sitar (Indian long-necked fretted gourdlute)

~ String instrument

Description

Soundbox made of gourd, it has 18-21 (6-7 on frets and 11-15 sympathetic under the frets) metal strings, two bridges and a long wooden neck where the tuning pegs of the sympathetic strings are attached. Used in India since ancient times, it flourished during the 16-17th before arriving at it's current form in the 18th century. It became popular worldwide in the 1950-60.

Relationships

from:India
subtypes:kachva sitar
surbahar
derivations:electric sitar
Mohan veena
derived from:veena
related instruments:tanpura
has hybrids:bin-sitar
sursingar
picture:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/sitar/sitar.png [info]
Wikidata:Q229205 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_main3.html [info]
https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_sitar.html [info]