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SITAR GUIDE From A to Z  exclusively from Sitars, Etc.!!

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General care of the sitar

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Sitar Etiquette

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Things you'll need to play Sitar

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Tuning and Jawari

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String care and changing your strings

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Fret care and retying frets

SITAR TUNING CHART AND FRET TYING DIAGRAM

ARTICLES: Articles on a complete range of topics from Artists and Rasikas worldwide. To submit an article related to Indian Classical Music please contact us!
bullet Some "notes" on the Sitar by S.P. Bhattacharyya
bullet The Sarode Gharanas of India by S.P. Bhattacharyya
bullet The History of Kanailal by Steven Landsberg of Ragascape.
bullet "On Appreciation of Indian Classical Music" by Ravi Shankar. A link to a fantastic article about Indian Classical Music at the Ravi Shankar foundation website.
bulletBharat (manager of Sitars Etc.) wrote a nice article about his start long ago playing Sitar.

TABLA INFORMATION:  We will post information as we get it!! In the meantime as you all know the very best place on the web for tabla info is at David Courtney's site www.chandrakantha.com . Also Jason Fellin at www.pacifictabla.com handles our inspection and repair and has a nice website serving the Seattle area. We highly encourage all tabla artists to visit both of these sites and they have a wonderful discussion board at the Chandrakantha site too!