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String instruments
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String instruments
jorikatar
Musical equipment; String instruments
The second string on a sitar, which is tuned to the main note or tonic.
tonic
Musical equipment; String instruments
The main note from which all strings are tuned in a sitar.
tomba
Musical equipment; String instruments
The gourd which makes up the sound box of the sitar. It can be made from real gourd or spun wood.
jawari
Musical equipment; String instruments
A bridge on a sitar. Each sitar has two; one for the lower sympathetic strings, another for the main strings. Also, the craft of shaping bridges.
tabli
Musical equipment; String instruments
A large flat wooden piece upon which the bridge sits in a sitar.
