MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FEATURE
Sitar The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India and flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th-century India Sitar, a stringed instrument of the lute family popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Usually measuring approximately 1.2 meters (4 feet) in length, the sitar has a deep, pear-shaped gourd body; a long, thick, hollow wooden neck; front and side tuning pegs; and 20 arched movable frets. VIDEO EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PLAY SITAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbY_EeC9Wg reference picture: (wikipedia, nd) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar description : (britannica, nd) https://www.britannica.com/art/sitar video: (tothszabi, 2017 ) yt: A mind-blowing sitar player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbY_EeC9Wg Thank you for reading!