Definition of sitar
: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings
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The afternoons will be more active with enrichment seminars and food and beverage tastings as well as pop-up performances by sitar players and aerialists.
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Sankaram plays the accordion and sitar, the latter picked up at 19 after her Indian grandfather gave her the instrument as a gift.
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In the downtime, George Harrison had visited India, immersing himself self-discovery and learning the sitar.
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Ravi Shankar admitted that his spine was twisted into a knot from years of sitting in front of that sitar.
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Langhorne’s inventive score braids sitar, banjo, and fiddle into something as lonesome and foreboding as the Southwest itself.
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The performances were organized by the former Beatle George Harrison and the sitar master Ravi Shankar, who enlisted top-rung musicians like Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston and another former Beatle, Ringo Starr.
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The free show (2-6pm; Columbus Park, corner of Mulberry & Worth Streets) features music ranging from hip hop to Bollywood, sitar to taiko, alternative rock to avant garde, and will be hosted by spoken word artist Kelly Tsai.
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Origin and Etymology of sitar
Hindi & Urdu sitār, from Persian, a three-stringed lute, from sih three + tār string, thread
SITAR Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sitar for English Language Learners
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: a musical instrument from India that is like a guitar and that has a long neck and a round body
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