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What is Sitar?

The origin of the Indian sitar is usually attributed to Amir Khusrau, the celebrated musician, poet and statesman at the court of Sultan Alaudin Khilji of Delhi. A sitar originally had only three strings: the name sitar is derived from the Persian She-Tar, which means three strings. In principle, it is a Veena – it is opined that Amir Khusrau improved upon one of the existing Veenas and the result was a type of sitar.

The sitar today consists of seven strings on the upper part for playing and eleven sympathetic strings under the main strings, running parallel to them. Sitar evolved as a key instrument of Indian classical music from the 20th century. Pandit Ravi Shankar popularized the instrument and the Hindustani genre of music outside of India.

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