![]() Santur is one of the most known Persian musical instruments, popular among all age groups due to its charismatic musical notes, unlike other instruments. It’s directly played with nails especially the index finger and there’s no need for a plectrum. In comparison to tar, Setar is fully wooden and doesn’t have a sheepskin membrane. As it’s a very delicate Iranian musical instrument, mostly Sufis carry and play it. This soothing sound instrument’s material is from mulberry wood and its usual size is about 85*20 cm (with a 15 cm deep bowl shape). The fingerboard of this Persian musical instrument has 25-26 gut frets. However, you can also find it with four strings Two steel strings and two brass ones. As it’s mentioned the word “Tar” is the string in Persian and Setar literally means three strings. Setar originates in ancient Tanboor of old Persia. Nowadays it’s more common for sacred music in the west of Iran. Tanbur enables the musician to make different rhythms and natural sounds including bird whistling, waterfall, and stream. Of course, there are different ways of strumming the strings, in which mostly the index and pinky fingers are involved. The player needs to use all the fingers of the right hand to play Tanbur. Tanbur has four strings and fourteen chromatic, gut frets. There are some holes over it for a more qualified resonance. The soundboard is three or four millimeters thick, also made of a mulberry layer. It has a long neck and a pear-like shape. Tanbur (Tambour), another Persian musical instrument, is shaped from mulberry wood. There are about twenty-six frets over its fingerboard and they play the strings with a small plectrum. You can also observe a thin membrane of sheepskin, stretched at its end. They carve mulberry wood to shape Tar’s body which is similar to a double bowl. ![]() We can say that Tar is from the lute family but with frets and six strings Five strings are steel and one brass. This instrument was first formed in the Middle East in the eighteenth century. Tar is the name of one of the most applicable and well-known Persian musical instruments. Here are 10 famous Iranian instruments with some description: 1. ![]() Also for rituals and ceremonies, people play their music on certain days and times which makes them unified and reminds tribe relations. They sing them while weaving carpets, harvesting products, or working in bazaars. Special songs are synced to every type too. There are Azari, Kurdi, Khorasani, Gilani, Mazani ( Mazandaran), Baluchi, Khuzestan and Hormozgan music styles. They have had their own folk music for a long time. Music also roots in different tribes of Iran. Barbod is the one who invented many Persian musical instruments. The most famous artisans are Nakisa, Barbod, and Sargash. People started growing fond of music and they used to play it in their rituals. The first improvements happened in Sassanid Era. Development of Persian Music Throughout Historyĭevelopment of Persian Music Throughout History. ![]()
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