Original sentence: George Harrison was the first musician in a sixties pop group to make use of the sitar.Ravi Shankar (who taught the sitar to George Harrison) performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.The instrument was soon used by many other bands, such as The Rolling Stones, Love and Donovan - the latter being taught to play the instrument by Harrison himself
Edited sentence: Because of its psychedelic sound, the instrument would soon be used by many other bands, such as The Rolling Stones, Love and Donovan, the latter being taught to play the instrument by Harrison himself.George Harrison was also the first musician of a pop group in the sixties to make use of the sitar.Ravi Shankar, who taught the sitar to George Harrison, would even be part of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.The popularity of the individual Beatles combined with their considerable instrumental skills led to a better knowledge in the general public of the musical contributions made by lead guitar, rhythm guitar, drums, and particularly bass guitar