Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Music of India





                            Beautiful isn't it, that is the Satir. The Satir is a stringed instrument and is part of the lute family, it is popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Measuring about 1.2 meters (4 feet) in length. It has a deep pear-shaped body. Did you know that the word Sitar is derived from the Persian word Sehtar, meaning "three-stringed" the Sitar flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in the 18th century.



Sources
https://youtu.be/hTPxqUtlLdo
Sitar Musical Instrument (2020, April 14). Retrieved from  https://www.britannica.com/art/sitar

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