

  • Sitar parts

    The anatomy of a sitar

  • Sitar mogara
    Close-up of the red and white engraved celluloid decoration on a toon wood "Ravi Shankar style" sitar
  • Sitar taraf pegs layout

    Preferences of taraf string & peg positioning and their total number

  • Sitar jawari
    A black ebony wood Jawari
  • Dia5275 Ravi Shankar

    Ravi Shankar in 1988


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