Thursday, November 17, 2011

The sitar is...

The sitar is one of the most well known of Indian music instruments and has gained popularity , both in India as well as the West , over the last few  decades.
The sitar consists of a hemispherical base, a neck that runs into the long stem and the stem itself.
The base, which is made out of a dried large  gourd, is called "tumba" and acts as the sound base or resonating chamber......

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