sitar
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- noun
- /sɪˈtɑr/
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sitar
- The beautiful sound of the sitar filled the air during the outdoor concert.
- instruments like the sitar
Is there a coincidence that it has a guitar sound and is known as a sitar?
- Is there a coincidence that it has a guitar sound and is known as a sitar?
Examples
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Rebecca hadn't expected sitar and tabla players.
Fiction book (2002) -
Did you used to have, like, an all-sitar band or something?
Fiction book (1994) -
Go down to being a bass and sitar band.
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Film music, as part of the larger Indian musical tradition, sometimes uses traditional instruments such as the tabla and sitar.
Academic text (2006) -
I close my eyes and hear the violin and sitar play together, separating, harmonizing; the sound waves blend like rings of water on a lake in the rain.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many teachers' familiarity with Indian classical music may be limited to the sound of a sitar and the music of Ravi Shankar that influenced the Beatles and other popular musicians of the 1960s.
Academic text (2006) -
She learned to play the sitar as a child and has loved it ever since.
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In India, many musicians use the sitar to perform traditional classical music.
Synonyms
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A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin
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Etymology
The word sitar comes from Persian parts se ('three') and tar ('string'), because early sitars had three main strings. That's why sitar names the long-necked Indian instrument, even though modern sitars often have more strings.