Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/631
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	sitar
Subject
	321.321
Contributor
	Roger Vetter, Toby Austin
Type
	Indo-Aryan
Format
	50.4 in. length
Identifier
	533
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	India
Medium
	gourd
	wood
	string - wire
	metal
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Hindustani Ensemble from North India
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
String carrier design for chordophone
	lute - joined
	lute - joined
Resonator design for chordophone
	bowl with wood soundboard
String courses for chordophone
	single
Vibrational length for chordophone
	pressure bridge to ridge-nut/s and to fingerboard hole/s
String tension control for chordophone
	friction peg
Method of sounding for chordophone
	plucking (direct) and sympathetically (through air)
Pitches per string course for chordophone
	one and multiple (by pressure stopping against fretted fingerboard)
Category of Instrument
	chordophone

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