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The sarod is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (northern Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani ) classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet, overtone-rich texture of the sitar, with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant, reverberant quality. It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend (glissandi), which is important to Indian music.

Sarod is one of the leading concert instrument of North Indian Classical Music. It originated from the Rebab, an instrument from the Middle East. Its use in Indian Classical Music can be traced back to one of the Master Musician of Indian music "Tansen". Today, Rebab has been replaced by the Sarod in the performance of Indian Music.

One of the 20th century's greatest masters of the Sarod. He was merely 6 years old when Amjad Ali Khan gave his first recital of Sarod. It was the beginning of yet another glorious chapter in the history of Indian classical music.

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Sitar is perhaps the most well known of the Indian instruments. Artists such as Ravi Shankar have popularized this instrument around the world.

Sarod is a very good music instrument for classical. In who is famous for sitar?

Sarod is just like a veena and the same the size of Sitar.

What this instrument is handling in modern duration ?

What is difference between sarod and sitar?

Veena is Indian classical music instrument.