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GUITAR AND SITAR
presented by : Anuja Khadka
BMS student
GUITAR AND SITAR
OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
• Introductions• Histories• Constructions• Onto Electric• Entertainment• Socio – Cultural Aspects• Photo gallery• Acknowledgement• References
GUITAR INTRODUCTION The guitar is a plucked
string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick.
Kithara – Greek
Guitarra – Spain
Tanbur Family
SITAR• INTRODUCTION
• The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument
• predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages.
HISTORIES• can be traced back over 4000 years • Dr. Michael Kasha’s research in the 1960
Continues..
Constructions of Guitar
Body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, sometimes more, attached.
constructed of woods and strung with animal gut or, or either nylon or steel strings(traditonally).
modern guitars are made of polycarbonate materials
Construction of Sitar
• Derives resonance from sympathetic strings
• a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber.
• Have 21, 22, or 23 strings,
• among them six or seven played strings which run over the frets
• Has two bridges; • the large bridge-> playing
and drone strings• the small bridge->
sympathetic strings
COMPARISION BETWEEN GUITAR AND SITAR
• Similarities• Instruments• Root “zither”• Stringed• Have frets• They are plucked,• The sounds they emit
both start loud and gradually grow softer
• Dissimilarities• (guitar – western Europe..
Sitar – India)• Guitar – generally played
as harmonies and chords• Sitar – thought of as
melodic instrument
Onto Electric• ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC SITAR
ENTERTAINMENT
ENTERTAINMENT
SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECT• Connects the world • Creates friendship• Maintains culture and tradition• Carries the emotions
PHOTO GALLERY
PHOTO GALLERY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This goes out to our respectful teacher – Hem Raj Kafle
Online friend Professional Sitarist – Ashwin Batish
Friends – Anne Berger,Kabita Nayaju
REFERENCES
www.batish.comwww.fender.comwww.sitarrock.comwww.answers.comwww.wikipedia.comhttp://store.gibson.com/http://ktmrocks.com/http://www.sitarsetc.com/ http://www.guyguitars.com http://www.guitarandlute.com/ www.guitarsite.com
THANK YOU