Sitar-making today: problems and prospects of the craft
Author :Rao, Suvarnalata
Keywords :Musical instruments--India
Sitar music
Sitar
Issue Date :2000
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :This paper aims at reviewing in brief the craft of Sitar-making as it is practised today, and is based on the survey earlier mentioned. However, the focus is not on the actual process of instrument-making but on certain issues associated with it, which have a direct influence on the process. The raw materials used for making instruments were naturally substances that man could easily find around himself. The information presented in this paper is largely based on an exhaustive survey of these instrument-makers, in particular, makers of the Sitar. A part of the information comes from my collaboration with instrument-makers in Germany, Holland and Switzerland.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Rao, Suvarnalata
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2017-07-10T23:24:26Z
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2000
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This paper aims at reviewing in brief the craft of Sitar-making as it is practised today, and is based on the survey earlier mentioned. However, the focus is not on the actual process of instrument-making but on certain issues associated with it, which have a direct influence on the process. The raw materials used for making instruments were naturally substances that man could easily find around himself. The information presented in this paper is largely based on an exhaustive survey of these instrument-makers, in particular, makers of the Sitar. A part of the information comes from my collaboration with instrument-makers in Germany, Holland and Switzerland.
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