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Chaturangui (Indian slide guitar)

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      Name: Chaturangui

      Wikidata Item: Q57896164

      Also known as: Indian Slide Guitar

      Invented by: Debashish Bhattacharya

      External links: http://www.debashishbhattacharya.com/interview-with-tony-montague.php

      Disambiguation: Guitar with four additional tones and blends the tones of Rudra, Veena,  Sarode, Sitar and  Classical Finger picking guitar.

      Description: The instrument contains 6 primary strings, similar to that of the Western Slide Guitar but has an additional 4 supporting strings, 2 drone strings and 12 sympathetic strings. The sympathetic strings generate a tone similar to the Sitar when tuned correctly.

       

       

       

      Old comment:

      As here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chaturangui

      It's spelled chatarangui in my source, but chaturangui seems to be the predominant spelling.

       

       

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                whatever the one after iat is called.