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Setar (Persian: سه ‌تار, from seh, meaning "three" and tār, meaning "string") is an Iranian musical instrument. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. 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The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. The Surbahar ( Hindi: सुर बहार also known as bass sitar) is a Plucked string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music The term tanbūr ( Persian: تنبور) can refer to various long-necked Fretted Lutes originating in the Middle East Tanbur (spelled Tambur in keeping with TDK conventions is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire The tembûr, a Fretted String instrument, is a form of tanbūr. A theorbo (tiorba also tuorbe; tiorba Theorbe is a plucked string instrument A tiorbino, a little Theorbo ( tiorbo in Italian is a rare stringed instrument a type of long-necked Lute resembling a Theorbo but significantly The tiqin ( is a name applied to several two-stringed Chinese bowed string instruments in the Huqin family of instruments Topshur (Топшур in the Cyrillic alphabet of the Altayans) is a two-stringed plucked or strummed lute played by the Altayans. Veena (also spelled 'vina' Kannada: ವೀಣ Malayalam: വീണ Tamil: வீணா Telugu: వీణ is a Plucked stringed The zhonghu (中胡 Pinyin: zhōnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed String instrument. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. It is a member of the lute family. Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck (either Fretted or unfretted and a deep round back or more specifically to an instrument from Two and a half centuries ago, a fourth string was added to the setar, which has 25 - 27 moveable frets. It originated in Persia around the time of the spread of Islam and is a direct descendant of the larger and louder tanbur. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The term tanbūr ( Persian: تنبور) can refer to various long-necked Fretted Lutes originating in the Middle East The setar is significantly different from the Indian sitar, with which it is sometimes confused due to the similarity of their names. The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument.

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Notable setar players

Pamiri Setor (Tajikistan)

The Pamiri setor is playing in the eastern regions of Tajikistan. Mirzá Abdollah (1843 - 1918 was a noted court musician and master of the Setar and Tar. Ostad Sa'id Hormozi (1897 - 1976 was born in one of the old neighborhoods of Tehran called Sangalaj Ahmad Ebadi, (1906 &ndash March 8, 1993 was an Iranian musician and setar player Abolhasan Sabā ( April 15, 1902 - December 19, 1957 ( was a renowned Iranian musician composer Violinist and Setar player Mohammad-Rezā Lotfi ( born 1947 in Gorgan, Iran) is a Persian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and Setar Majid Derakhshani is an acclaimed Iranian musician He was born into a family of artists from the Iranian province Semnan Hossein Alizadeh ( is a distinguished Iranian Composer, Radif -preserver researcher teacher and excellent tar and setar Jalal Zolfonun (sometimes spelt or pronounced Jalal Zoufonoun,, born 1937 in Abadeh, Fars, Iran) is a master of the setar, as Dariush (Daryush Safvat ( داريوش صفوت) (born 1928 is an internationally renowned and well-respected Persian music master and Ethnomusicologist Kayvan Saket (in کیوان ساکت is an Iranian Composer, Radif -preserver researcher teacher and excellent Tar and Setar It is a much larger instrument than the Iranian setar. The setor has metal strings and is played with wire fingerpicks. It more resmbles the Uzbek tanbur or Indian sitar than it does the Iranian setar, though the name shares a common etymology. The term tanbūr ( Persian: تنبور) can refer to various long-necked Fretted Lutes originating in the Middle East The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument.

The body of the setor is made like a dutar, with separate ribs. The dutar ( Persian: دو تار, Uzbek: dutor (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional long-necked two-stringed Lute The soundboard is made of softwood, with soundholes drilled into it. The neck is wide and hollow, with a straight pegbox. There are generally 10 metal strings, including a few extra drone strings starting from pegs half way on the left side of the neck. The frets are wound-on nylon or gut. [1]


Hamid Motebassem Playing Setar
Hamid Motebassem Playing Setar
Setar
Setar
Azerbaijani Setar
Azerbaijani Setar

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Setar music samples

Dictionary

setar

-noun

  1. a Persian musical instrument
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