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  2. Tar (string instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The tar (from Persian: تار, lit. 'string') is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran , Azerbaijan , Uzbekistan , Armenia , Georgia , Tajikistan ( Iranian Plateau ), Turkey , and others near the Caucasus and Central Asia regions.

  3. Setar - Wikipedia

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    Du + tar is the 2-stringed dutār, se + tar is the 3-stringed setār, čartar (4 strings), pančtār (5 strings). [3] The modern Iranian instrument's name سه‌تار setâr is a combination of سه se —meaning "three"—and تار târ —meaning "string", therefore the word gives the meaning of "three-stringed" or "tri-stringed".

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. Sitar - Wikipedia

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    The word sitar is derived from the Persian word sehtar, meaning ' three-stringed '. [7] According to Curt Sachs, Persians chose to name their lutes around the word tar, meaning string, combined with a word for the number of strings. Du + tar is the 2-stringed dutār, se + tar is the 3-stringed setār, čartar (4 strings), pančtār (5 strings). [8]

  6. History of lute-family instruments - Wikipedia

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    Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1]The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as banjo, tanbura, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo ...

  7. Persian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Kasehzan and Kasehgar both mean Kaseh player. [5] Kaseh-pil: A kind of drum that was banded on elephant. [6] See Ayine-pil. Detail of Celebrations at the time of the marriage of Aurangzeb, cropped to show size of elephant drums: Khom: Kettledrum. Khom-e-ruyin: A kind of Khom with brazen body. Koli: A Persian frame drum. Kube In Arabic, Al-kube.

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    Taylor Swift has a longstanding love story with her fans, but that doesn’t mean she’s OK with others profiting off her likeness. Enter her history of trademarking. Swift, 34, filed her latest ...

  9. Guitar - Wikipedia

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    The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand.