Yehudi Menuhin performed a duet with one performer of this instrument at the 1966 Bath Musical Festival and recorded the album West Meets East with him. Da, ra, and dir are among the strokes one can make on this instrument using a mizraab, and a technique called meend is used to bend pitches on it. This instrument has three or four melody strings, three drone strings called (*) chikari, and eleven to thirteen sympathetic strings called taraf tuned in accordance with the raga being played. George Harrison's lessons from a virtuoso of this instrument led him to use it in songs like "Norwegian Wood." For 10 points, name this plucked Hindustani instrument played by Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar.
Yehudi Menuhin performed a duet with one performer of this instrument at the 1966 Bath Musical Festival and recorded the album West Meets East with him. Da, ra, and dir are among the strokes one can make on this instrument using a mizraab, and a technique called meend is used to bend pitches on it. This instrument has three or four melody strings, three drone strings called (*) chikari, and eleven to thirteen sympathetic strings called taraf tuned in accordance with the raga being played. George Harrison's lessons from a virtuoso of this instrument led him to use it in songs like "Norwegian Wood." For 10 points, name this plucked Hindustani instrument played by Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar.