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Hindustani composition type, usually played on plucked stringed instruments such as the sitar and sarod. Most are based on one of a limited number of stereotypical stroke patterns, and comprise two or three sections (sthayi, antara, and sometimes manjha). The most common type is the Masitkhani gat, named after the 19th-century sitarist Masit Khan, set in the 16-beat metric cycle teental at a slow tempo.
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