sitar

Speech parts

1. sitar - Noun

2. Sitar - Proper noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lute composer guitar cite harp grinder guitarist woodcock flautist archlute chordophone banjo mandola mandore bass guitar
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Hypernyms

stringed instrument

Anagrams

arist astir stair stria tarsi tisar trais trias ISTAR Ritsa Sarti

Examples

At the end of the twentieth century, a development of the five-string banjo was the BanSitar. citation This features a bone bridge, giving the instrument a sitar -like resonance. Source: Internet

Exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla are common. Source: Internet

In 1966 jazz trumpeter Don Ellis and Indian sitar player Harihar Rao founded the Hindustani Jazz Sextet. Source: Internet

Kicking off with “Within You Without You,” Palermo nods at George Harrison’s Indian raga fascination with McDaniel’s electric sitar drone before crossing the globe and adding a galloping samba groove. Source: Internet

Orientalism is also traceable in music that is considered to have effects of exoticism, including the japonisme in Claude Debussy's piano music all the way to the sitar being used in recordings by The Beatles. Source: Internet

George Harrison (of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) " in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sitalpatti sitamaquine Sitanagaram sitar player sitarist sitarlike