Instruments de musiqueThe sitar; The instrument and its technique;

Preface;

Introdution;

I. Indian String Instruments;

II. The Vina. Ancester of the Sitar;

III. The Sitar;

IV. The Technique of Playing;

V. Graded Exercises;

VI. Meend, the Lateral Deflection of the String;

VII. Orntation;

VIII. Jhala;

IX. Sargams;

X. A Sitar Perfomance;

XI. Maintenance of the Instrument;

Djovari: Giving Life to the Sitar, by Thomas Marcotty;

Glosary of Terms;