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___MASK76___ (; " Saint Raphael ") is a city and the county seat of Marin County , California , United States . The city is located in the ___MASK83___ region of the ___MASK74___ Bay Area . As of the 2010 census the city ' s population is 57 , 713 . The sitar ( or ; Urdu : ) is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music . The instrument is believed to have been derived from the veena , an ancient Indian instrument , which was modified by a Mughal court musician to conform with the tastes of his Mughal patrons and named after a Persian instrument called the setar ( meaning " three strings "). The sitar flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th century ___MASK16___ . It derives its distinctive timbre and resonance from sympathetic strings , bridge design , a long hollow neck and a gourd - shaped resonance chamber . In appearance , the sitar is similar to the tanpura , except that it has frets . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss ___MASK51___ of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss ___MASK48___ , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North ___MASK55___ in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . ___MASK74___ ( SF ) ( Spanish for Saint Francis ) officially the City and County of ___MASK74___ , is the cultural , commercial , and financial center of Northern California . It is the birthplace of the United Nations . Located at the north end of the ___MASK74___ Peninsula , ___MASK74___ is about in area , making it the smallest county  and the only consolidated city - county  within the state of California . With a density of about 18 , 451 people per square mile ( 7 , 124 people per km ), ___MASK74___ is the most densely settled large city ( population greater than 200 , 000 ) in California and the second - most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City . ___MASK74___ is the fourth - most populous city in California , after Los Angeles , San Diego , and San Jose , and the 13th - most populous city in the United States  with a census - estimated 2015 population of 864 , 816 . The city and its surrounding areas are known as the ___MASK74___ Bay Area , and are a part of the larger OMB - designated San Jose - ___MASK74___ - Oakland combined statistical area , the fifth most populous in the nation with an estimated population of 8 . 7 million . Sympathetic strings or resonance strings are auxiliary strings found on many Indian musical instruments , as well as some Western Baroque instruments and a variety of folk instruments . They are typically not played directly by the performer ( except occasionally as an effect ), only indirectly through the tones that are played on the main strings , based on the principle of sympathetic resonance . The resonance is ___MASK9___ often heard when the fundamental frequency of the string is in unison or an octave lower or higher than the catalyst note , although it can occur for other intervals , such as a fifth , with less effect . The sarod ( or sarode ) (    ) is a stringed instrument of ___MASK16___ , used mainly in Indian classical music . Along with the sitar , it is among the most popular and prominent instruments in Hindustani classical music . The sarod is known for a deep , weighty , introspective sound , in contrast with the sweet , overtone - rich texture of the sitar , with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant , reverberant quality . It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend ( glissandi ), which are important in Indian music . Allauddin Khan , also known as Baba Allauddin Khan ( c . 1862  6 September 1972 ) was a Bengali shorodi and multi - instrumentalist , composer and one of the ___MASK9___ renowned music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music . The Ali Akbar College of Music ( AACM ) is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music . The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta , ___MASK16___ . The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley , California , but moved to its current location in San Rafael , California the next year . The third was founded in 1985 in Basel , Switzerland and is run by Khan ' s disciple Ken Zuckerman . ___MASK12___ is a city on the east shore of ___MASK74___ Bay in northern Alameda County , California . It is named after the 18th - century Anglo - Irish bishop and philosopher George ___MASK12___ . It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north . Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the ___MASK12___ Hills . The 2010 census recorded a population of 112 , 580 . ___MASK71___ ( also Basle or ) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil ___MASK22___ . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , ___MASK41___ and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and Ireland , county towns have a similar function . ___MASK98___ is a city in the ___MASK98___ District (  ) of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh , which shares a border with neighboring Uttar Pradesh . The city is a municipal corporation within the district , and the home of its administrative headquarters . Ali Akbar Khan ( Bengali :      ) ( 14 April 1922 -- 18 June 2009 ) , often referred to as Khansahib or by the title Ustad ( master ) , was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana , known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod . Khan was instrumental in popularising Indian classical music in the West , both as a performer ( often in conjunction with Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar ) , and as a teacher . He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956 , and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967 , which is now located in ___MASK76___ , California and has a branch in Basel , Switzerland . Khan also composed several classical ragas and film scores . He was a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California , Santa Cruz . Trained as a musician and instrumentalist by his father , Allauddin Khan , Khan first came to America in 1955 on the invitation of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and later settled in California . Khan was nominated for five Grammy Awards and was accorded ___MASK16___ ' s second highest civilian honour , the Padma Vibhushan , in 1989 . He has also won a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts ' s National Heritage Fellowship . ___MASK86___ , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic in Europe . It consists of 26 cantons , and the city of ___MASK100___ is the seat of the federal authorities . The country is situated in Western - Central Europe , and is bordered by Italy to the south , ___MASK52___ to the west , ___MASK69___ to the north , and Austria and ___MASK91___ to the east . ___MASK86___ is a landlocked country geographically divided between the ___MASK48___ , the Swiss Plateau and the Jura , spanning an area of . While the ___MASK48___ occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are to be found : among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva . ___MASK16___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK16___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK26___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK41___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK16___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK16___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . ___MASK11___ is a county located in the ___MASK74___ Bay Area of the U . S . state of California . As of the 2010 census , the population was 252 , 409 . Its county seat is San Rafael . ___MASK11___ is included in the ___MASK74___ - Oakland - Hayward , CA Metropolitan Statistical Area ( ___MASK74___ Bay Area ) across the Golden Gate Bridge from ___MASK74___ . Maihar is a city and municipality in ___MASK98___ district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . Maihar is known for the ___MASK72___ of the revered mother goddess Sharda situated on Trikuta hill . Trikuta is a three peaked mountain . It appears in Hindu mythology , and is generally accepted to be the Sri Pada mountain in ___MASK65___ . ___MASK98___ District (  )( Cement City ), was formed in 1948 , is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central ___MASK16___ . The town of ___MASK98___ is the district headquarters . The district has an area of 7 , 502 km² , and a population of 768 , 648 ( 2011 census ), 20 . 63 % of which was urban . The district has a population density of 249 persons per km² . The ___MASK74___ Bay Area ( referred to locally as the Bay Area ) is a populous region surrounding the ___MASK74___ and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California . The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose , ___MASK74___ , and Oakland , along with smaller urban and rural areas . The Bay Area ' s nine counties are Alameda , Contra Costa , Marin , Napa , ___MASK74___ , San Mateo , Santa Clara , Solano , and Sonoma . Home to approximately 7 . 65 million people , the nine - county Bay Area contains many cities , towns , airports , and associated regional , state , and national parks , connected by a network of roads , highways , railroads , bridges , tunnels and commuter rail . The combined statistical area of the region is the second - largest in California ( after the Greater Los Angeles area ), the fifth - largest in the United States , and the 43rd - largest urban area in the world . Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music . The style is sometimes called " North Indian classical music " or " Shstriya Sangt ". It is a tradition that has been evolving since the 12th century CE , in North ___MASK16___ . Today , it is one of the two subgenres of Indian classical music , the other being Carnatic music , the classical tradition of South ___MASK16___ . The Maihar gharana is a gharana or school of Hindustani or North Indian classical music formed principally by the sarod maestro Ustad Allaudin Khan in Maihar in the Madhya Pradesh state of ___MASK16___ . Madhya Pradesh ( MP ) (, meaning ___MASK33___ Province ) is a state in ___MASK33___ ___MASK16___ . Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore . Nicknamed the " heart of ___MASK16___ " due to its geographical location in ___MASK16___ , Madhya Pradesh is the second - largest state in the country by area . With over 75 million inhabitants , it is the fifth - largest state in ___MASK16___ by population . It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast , Chhattisgarh to the southeast , ___MASK40___ to the south , Gujarat to the west , and Rajasthan to the northwest . Its total area is 308 , 245 km² . Before 2000 , When Chattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in ___MASK16___ and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state , Singoli and Konta , was 1500 km .