INDIAN SITAR with Tumba, new model, ready to play, delivered with bag. 11 sympathetic strings + 7 stops, metaphysical!!!
INDIAN SITAR with Tumba, new model, ready to play, delivered with bag. 11 sympathetic strings + 7 stops, metaphysical!!!
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🇮🇳 Indian Sitar
The sitar is a plucked string instrument of the Hindustani (North Indian) classical tradition, known for its haunting sounds and rich ornamentation.
It is used in classical music, often associated with masters like Ravi Shankar or Vilayat Khan.
🎼 Main Features
| Element | Detail |
|---|---|
| 🪕 Instrument type |
Style Ravi Shankar (Kharaj Pancham) Plucked string instrument (long lute with fretted neck) |
| 📏 Total length | About 125 cm |
| 🪵 Wood | Typically teak, tun (Cedrela toona) or rosewood |
| 🎵 Strings | 7 main + 11 sympathetic strings |
| 📯 Resonators | 2 gourds: one main one under the handle + a second one at the top |
| 🧩 Frets | Metal, mobile, arch-shaped, tied with silk or cotton thread |
| 🎶 Tuning | Varies depending on the raga, but the sympathetic strings are tuned according to the notes of the mode used |
| 🎼 Playing technique | Use of the mizrab (metal pick worn on the finger), pulling the strings for sound modulation (meend), slides, ornamentations |
🎨 Aesthetics
Bone or ivory carvings and inlays.
Head decorated with a floral motif or a lotus leaf or peacock motif.
📚 Types of sitar
There are two main schools of manufacturing and style:
Ravi Shankar Style (Kharaj Pancham): 7 main strings, with additional bass strings for deep bass effects.
Rich and powerful sound.
Vilayat Khan style (Gandhar Pancham): 6 main strings, no bass strings.
Clearer, brighter sound, oriented towards singing (gayaki ang).
🔈 Sound
Rich in harmonics thanks to the sympathetic strings.
Its vibrant drone, deep expressiveness in the glides and ornamentations.
Ideal for playing slow ragas (alap) as well as fast passages (jhala).
🧘♂️ Usage
Hindustani classical music.
Fusion (psychedelic rock, jazz, world music).
Meditation, yoga, experimental sound art.
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