Setar
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A setar is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more tha
Parts of an Iranian Setar
Setar bowl or body, string holder, strings, bridge and sound holes
Woman with a Setar, Safavid Iran, Isfahan (ca. 1600–1610)
Woman with a Setar, Qajar Iran, Tehran
Tanbur
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The term Tanbur can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology pre
Setar
…Three Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than two and a half octaves. Originally a three stringed instrument, the addition of a fourth string…
Musician and luthier Ghobad Ghobadi (تنبورقبادی), a face of Yarsanism, plays a Kurdish tanbur. Ghobadi makes tanburs in the Yarsan tradition.
Kurdish Tembur
left to right: Turkish tambur, Greek Baglamas, tambouras
North Indian Tanpura (left) used as a drone to accompany a sarod recital