A variant of this instrument, whose name appends the letters “la” to the end of this instrument’s name, was developed by Hideki Ishima. One player of this instrument has received seven Grammy nominations for albums including Traces of You and Land of Gold. A virtuoso player of this instrument collaborated with Philip Glass on the album Passages and Yehudi Menuhin on (-5[2])West Meets East. The names (*) da, ra, dir, and dra are given to (10[1])this instrument’s main four strokes. This instrument, a majority of whose 18 to 21 strings are sympathetic, was popularised during the (10[1])1960s by its use on such songs as “Within You Without You” and “Norwegian Wood” by George (10[2])Harrison. Ravi Shankar played, for 10 points, what plucked stringed instrument commonly used in Hindustani classical music? ■END■