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Also known as Sadig Asadoglu

Mirza Sadig, more commonly known as Sadigjan (; 1846 – 1902), was an Azerbaijani folk musician, tar player, and the creator of the Azerbaijani tar (also known as upgraded tar).

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Mirza Sadig
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1846
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Shusha, Russian Empire
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Shusha, Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijani Folk Music, Mugham
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Primary: Tar
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Oğlu: Sadıqov Bahadur Nəvəsi: Sadıqov Rəhim Nəticəsi: Sadıqov Elçin Kötücəsi: Sadıqov Afər

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Childhood and youth
  • Success
  • Shiri-Khurshid
  • Sadigjan's ensemble
  • Performance technique
  • Creation of the Azerbaijani tar
  • Strings
  • Contribution to the Azerbaijani music
  • References

Mirza Sadig, more commonly known as Sadigjan (; 1846 – 1902), was an Azerbaijani folk musician, tar player, and the creator of the Azerbaijani tar (also known as upgraded tar).

Sadigjan is one of the famous Azerbaijani tar players. By improving this instrument, Sadigjan expanded the possibilities of virtuoso playing on this instrument. He increased the number of strings from 5 to 13, made additional changes to the body of the instrument, and completely changed the system of frets on the tar's neck reducing their number from 27–28 to 22.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sadigjan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.