Setar
Also known as saitār, sehtār, setā, setór, sihtār, Iranian setar
A setar (, ) (lit: "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, a fourth string was added by Mushtaq Ali Shah by the mid 19th century. It is played with the index finger of the right hand.
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