sitar

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si·tar | \ si-ˈtär

, ˈsi-ˌtär \

Definition of sitar

: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings

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Recent Examples on the Web Musicians onstage included Atlanta Rhythm Section/Brother Cane guitar slinger Dave Anderson, who played chunky rhythms and even busted out an electric sitar for one song. — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 May 2022 Their gigs feature smooth chemistry and elaborate jams on guitar and a sitar wielded by Kurosawa’s brother, Ryu. — Hunter Walker, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022 The track features sitar accompaniment by Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi Shankar. — Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022 Jack Antonoff gave you his vintage electric sitar when the album was finished. — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Jan. 2022 Hence electric sitar turning up on seven of the album's 14 tracks and one song drifting into Pink Floyd's corner of the galaxy. — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2021 There’s Thom Bell sitar, Ernie Isley guitar, melodies hoisted aloft on cushiony beds of glockenspiel, congas, violas, violins, and cellos. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2021 On several new tunes, Falkner plucked sitar-like sounds on electric guitar while Clark played steel guitar using her long rectangular microphone as a slide. — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021 The sitar and the vaguely Eastern-sounding melody get most of the attention, but this first-person tale of grief wouldn’t have been half so menacing without Watts’s dark, unrelenting stomp during the verses. — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021 See More

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