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Plucked Instruments of Northern India (with special reference to Sitar)

	Plucked Instruments Of Northern India (With Special Reference To Sitar) by Prateek Chaudhuri
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The book is an attempt to highlight the process of evolution of our plucked instruments with a special reference to the most popular instrument Sitar. In Indian Music there are more than thousand kinds of instruments evident in the history of our music and many of them are now not in practice due to various reasons. Many instruments have been used by the folk singers and players but very few in the classical music. In our classical music tradition not many instruments could have a place in performance. In the North Indian Classical Music there are very few plucked instruments which have come to stay under the category of classical instruments, suitable for performance. This book is an attempt to focus the evolution of some instruments in its physical and musical form. Each main instrument is being discussed in details in its various forms viz; physical structure, tuning of instruments, playing technique and its current form of playing. The book is based on facts and documents with photographs, written in a simple language for the benefit of general readers. This may interest the students of music, dealing in the subject of evolution of plucked instruments for an analytical study with gradual changes in it’s physical form and development of the performance through different period. Contents : Preface / Introduction / Sitar / Tanpura or Tambura / Veena / Sur Bahar / Sarod / Folk Instruments / Other Instruments / Bibliography