sitar
sitar
Definition
si·tar (si tär′, si′tär′)
noun
a lutelike instrument of India with a long, fretted neck, a resonating gourd or gourds, and three to seven playing strings and a number of strings that vibrate sympathetically
Etymology: Hindi sitār
si·tar′·ist noun
sitar
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: B: I wasn't in a band G: No, but he used to play sitar [ laughs ] .
- learn: I had been in India in '66, in September and October - in India, to learn sitar.
- study: I also read you studied the North Indian sitar at college?
- use: Original name: -. Demyx, the Melodious Nocturne, uses a sitar as his weapon.
Adjective modifier
- Indian: I also read you studied the North Indian sitar at college?
- electric: Early recordings capture her singing along with old Granpa Federico as he played an electric sitar that he had designed and built himself.
Modifies a noun
- maestro: A student of sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, Dharambir maintains the lyrical touch of his Ustad's style.
- player: I've even worked with a sitar player, which was wonderful.
- music: This meant that they were always able to bring in different musical styles from country to Indian sitar music.
- performance: Even my guitar playing sons were in awe of Anoushka's sitar performance.
- playing: Then a line from some thesp moaning about their euphoric state, with a bit of sitar playing thrown in.
- solo: There was also a sitar solo courtesy of Martin Kelly, who had played in East Village.
Noun used with modifier
- guitar: All too soon, Tony was swapping his guitar for his guitar sitar.
Browse dictionary entries near sitar
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- sit back
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