Indian Classical Music from Its Inception Till Date Has Gone Through Various Phases Of
Transformations and Transitions So the Sitar Music Is. In the Process It Has Embraced and Rejected A
Number of Features With Maintaining an Absolute Balance With the Old Age Tradition. from Physical
Structures, Playing Styles (Baaj) to Its Place In the World of Indian Music the Instrument Has Gone
Through the Sea Changes In the Musical History. In 20Thand 21Stcentury In the World of Globalization
With the Course of Economic Flexibility and Advancement of Technology, Society Leads to The
Incorporation of Western Values, Ideas, Technologies and Institutions and Commoditization of Art And
Music. My Thesis ―The Stylistic Evolution of Sitar Baaj In 20Thand 21Stcentury‖ Aimed at the Holistic
Research of Different Aspects of Sitar Music. the Research Will Also Try to Unfold the Musical and Nonmusical
Factors Worked Behind This Process of Transition.