It is an ancient stringed instrument, used in parts of India, Sri Lanka, and areas around these two countries. It is also known as the ancestor of the violin.

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...

A look at the history of the ancient Arabic ancestor of the guitar, the oud. Is it really the kind of all musical instruments? If so, what is the real reason?

The instrument, purchased from a shop on London's Oxford Street in 1965, was used by Harrison during the recording of the Beatles song Norwegian Wood. The Indian string instrument, crafted by a ...

A sitar is a string instrument that comes from Northern India. It's quite a large instrument and the musician usually has to sit down to play it. It looks a bit like a guitar, but where a guitar ...

So far, five Indian string instruments - dilruba, taus, esraj, sarangi and saranda - can be studied. The academy plans to introduce more traditional Sikh instruments to the syllabus During the ...