A sazanda or sazandar is one of the three musicians in the traditional ensemble of instrumentalists performing along with a singer in the South Caucasus. The word means "builder" in Persian. The trio
Mirza Sadig, more commonly known as Sadigjan, was an Azerbaijani folk musician, tar player, and the creator of the Azerbaijani tar.
Sazanda
…instruments have gone through changes in structure as well. Kamancheh has gone from having 2 strings to having 3, 4 or even 5. Prominent Azeri sazanda Sadigjan developed a new version of tar (nowadays known as the Azeri tar or the Caucasus tar) by adding one more string to this once 6-string instrument and…