sitar

IPA: sɪtˈɑr

noun

  • (music) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
  • A surname.
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Examples of "sitar" in Sentences

  • There's no sitar, only a tamboura.
  • It also has the same sitar sample.
  • The image shown was not sitar at all.
  • An outtake exists, with the sitar part intact.
  • However there is lots of confusion about Sitar.
  • Amir Khusro and the origins of the Sitar and the Tabla.
  • Amir Khusrow and the origins of the Sitar and the Tabla.
  • It does not look like a sitar, and it is in no way a sitar.
  • No, not a sitar, bigger than a sitar with a more oval belly.
  • The sitar is a very intimidating instrument to learn, at any age.
  • Norwegian Wood is the first use of the sitar in the Beatles catalogue.
  • He soon cultivated a close relationship with renowned sitar player, Ravi Shankar.
  • Other groups, including the Rolling Stones began incorporating the sitar into some of their work.
  • Shankar, 29 (half-sister of Grammy winner Norah Jones, and daughter of sitar superstar Ravi Shankar) is reportedly pregnant, and due in the spring.
  • The throbbing base line in the music, the sitar, and borrowed lyrics from James Joyce (I turn my head until my darkness goes – Ulysses) make this song the top of the list.
  • That Paula Abdul, part-Syrian by descent, couldn't come up with the name of an Arab stringed instrument and instead said 'sitar' is a comment on Paula Abdul, not the arrangement.
  • Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 22: More than a thousand 'sitar' maestros from different parts of the country and also from abroad came under one roof to perform a grand symphony here last evening.
  • In the face of numerous instruments, the sitar is the most popular in Chitral, northern Pakistan, the invention of which is attributed to Amir Khisro, a 14th century mystic poet, scholar and sage.
  • The U. K.'s Daily Mail claims that Pike ( 'Die Another Day,' 'An Education') -- whose wedding to director Joe Wright was abruptly called off in 2008 -- was completely taken by surprise when she learned recently that Wright and acclaimed sitar musician Anoushka Shankar quietly married last month.
  • It’s criticized for being a superficial dip into things they don’t understand, stealing a bit of sitar, which is an extremely complex instrument, and using it in a completely superficial way, but I think there’s an argument as strong as that the other way: saying that it doesn’t make it without substance just because it’s your interpretation of something.

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