Ad
related to: sitar frets for sale on amazon ebay
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ravi Shankar, a master of the instrument, was the first to make inroads into Western culture with the sitar.. The use of the sitar in Western popular music arose in the 1960s due to experimentation by various rock bands such as The Beatles, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones, [1] While the sitar had earlier been used in jazz [1] and Indian film music, it was from the 1960s onwards that various ...
The sitar (English: / ˈ s ɪ t ɑːr / or / s ɪ ˈ t ɑːr /; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India.
Made for Jackie "Kid" Moore, 12 fret model with solid headstock featuring "torch" inlay. Presently in Hank Risan's Museum of Modern Instruments (MOMI) collection. [7] Featured in "Acoustic Guitar" "Great Acoustics" section, December 1999. [8] 63715: 1936 [E] First 14 fret model (14 frets clear of the body), special wide body (16 1/4 Inches).
Such a construction is seen on the sitar, where arched frets attach at the edges of a smooth fingerboard; unfrettable strings run inside the frets, while frettable ones run outside. The fret arches are sufficiently high that the exterior strings can be fretted without the finger making contact with the interior strings.
Setar 1st string tuned to C, 15th fret B: 16 C5 31.2 34.8 3 Setar 1st string tuned to C, 16th fret C: 17 D5 koron 33.0 33.0 4 Setar 1st string tuned to C, 17th fret D koron: 18 D5 35.7 30.3 3 or 4 Setar 1st string tuned to C, 18th fret D: 19 E5 flat 36.7 29.3 4 Setar 1st string tuned to C, 19th fret E flat: 20 E5 koron 38.2 27.8 4
The veena has a five-octave range. Two plectrums identical to those used for sitar are worn on the middle and index fingers of the right hand to pluck the strings, and a glass ball (batta) is moved with the left across the main strings to create melody (there can be a distance of up to two inches between notes). Coconut oil is put on the ...
The history of the sitar in jazz, that is the fusion of the sounds of Indian classical music with Western jazz, dates back from the late-1950s or early-1960s when musicians trained in Indian classical music such as Ravi Shankar started collaborating with jazz musicians such as Tony Scott and Bud Shank.
Fanned-fret guitars have a multi-scale fingerboard because of "offset" frets; that is, frets that extend from the neck of the guitar at an angle. Ralph Novak (Novax Guitars) was the first to apply this idea to the electric guitar (1988). [2] The frets are arrayed on an angle, in contrast to the standard perpendicular arrangement of other guitars.