An Indian Lute with moveable frets and four main melody strings In addition, there are several drone strings, and un-plucked sympathetic strings
a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
A string instruments that is played by plucking and is held in a nearly upright position It has different sets of strings including seven principal strings and 12-20 sympathetic strings It has a very long fretted neck with a bowl shaped body
A sitar is an Indian musical instrument with two layers of strings, a long neck, and a round body. a very long musical instrument from India similar to a guitar, with two sets of strings and a round body. Long-necked stringed instrument of northern India, the dominant instrument in Hindustani music. It is used in ensembles and as a solo instrument with the tamboura (drone-lute) and tabla. The sitar developed from the Middle Eastern tanbur. It has a deep pear-shaped gourd body, metal strings, front and side tuning pegs, a wide neck, and movable frets. It normally has four or five melody strings, which are plucked with a plectrum worn on the forefinger; several drone strings; and numerous sympathetic strings (strings caused to vibrate by the other strings' vibrations). A gourd resonator is attached to the top of the neck
321 322 5 is perhaps the most well known of the Indian instruments Sitar is a long necked instrument with an interesting construction It has a varying number of strings but 17 is usual It has three to four playing strings and three to four drone strings These strings are plucked with a wire finger plectrum called mizrab There are also a series of sympathetic strings lying under the frets These strings are almost never played but they vibrate whenever the corresponding note is sounded The frets are metal rods, which have been bent into crescents The main resonator is usually made of a gourd and there is sometimes an additional resonator attached to the neck Sitar is used in a variety of genre It is played in north Indian classical music, film music and western fusion music
A plucked stringed instrument from India, with six main strings, movable frets, many side strings, and sympathetic strings The main strings may be also pulled from side to side, creating added subtle pitch variations The main strings are plucked by a plectrum which is worn on the index finger of the right hand