sitar (Indian long-necked fretted gourdlute)
~ Instruments à cordes
Description
Soundbox made of gourd, it has 18-21 (6-7 on frets and 11-15 sympathetic under the frets) metal strings, two bridges and a long wooden neck where the tuning pegs of the sympathetic strings are attached. Used in India since ancient times, it flourished during the 16-17th before arriving at it's current form in the 18th century. It became popular worldwide in the 1950-60
Relations
| de : | Inde |
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| sous-types : | kachva sitar (Flat-cut gourd sitar) surbahar (Bass sitar) |
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| dérivations : | sitar électrique (electric guitar variant of sitar) |
| dérivé de : | vînâ (Family of ancient Indian lute-like chordophones) |
| instruments connexes : | tanpura (Indian drone long-necked frettless gourdlute) |
| hybrides : | bin-sitar (Hybrid fretted stick-zither) sursingar (19th century large North-Indian dhrupad bass-sarod) |
| photo : | https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/sitar/sitar.png [info] |
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| Wikidata : | Q229205 [info] |
| autres bases de données : | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_main3.html [info] https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_sitar.html [info] |
