Setar

Key facts

Instrument.name

Setar (سه‌تار‎)

Instrument.names

setaar or setâr

Instrument.image

setar.jpg

Instrument.image_capt

A typical Iranian setar

Instrument.background

string

Instrument.classification

Plucked

Instrument.hornbostel_sachs

321.321

Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc

Necked-bowl lutes: instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings, in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument, in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table, whose body is shaped like a bowl

Instrument.developed

Developed by the 15th century, possibly earlier. 4th string added widely by 19th century

Instrument.range

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Instrument.related

Choghur Tambouras Tanbur Tar

Instrument.sound sample

thumb|center |A short clip in "Dastgahe Segah" using the Setar.

via Wikipedia infobox