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Musical equipment

Any device used to create sound, especially musical instruments.

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lute

Musical equipment; String instruments

A musical instrument with strings, played like a guitar. Lutes were used esp in the 14th-17th century.

sitar

Musical equipment; String instruments

Classical stringed instrument, popular in the Indian subcontinent since the middle ages.

kunti

Musical equipment; String instruments

Pegs in a sitar, of which there are different types. The bigger ones hold the main playing strings, whereas the small ones hold the sympathetic strings.

tarb

Musical equipment; String instruments

The sympathetic strings in a sitar, running underneath the raised frets.

sympathetic strings

Musical equipment; String instruments

Auxiliary strings found on many Indian musical instruments and some Western folk instruments. These strings are rarely directly played, rather create an effect of sympathetic ...

parda

Musical equipment; String instruments

The raised metal curved frets that are tied to the neck of the sitar.

baajtaar

Musical equipment; String instruments

The main playing string in the sitar. Besides the baajtaar, the sitar will have 20, 21 or 22 other strings, most of which will never be played directly.