The Sitar

Hey,what possibilities would the Sitar have as a microtonal instrument?The movable frets should be possible to set to 22tet,17tet...any tuning you want.Anybody tried one,or other folk instruments with a similar configuration?

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yes been doing it for about 5 years!!
7 limit JI

Pat Pagano, Director
South East Just Intonation Society
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From: Mats �ljare <oljare@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 6:30 PM
Subject: [tuning] The Sitar

> Hey,what possibilities would the Sitar have as a microtonal instrument?The
> movable frets should be possible to set to 22tet,17tet...any tuning you
> want.Anybody tried one,or other folk instruments with a similar
> configuration?
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