For avid listeners of Sitar Music the enchanting and melodious  sounds of the sitar yields a relaxing music from which to lose  the stresses  of the day. The tones and timbres  of the instrument innately bring about a state of meditation, relaxation  and relaxation that is unrivaled by most musical instruments in the world . It is a unique and popular  style of Indian Classical Music, with specialties and characteristics  which are different from  any other musical instrument in this class.

The Sitar  is able to be appreciated  by all   who hear  its song, but  when you understand   a couple things about  the instrument then  you can revel in the music on a higher plane . When you  comprehend the amount of training  the sitarist  must undertake, and the dexterity  it requires, and understanding of the theories  about  the ragas, then the music becomes a glorious expression  of consciousness in such a way that uplifts  the listener into a meditative state.

With over 17 strings, 7 of which are above the frets and 13 of which run underneath the frets and all  of them being different  lengths creates a dizzying amount of   choices in the sitarists availale songs, even tuning the sitar takes a considerable amount of  patience . It is not uncommon  to  snap a string while tuning and then restringing comes into consideration. Then  the player must tune the sitar to the  pitches of the Raga to be played so he or she can tune the strings to the notes of that particular raga. When all this is done, he must then be able to communicate with his tabla player, his tanpura player, and any other musicians that are on stage with him at the time. It appears almost as telepathy between the players, and it dazzles and awes the audience. This heavenly   variety of music is loved by many, reveled in by more, and almost never   really understood .

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