Regarded as one of the best Sarod players ever.

Alauddin became his student, and studied the sarod under him for five years.

There are two approaches to stopping the strings of the sarod.

He was taught music from an early age and began playing the sarod at the age of seven.

One can finger notes with one's nail like an Indian sarod player.

In fact, the dotara is a simpler version of sarod.

He was a tall figure in twentieth-century sarod music.

The Indian string instrument called the sarod looks a bit like a lute.

There is also speculation that the oud may be the origin of the sarod.

Of his training on the sarod, he wrote:

Maitra was considered an influential figure in 20th century sarod playing and received the title Sangeetacharya.

For though he gave concerts on the sarod, Allauddin played many instruments, something that shaped his pedagogy.

This is common to several other fretless instrument, among them the sarod, shamisen and san-xien.

Maitra was a prolific composer and perhaps the only keen student of sarod technique in his era.

His eldest son, Aashish Khan is also a renowned sarod player.

"From the time it was first invented, the sarod has been modified," Mr. Khan said in a recent interview.

Mr. Khan's instrument, the sarod, is a lute with sympathetic strings.

The sarod, carved out of a 250-year-old tree from his family's ancestral home, had been battered before on his frequent trips.

Instead of doing a full raga performance, 35 minutes of just droning sitar and sarod.

Since the 1950s she presented her sarod recitals abroad becoming the very first musician from India to go to many countries in all the continents.

The sarod (or sarode) is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music.

Wajahat Khan is an Indian sarod player who has earned international acclaim since 1977.

At one point, Mr. Khan invited his audience to visit his family home, now a sarod museum.

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.

Both were sarod players.