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Santur : is a trapezoid-shaped hammered
dulcimer with strings passing
from one end to the other over small bridges. There are two types of
strings, brass and steel |
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The nine sets of steel wires which pass over the bridges at
the left are the high notes and the nine sets of
brass wires which pass over the bridges at the right are the
low notes. |
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A group of four strings tuned together make up the
tonal units. The wires are struck by a pair of long, thin,
delicate mallets called Mezrab. |
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Although this instrument is known throughout the Middle
East, India and Afghanistan It is also
common in China and Eastern Europe and was
played in medieval Europe where some say it was the
forerunner of the Piano. |
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Tar : is a six-stringed, plucked instrument
with a skin-covered soundbox.
The six strings are tuned in pairs, the high-pitched and
central pairs in unison
and the bottom pair in octave |
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Adjustable string frets are wound and
tied around the neck providing a scale which includes the
twelve Western notes plus several semi flats or
quarter tones. |
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Setar
: is a long necked four-stringed instrument
which has a soundbox
covered with thin wood. It originally had only three
strings, the fourth was added by the great mystic Moshtaq
'Ali Shah. |
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Adjustable string frets are wound around the neck like on
the tar and the left-hand techniques are like those of the tar except, instead of
a plectrum, the fingernail of the index finger
is used. |
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