sitar player vs player

sitar player and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sitar player	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of sitar player; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than sitar player:

Other hypernyms of sitar player include instrumentalist, musician.

sitar player (noun)	player (noun)
a musician who plays the sitar	a theatrical performer
	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity