"""Street Fighting Man"". Shankar credited Harrison with inspiring ""the great sitar explosion"" in the West, as many rock guitarists similarly adopted the instrument. A fad for sitars in pop songs soon developed, facilitated by the Danelectro Company's 1967 introduction of the first ""electric sitar"", known as the ""Coral Electric Sitar"". This instrument was an electric guitar with a distinctive sitar-like sound, rather than an acoustic sitar of the type traditionally made in India. As the electric sitar was much easier to play than the traditional version, it quickly became the preferred choice of many rock musicians. Guitarists such as Harrison,"
"throughout the Indian subcontinent, the sitar became popularly known in the wider world through the works of Ravi Shankar, beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the 1960s, a short-lived trend arose for the use of the sitar in Western popular music, with the instrument appearing on tracks by bands such as The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones and others. ""Sitar"" originates from the Persian ""seh"" + ""tar"", literally meaning ""three strings."" There are multiple theories surrounding the origin of the sitar. Delhi Sultanate Origin According to various sources the sitar was invented by Amir Khusrow, a"
"The cittern or cithren (Fr. cistre, It. cetra, Ger. zitter, zither, Sp. cistro, cedra, cítola)[1] is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the Medieval citole (or cytole). It looks much like the modern-day flat-back mandolin and the modern Irish bouzouki. Its flat-back design was simpler and cheaper to construct than the lute. It was also easier to play, smaller, less delicate and more portable. Played by all classes, the cittern was a premier instrument of casual music-making much as is the guitar today."
"Tar (string instrument) Tar (; ) is an Iranian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and others near the Caucasus region. The word ""tār"" means ""string"" in Persian, and is also related to the names of the sitar, setar (سه‌تار, ""three strings"") and dutar (دوتار, ""two strings""). It was invented in the 18th century and has since become one of the most important musical instruments in Iran and the Caucasus, particularly in Persian classical music, and the favoured instrument for radifs. In 2012, the craftsmanship and performance art of the Azerbaijani tar"
"English guitar The English guitar or guittar (also citra), is a stringed instrument – a type of cittern, which was popular in many places in Europe from around 1750–1850. It is unknown when the identifier 'English' became connected to the instrument at the time of its introduction to Great Britain, and during its period of popularity it was apparently simply known as ""guitar"" or ""guittar"". The instrument was also known in Norway as a ""guitarre"" and France as ""cistre"" or ""guitarre allemande"" (German guitar). There are many examples in Norwegian museums, like the Norsk Folkemuseum and British; including the Victoria"
"guitar, which has seven strings tuned to open G in thirds (G'-B, B-D, g-b, and b-d') with two fourths (D'-G', and D-g): English guitar The English guitar or guittar (also citra), is a stringed instrument – a type of cittern, which was popular in many places in Europe from around 1750–1850. It is unknown when the identifier 'English' became connected to the instrument at the time of its introduction to Great Britain, and during its period of popularity it was apparently simply known as ""guitar"" or ""guittar"". The instrument was also known in Norway as a ""guitarre"" and France as"
"Gittern The gittern was a relatively small gut strung round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England). It is usually depicted played with a quill plectrum, as we can see clearly beginning in manuscript illuminations from the thirteenth century. It was also called the guitarra in Spain, guiterne or guiterre in France, the chitarra in Italy and quintern in Germany. A popular instrument with court musicians, minstrels, and amateurs, the gittern is considered ancestral to the modern guitar and possibly to other instruments like the mandore"
"of gittern (chitarra) masters. Gittern The gittern was a relatively small gut strung round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England). It is usually depicted played with a quill plectrum, as we can see clearly beginning in manuscript illuminations from the thirteenth century. It was also called the guitarra in Spain, guiterne or guiterre in France, the chitarra in Italy and quintern in Germany. A popular instrument with court musicians, minstrels, and amateurs, the gittern is considered ancestral to the modern guitar and possibly to other"
"uses sitar in the background of some of their songs. Psychedelic music bands often used new recording techniques and effects and drew on non-Western sources such as the ragas and drones of Indian music. The Electric Prunes appeared in early ads for the Vox Wah wah pedal, which touted the effect's ability to make an electric guitar sound like a sitar. Sitar The sitar ( or ; सितार, Punjabi: ਸਿਤਾਰ, ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument flourished under the Mughals, and it is named after a Persian instrument"
"coin minted since 2006 and on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 1 manat banknote issued since 2006. Tar (string instrument) Tar (; ) is an Iranian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and others near the Caucasus region. The word ""tār"" means ""string"" in Persian, and is also related to the names of the sitar, setar (سه‌تار, ""three strings"") and dutar (دوتار, ""two strings""). It was invented in the 18th century and has since become one of the most important musical instruments in Iran and the Caucasus, particularly in Persian classical music,"
"Cittern The cittern or cithren (Fr. ""cistre"", It. ""cetra"", Ger. ""Cister,"" Sp. ""cistro, cedra, cítola"") is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Modern scholars debate its exact history, but it is generally accepted that it is descended from the Medieval citole (or cytole). It looks much like the modern-day flat-back mandolin and the modern Irish bouzouki, and is descended from the English Guitar. Its flat-back design was simpler and cheaper to construct than the lute. It was also easier to play, smaller, less delicate and more portable. Played by all classes, the cittern was a premier instrument of casual"
"Cetra Cetra, a Latin word borrowed from Greek, is an Italian descendant of ""κιθάρα"" (cithara). It is a synonym for the cittern but has been used for other instruments. The cithara was a stringed musical instrument, constructed in wood and similar to the lyre, with a larger harmonic case. It was widely used in ancient times. The instrument spread from ancient Greece, where it was played by professional citaredi, to Rome and Corsica. While originally a word for a lyre in Greece, eventually the word was applied to a necked-instrument. The name cetra was seen by musicologist and historian Laurence"
"It can be played to accompany singing, sometimes along with drums, or beating on the ""jeer can"" (empty petrol jerry can). Chitrali sitar The chitrali sitar ()is a long-necked lute played in northern area, Chitral of Pakistan. It is not related to the Indian sitar and its name is probably a corruption of setar a Central Asian and Iranian long-necked lute. The instrument has five strings in three courses, the middle course being of one string. Melody is played on the top two strings which are fretted together. The tuning of the instrument is unusual, as the single middle string"
"Setar The Setar (, from ', meaning ""three"" and ', meaning ""string"") is an Iranian musical instrument. It is a member of the lute family, which is played with the index finger of the right hand. Two and a half centuries ago, a fourth string was added to the Setar which most of the time has the same tone of the bass string. It has 25–27 moveable frets which are usually made of animal intestines or silk. Setar covers about 2 and a half scale (depending on the length the handle). some musicians even use its different strings like chords"
"He had toured different countries in the world performing with his Sitar since 1978. The first countries he toured are Russia, and Cuba. Then in 1988 he rendered his recitals in Germany, and England. In 1989 he played sitar in Middle East. In 1999 he performed in Denmark, Switzerland, Northern Ireland (Belfast), and Scotland (Edinburgh). In 2003 he performed in South America (Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru), and Sweden. In 1984, he obtained the title ""Suramani"" from the ‘Haridas Music Conference’, and later ""Surjhankar"" in Mumbai. In 1985 he was given a reception in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, as the soil’s bright son,"
"Setor The setor (Tajik: сетор) is a stringed musical instrument played in the eastern regions of Tajikistan, within the Pamiri culture. It is a much larger instrument than the Iranian setar, and more closely resembles the Uzbek tanbur or Indian sitar. The setor has metal strings and is played with wire fingerpicks. The body of the setor is made like a dutar, with separate ribs. The soundboard is made of softwood, with soundholes drilled into it. The neck is wide and hollow, with a straight pegbox. There are generally 10 metal strings, including a few extra drone strings starting from"
"Chitrali sitar The chitrali sitar ()is a long-necked lute played in northern area, Chitral of Pakistan. It is not related to the Indian sitar and its name is probably a corruption of setar a Central Asian and Iranian long-necked lute. The instrument has five strings in three courses, the middle course being of one string. Melody is played on the top two strings which are fretted together. The tuning of the instrument is unusual, as the single middle string does not go down the whole length of the neck of the instrument, instead it passes under the first four frets,"
"Cithara The cithara or kithara (, ) was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre or lyra family. In modern Greek the word ""kithara"" has come to mean ""guitar"", a word which etymologically stems from ""kithara"". The kithara was a professional version of the two-stringed lyre. As opposed to the simpler lyre, which was a folk-instrument, the kithara was primarily used by professional musicians, called kitharodes. The kithara's origins are likely Anatolian. The barbiton was a bass version of the kithara popular in the eastern Aegean and ancient Anatolia. In the Middle Ages, ""cythara"" was also used generically for"
"Dotara The dotara (or dotar) (, , literally, 'Of or having two wires') is a two, four, or sometimes five-stringed musical instrument resembling a sarod. It is commonly used in Assam, Bangladesh, West Bengal & Bihar, and dates from the 15th-16th century when it was adopted by the ascetic cults of Bauls and Fakirs. The equivalent as a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute is found in Central Asia as dutar (, ) (also doutar). The dotara is one of the most important instruments used in various genres of folk music in Bengal and Assam. It has two main forms, the ""bangla"""
"Zitter in Germany, citera in Czechia, psalterium in France and so on... Furthermore, the kanun has been found in Arabic countries, and the autoharp, in the United States. It is also related to such ancient instruments as Chinese gu zheng, which has a thousand-year history, and its Japanese relative koto. A stringed musical instrument called ""guslim"" is listed as one of the Me in ancient Sumer. In the times of Kievan Rus', the term ""Gusli"" is thought to simply refer to any generic stringed instrument. The root of the term comes from the word to make sound in the wind."
"on his lap, left hand above the fingerboard in the same manner as a zitherist. Although he used a Fender Stratocaster guitar throughout his career, the instrument was in effect being used as an electric zither. Zither Zither (; ) is a class of stringed instruments. The word """" is a German rendering of the Greek word ""cithara"", from which the modern word ""guitar"" also derives. Historically, it has been applied to any instrument of the cittern family, or an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body – similar to a psaltery. This article describes the"
"Empire based in Northern India. A sitar can have 18, 19, 20, or 21 strings. Six or seven of these are played strings which run over curved, raised frets, and the remainder are sympathetic strings (""tarb"", also known as ""taarif"" or ""tarafdaar"") which run underneath the frets and resonate in sympathy with the played strings. The frets, which are known as or thaat, are movable, allowing fine tuning. The played strings run to tuning pegs on or near the head of the instrument, while the sympathetic strings, which are a variety of different lengths, pass through small holes in the"
"thinking about the cithara-lyre in the design. Attribution: Citole The citole was a string musical instrument, closely associated with the medieval fiddles (viol, vielle, gigue) and commonly used from 1200–1350. It was known by other names in various languages: cedra, cetera, cetola, cetula, cistola, citola, citula, citera, chytara, cistole, cithar, cuitole, cythera, cythol, cytiole, cytolys, gytolle, sitole, sytholle, sytole, and zitol. Like the modern guitar, it was manipulated at the neck to get different notes, and picked or strummed with a plectrum (the citole's pick was long, thick, straight and likely made of ivory or wood). Although it was largely"
"instrument is known as dotara or dütara (, ) and dütüra (). Dotara The dotara (or dotar) (, , literally, 'Of or having two wires') is a two, four, or sometimes five-stringed musical instrument resembling a sarod. It is commonly used in Assam, Bangladesh, West Bengal & Bihar, and dates from the 15th-16th century when it was adopted by the ascetic cults of Bauls and Fakirs. The equivalent as a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute is found in Central Asia as dutar (, ) (also doutar). The dotara is one of the most important instruments used in various genres of folk"
"been labeled ""cythara"" in the medieval documents that they came from. Their lineage is not clearly understood. The Rylands Beatus instruments come from Spain, and may link to the Arabian/Muslim traditions of instrument making there, or be a form of plucked-fiddle, similar to those seen in Central Asia (an area that the Persians and Arabs conquered and picked up musical traditions from.) The traditions of other cytharas are less understood and may represent a time of European experimentation, in which the cithara-lyre was transformed into the cythara-lute. The gittern was a relatively small gut strung round-backed instrument that first appears"
"pegs half way on the left side of the neck. The frets are wound-on nylon or gut. Setor The setor (Tajik: сетор) is a stringed musical instrument played in the eastern regions of Tajikistan, within the Pamiri culture. It is a much larger instrument than the Iranian setar, and more closely resembles the Uzbek tanbur or Indian sitar. The setor has metal strings and is played with wire fingerpicks. The body of the setor is made like a dutar, with separate ribs. The soundboard is made of softwood, with soundholes drilled into it. The neck is wide and hollow, with"
"Slovenia, Austria, Hungary, France, north-western Croatia, the southern regions of Germany and alpine Europe. Emigration from these areas during the 19th century introduced the concert and Alpine zither to North and South America. Chord zithers similar to the instrument in the photograph also became popular in North America during the late 19th and early 20th century. These variants all use metal strings, similar to the cittern. The word 'zither' is derived from Latin cythara, which was used in this form for the title covers on many 16th and 17th century German printed manuscript books originally for the 'cittern' – from"
"Santur The santur (also ""santūr"", ""santour"", ""santoor"") () is a hammered dulcimer of Persian/Iranic origins. The term Santur originally meant ""100 strings."" The santur was invented and developed in the area of Iran, Kuwait, Syria and Turkey, and parts of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). This instrument was traded and traveled to different parts of the Middle East. Each country customized and designed its own versions to adapt to their musical scales and tunings. The original santur was made with tree bark and stones, and stringed with goat intestines. The Mesopotamian santur is also the father of the harp, the Chinese yangqin,"
"Asif Sinan Asif Sinan (Urdu: آصف سنان) is a Pakistani guitarist and singer. He is known for blending Indian classical music with jazz, and playing a guitar in the style of a sitar. Sinan is a graduate of the National Academy of Performing Arts. He has earned international recognition and performed at the Goethe Institute and Deutsches MusikFest in Germany, MOCAFest in London, and toured the US sponsored by its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Born in Karachi, Sinan began playing guitar at age 13, under the tutelage of Aamir Zaki. He later played guitar commercially and in studios."
"Sitar in jazz The history of the sitar in jazz, that is the fusion of the sounds of Indian classical music with Western jazz, dates back from the late-1950s or early-1960s when musicians trained in Indian classical music such as Ravi Shankar started collaborating with jazz musicians such as Tony Scott and Bud Shank. Later jazz recordings containing sitar music include albums by Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Joe Harriott (in collaboration with composer John Mayer),and Ornette Coleman. Although music based around the sitar would later spread from jazz to more popular music via The Beatles, the sitar became"
"in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Italy, France, England). It is usually depicted played with a quill plectrum, as we can see clearly beginning in manuscript illuminations from the thirteenth century. It was also called the guitarra in Spain, guiterne or guiterre in France, the chitarra in Italy and quintern in Germany. A popular instrument with court musicians, minstrels, and amateurs, the gittern is considered ancestral to the modern guitar and possibly to other instruments like the mandore and gallichon. From the early 16th century, a vihuela shaped (flat-backed) guitarra began to"
"Khushtar The khushtar (Chinese: 胡西它尔; Uyghur: خۇشتار, Хуштар) is a bowed stringed instrument from the Uyghur Region, Western China. It has 4 strings in 4 courses and is tuned G, D, A, E. Sometimes the Khushtar also has sympathetic strings. It is most common among the Uyghur peoples in the Xinjiang province of Western China, especially Urumqi. The Khushtar has a body made of staves like a lute or oud. These staves are usually made of mulberry or apricot wood. The soundboard is usually made of pine. The instrument will often have a carving of a bird on the top"
"Zither Zither (; ) is a class of stringed instruments. The word """" is a German rendering of the Greek word ""cithara"", from which the modern word ""guitar"" also derives. Historically, it has been applied to any instrument of the cittern family, or an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body – similar to a psaltery. This article describes the second variety. Zithers are played by strumming or plucking the strings, either with the fingers (sometimes using an accessory called a plectrum or ""pick""), sounding the strings with a bow, or, with varieties of the instrument"