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sarod

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A lutelike stringed instrument of northern India having a fretless fingerboard and usually 17 to 19 strings, including drone and sympathetic strings, played with a plectrum.

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  • noun music A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Urdu, from Persian sarūd, from Middle Persian srōd; akin to Avestan sraotəm, hearing, sound; see kleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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  • john commented on the word sarod

    “Unlike his father, a volatile and uneven performer, Mr. Khan maintained an austere demeanor onstage while coaxing passages of extraordinary intensity from his sarod, an instrument with 25 strings, 10 plucked with a piece of coconut shell while the remainder resonate sympathetically.”

    The New York Times, Ali Akbar Khan, Sarod Virtuoso, Dies at 87, by William Grimes, June 19, 2009

    June 20, 2009

  • skipvia commented on the word sarod

    I had the immense pleasure of attending an Indian music workshop with Mr. Khan many years ago in North Carolina. An absolutely extraordinary musician.

    June 20, 2009

  • madmouth commented on the word sarod

    most recently shredded by long-haired playboy Anupam Shobhakar.

    I'm becoming increasingly convinced that old-fashioned virtuososo are the ones who give a real freakout, Dio be damned.

    September 16, 2009