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1. Musician:Ustad Vilayat Khan Instrument : Sitar Teamates : Rohit, Thanish , Yashwanth , Gautam Team Leader : Anton

2. Table of contents Rohit Gautam Yashwanth Thanish Anton 01 04 02 05 03 06 What is Sitar? Making of a Sitar Comparison Life of Vilayat Khan Career Videos

3. What is Sitar 01 Explained by Gautam

4. Sitar It can have 18 – 20 strings Sitar player plays only one set of playable strings It consists of 5–7 strings played in a slanting position while the player is seated one of the hardest classical instruments to master long necked stringed Instrument Most dominant in Hindusthani culture 4 feet (approx.) body - Teak wood music by stretched metal strings

5. How A sitar Is Made? By Yashwanth

6. I mportant parts of the Sitar Burma teak. seasoned for generations. second resonator a small tumba (pumpkin or pumpkin-like wood replica) on the neck. decorated, with floral or grape carvings Has 13 sympathetic strings ( strings fitted to give extra  resonance ) six playable strings totally 19 strings Type of wood Resonating chamber strings

7. Important P arts of a sitar has 19 tuning forks for all 19 strings respectively has raised frets has 13 sympathetic strings

8. Comparison of a Sitar with a Guitar 03 Explained by Anton

9. Some of the stringed instruments

10. D ifference between Guitar only 6 strings no sympathetic strings resonance chamber - wood 6 playable strings easily mastered within a few months comparatively small frets Sitar 19 strings 13 sympathetic strings resonance chamber - pumpkin 6 playable strings not easy to master huge raised frets

11. Life of Ustad vilayat khan 04 Explained by Rohit

12. Important information

13. Vilayat Khan on a 2014 Indian postage-stamp sheet

14. Personal details his uncle, sitar and surbahar maestro  Wahid Khan - had studied practice procedure of his forefathers. His uncle, Zinde Hassan - riyaz  (practice). Vilayat wanted to be a singer; but mother felt he had a strong responsibility to bear the family torch as a sitar maestro. born - Gouripur ,   Bangladesh . father  Enayat Khan - leading sitar and  surbahar  (bass sitar) player Enayat Khan died when Vilayat was only ten

15. Career of Ustad Vilayat khan 05 Explained by Thanish

16. Career and Awards In 1964 and 1968, respectively, was awarded the  Padma Shri  and  Padma Bhushan  awards – India's fourth and third highest civilian honours refused to accept them declaring the committee musically incompetent to judge him. both a traditional sitar player and a maverick innovator credited for developing a sitar style called ' gayaki ang’, - sitar attempted to mimic the sound of the human voice invented a technique of bending a note after the sitar string was plucked, creating a sound after-effect from it.

17. Videos 06

18. Resources