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: an Indian lute with a long neck and a varying number of strings
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The couple met in their early 20s at a beach club where Anthony was playing guitar and electric sitar with a progressive rock band.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Now in his eighties, Titelman met Harrison at Ravi Shankar’s school while attempting to learn sitar.
—Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
The initial idea was to have a sitar player do an Indian-type of beginning with tablas.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Steve brought different instruments with him like the sitar and all these Portuguese things.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Now in his eighties, Titelman met Harrison at Ravi Shankar’s school while attempting to learn sitar.
—Kaleb Horton, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
The initial idea was to have a sitar player do an Indian-type of beginning with tablas.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Steve brought different instruments with him like the sitar and all these Portuguese things.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sitar
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“Sitar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitar. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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