User Manual

138 A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE STRING INSTRUMENTS
ARIA name: Description: Controls:
India
Sitar e Sitar is the most popular Indian stringed
instrument. e instrument has a long neck with
raised frets and a gourd base. Sitars have six or
seven melody strings and about thirteen sym-
pathetic strings that act as a drone. e drone
notes resonate with the melody notes, giving the
Sitar its distinctive sustaining sound. e Sitar is
used for playing extended improvised melodies
known as ragas.
• Range: C2 – C6
• C2-C3 cand be used as drone
Vel (attack), MW
(vol/eq), Sus, Lgth,
VAR1, VAR2, FiltLv,
FiltFq, VibSpd,
VibAmt, Keyswitches
Tambura e Tambura (or Tanpura) is an accompaniment
stringed instrument that provides a drone in
classical Indian music. e instrument has a long
neck and four to six sustaining strings that pro-
duce a long sustaining and buzzing drone sound.
Although resembling a Sitar, Tamburas have
fewer strings, no sympathetic strings, no frets,
and a moveable bridge used to adjust the pitch.
• Range: E1 – C5
Vel (attack), MW
(vol/eq), Sus, Lgth,
VAR1, VAR2, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches