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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.
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- Drums (2290)
- Electric musical equipment (120)
- Guitars (372)
- Percussion instruments (188)
- Pianos (907)
- String instruments (537)
- Violins (28)
- Wind instruments (140)