Study on Sitar Instrument and Musical Archives | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

“The Stylistic evolution of sitar baaj in 20th and 21st century” aimed at the holistic research of different aspects of sitar music. The research will also try to unfold the musical and non-musical factors worked behind this process of transition. The work has used Qualitative methods of the data collection for critical assessment of music during the stated period of research acquainting myself with the field situation by taking help of participation observation. The research data collection was primary focused on personal interviews of various artist of different fields related to sitar music. Different libraries, journals, Websites, Musical archives, Music from the sources like You Tube and personal collections were accessed and analysed. Many notations are analysed with specific reference to the ‘style’ analysis for a scientific assessment.