Sitar and Tanpura

Indian musical instruments have a very important place in the traditional and classical songs and sitar is one of them. Sitar is considered as one of the main musical instruments in the North Indian songs and has been a central part in the Hindustani classical music from the middle ages. Perhaps there is no other Indian musical instrument like Sitar that has got such a global recognition everywhere. The beautiful melody or the music that comes out from the Sitar is mainly due to the strings from 21 to 23 and it is the Jawari that commands the tone and the tune to be delivered.