galactivators: The word Sitar is derived from the Hindi words sat tär, for seven strings. Khusrau Khan, an 18th century figure of Mughal India has been identified as the originator of Sitar. According to most historians he developed sitar from setar, an Iranian instrument of Abbasid or Safavid origin. We aqquired ours from a music shop last year that was having a clearance closing sale, and obtained a sitar and tampura for less than 300 usd. I restringed both, 20 (!) strings on the sitar and 4 in the tampura. #sitar
galactivators: The word Sitar is derived from the Hindi words sat tär, for seven strings. Khusrau Khan, an 18th century figure of Mughal India has been identified as the originator of Sitar. According to most historians he developed sitar from setar, an Iranian instrument of Abbasid or Safavid origin. We aqquired ours from a music shop last year that was having a clearance closing sale, and obtained a sitar and tampura for less than 300 usd. I restringed both, 20 (!) strings on the sitar and 4 in the tampura. #sitar
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