He played eight musical instruments&colon; flute, violin, saxophone, piano, mridangam, nadaswara, sitar, and veena. Strayer plays banjo, dobro, guitar, lap steel, bass, mandolin, accordion, and sitar. Exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla are common. Howe plays a Danelectro electric sitar, lute, and acoustic guitar on the track. Segments of tabla and sitar provide a change of mood and pace. He was the first to combine the flute and the clarinet, the sitar and mandolin. It is a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. Sometimes they listened to records and played guitar or sitar. These are smaller sized sitars that look like a sitar. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Ravi Shankar. Aside from playing sitar on the track, Harrison's contributions included fuzztone-effected electric guitar. Annapurna was initially instructed by her father in the sitar and vocals. Harrison became fascinated with the sitar and immersed himself in Indian music. She plays Pump organ, Keyboard and Sitar. The tune features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias.