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Rare 1970s Indian Sitar with Tumba, delivered with case

Rare 1970s Indian Sitar with Tumba, delivered with case

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    → Name/ Type: Indian Sitar 🇮🇳 with Tumba (Mini resonator gourd screwed to the top of the neck) - 7 playing strings and 11 sympathetic strings

    🌍 Origin: India - Manufacturer: 'Bina'

    📅 Year of manufacture: 1970

    📐 Dimensions: ± 120 centimeters tall

    ⚖️ Weight: ± 5,000 grams

    🧬 Material: Wood, gourd, and metal 

    🎶 Sound type: Clear, warm, and bright

    📦 Packaging: Sold individually

    🎁 Ideal for gifting or treating yourself!


    👉 The sitar is a plucked string instrument from the Hindustani classical tradition (North India), known for its enchanting sounds and rich ornamentations.

    It is used in classical music, often associated with masters like Ravi Shankar or Vilayat Khan.


    📋 Information sheet 

    Type of instrument Plucked string instrument (long lute with fretted neck). Ravi Shankar Style (Kharaj Pancham).
    Total length Approximately 120 cm
    Wood Typically teak, tun (Cedrela toona) or rosewood
    Strings Between 18 and 21 strings: 6 or 7 main + 11 to 13 sympathetic strings
    Resonators 2 gourds: one main under the neck + sometimes a second at the top
    Frets Made of metal, movable, arc-shaped, tied with silk or cotton thread
    Tuning Variable according to the raga; sympathetic strings tuned to the notes of the mode used
    Playing technique Use of the mizrab (metal plectrum worn on the finger); drawn from the strings for the meend (slides), expressive ornamentations
    Aesthetic Sculptures and inlays (bone, synthetic ivory, or mother-of-pearl). Head often adorned with a floral pattern, lotus leaf, or peacock.

     

    Types of sitar     		Ravi Shankar Style (Kharaj Pancham): 7 main strings, deep and rich sound.
    Vilayat Khan Style (Gandhar Pancham): 6 main strings, clear and bright sound (vocal style gayaki ang).

    Sound

    		 Rich in harmonics thanks to sympathetic strings; vibrant drone; expressiveness in slides and ornamentations; suitable for slow ragas (alap) as well as fast passages (jhala).
    Usage Hindustani classical music; fusion (psychedelic rock, jazz, world music); meditation, yoga, experimental sound art.

     

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