Sitar lessons

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century and arrived in its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau Khan, an 18th-century figure of the Mughal Empire has been identified by modern scholarship as the inventor of the sitar. Most historians believe he developed the sitar from the setar, an Iranian instrument of Abbasid or Safavid origin.