Differences between Guitar and Sitar

1. GUITAR AND SITAR
presented by : Anuja Khadka
BMS student

2. GUITAR AND SITAR

3. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
•Introductions
•Histories
•Constructions
•Onto Electric
•Entertainment
•Socio – Cultural Aspects
•Photo gallery
•Acknowledgement
•References

4. GUITAR
INTRODUCTION
The guitar is a plucked
string instrument, usually played with
fingers or a pick.
Kithara – Greek
Guitarra – Spain
Tanbur Family

5. SITAR
•INTRODUCTION
•The sitar is a
plucked stringed instrument
•predominantly used in
Hindustani classical music,
where it has been ubiquitous
since the Middle Ages.

6. HISTORIES
•can be traced back over 4000 years
•Dr. Michael Kasha’s research in the 1960

7. Continues..

8. Constructions of Guitar
Body with a rigid neck to
which the strings,
generally six in number,
sometimes more,
attached.
constructed of woods and
strung with animal gut or,
or either nylon or steel
strings(traditonally).
modern guitars are made
of polycarbonate
materials

9. Construction of Sitar
•Derives resonance from
sympathetic strings
• a long hollow neck and
a gourd resonating
chamber.
•Have 21, 22, or 23
strings,
•among them six or seven
played strings which run
over the frets
•Has two bridges;
•the large bridge-> playing
and drone strings
•the small bridge->
sympathetic strings

10. COMPARISION BETWEEN
GUITAR AND SITAR
•Similarities
•Instruments
•Root “zither”
•Stringed
•Have frets
•They are plucked,
•The sounds they emit
both start loud and
gradually grow softer
•Dissimilarities
•(guitar – western Europe..
Sitar – India)
•Guitar – generally played
as harmonies and chords
•Sitar – thought of as
melodic instrument

11. Onto Electric
•ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC SITAR

12. ENTERTAINMENT

13. ENTERTAINMENT

14. SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECT
•Connects the world
•Creates friendship
•Maintains culture and tradition
•Carries the emotions

15. PHOTO GALLERY

16. PHOTO GALLERY

17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This goes out to our respectful
teacher – Hem Raj Kafle
Online friend Professional Sitarist –
Ashwin Batish
Friends – Anne Berger,Kabita
Nayaju

18. REFERENCES
www.batish.com
www.fender.com
www.sitarrock.com
www.answers.com
www.wikipedia.com
http://store.gibson.com/
http://ktmrocks.com/
http://www.sitarsetc.com/
http://www.guyguitars.com
http://www.guitarandlute.com/
www.guitarsite.com

19. THANK YOU