Get to know Sitar better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Sitar meaning
A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Synonyms of Sitar
Using Sitar
- The main meaning on this page is: A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
- Useful related words include: stringed instrument.
- In the example corpus, sitar often appears in combinations such as: the sitar, sitar and, sitar player.
Context around Sitar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sitar
- In this selection, "sitar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jersey, electric, popularizing, player, maestro and realty stand out and add context to how "sitar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his sitar in law and and indian sitar player harihar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sitar" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sitar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Instruments include a sitar, a saw and a clarinet. (9 words)
Exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla are common. (13 words)
Wright, who was earlier married to Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar, split after seven years of marriage. (16 words)
Manose’s mellifluous flute, Deva’s spell-binding voice, Miten’s soothing low tones and the medley of the sitar and contemporary instrumentation make the Sanskrit and Tibetan mantras even more enchanting, guiding listeners toward a tranquil state. (38 words)
Saskia Rao-De Haas will present the cello in the context of the North Indian classical music tradition when she joins her husband, the sitar player Shubhendra Rao, for a September 26 concert at Hatch Recital Hall. (37 words)
Orientalism is also traceable in music that is considered to have effects of exoticism, including the japonisme in Claude Debussy's piano music all the way to the sitar being used in recordings by The Beatles. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
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Instruments include a sitar, a saw and a clarinet.
Kicking off with “Within You Without You,” Palermo nods at George Harrison’s Indian raga fascination with McDaniel’s electric sitar drone before crossing the globe and adding a galloping samba groove.
The drama featured major forms of classical dance from India such as Bharatnatyam, Odissi and Kathak, presented with live music on sitar, violin and tabla.
Manose’s mellifluous flute, Deva’s spell-binding voice, Miten’s soothing low tones and the medley of the sitar and contemporary instrumentation make the Sanskrit and Tibetan mantras even more enchanting, guiding listeners toward a tranquil state.
Others on the cast list include André 3000, Brandy and, on the sitar soul of What Can We Do?, Nate Dogg.
Saskia Rao-De Haas will present the cello in the context of the North Indian classical music tradition when she joins her husband, the sitar player Shubhendra Rao, for a September 26 concert at Hatch Recital Hall.
Sitar maestro Partha Bose expanded the limited boundary of raga Patadeep very patiently and convincingly during alap and enjoyed the gatkari with Chiranjit Mukherjee’s agile tabla.
He is survived by his sisters, Betty McDaniel of Vidor and Frances Ervin of Bridge City and his sitar-in-law, Julia Morris of Bridge City.
Shankar is a composer of classical Indian music who was responsible for popularizing sitar music in the second half of the 20th century.
Wright, who was earlier married to Sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar, split after seven years of marriage.
At the end of the twentieth century, a development of the five-string banjo was the BanSitar. citation This features a bone bridge, giving the instrument a sitar -like resonance.
During this time, he commissioned composer Alan Hovhaness to write a concerto for violin, sitar, and orchestra to be performed by himself and Shankar.
Exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla are common.
George Harrison (of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) " in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice.
In 1966 jazz trumpeter Don Ellis and Indian sitar player Harihar Rao founded the Hindustani Jazz Sextet.
Orientalism is also traceable in music that is considered to have effects of exoticism, including the japonisme in Claude Debussy's piano music all the way to the sitar being used in recordings by The Beatles.
Raga rock is rock or pop music with a heavy Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of instrumentation, such as the sitar and tabla.
Sitar Power drew the attention of a number of record labels and was snapped up by Shanachie Records of New Jersey to head their World Beat Ethno Pop division.
The most developed instrument for playing multiphonic tones is the Sitar in which there are sympathetic strings which help to bring out the overtones while one is playing.
Common combinations with sitar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: