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si·tar (si tär, sitär′)

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

sitar Related Forms
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.

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