Plucked instruments

[Tjanaparh]

I would like to discuss the various musical instuments, specially the stringed ones, that are dstributed in Afghanistan and adicent territories.
I am a big fan of plucked instruments, even if I do not play one.
In thi theme You can post everything connected to playing, listening, making traditional instruments and music.

Hope You enjoy this theme

[Tjanaparh]

lets start with Rubab. Rubab is intended everywhere differently. I suppose the Afghan Rubab is the most famous, and similar forms exist in Uzbekistan and Iran too.
But some Rubabs are quiet different.

Afghan Rubab:



Uzbek version of Afghan rubab:



Uzbek rubab:


kashgar rubab:


Dolan rubab:




Pamir rubab:



Azeri rubab:


Sikh rubab:



Persian rubab:

[Tjanaparh]

Armenian tar video - very nice:
Armenian instrument Tar player Aleksandr Sahakyan, Sayat-nova "Eshkhemet" - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Uzbek tar:

Tar player in Bukhara, Uzbekistan - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Azeri tar:
Ramiz Quliyev - Azerbaijani Tar and European music - YouTube

Persian tar:
Abyaneh by Ostad Keivan Saket - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Kazakh Dombra versus Kyrghyz Komuz:
Kyrgyz Komuz ft. Kazakh Dombra - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Nice Kazakh Dombra :
домбыра.avi - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Nice Chechen Pandur:
Dechig Pondar / Дечиг Пондар - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Kalmyk dombra:
Калмыцкая домбра - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Mongolian dombra:
DOMBRA OF WESTERN MONGOLIA 1 - YouTube

[randolph85]

rubab 4 life

[tor_khan]

Afghan / Pashtun playing rabab in Swat near Matta (SWAT VALLEY) Pashto rabab - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

kifayat shah bacha pa satar khkuli naghma - YouTube

[Tjanaparh]

Look this great Avar master of instruments! He created a triple instrument Pandur-Tar-Komuz! A great person - he invented so many new instruments and most are now in museums! Really great!

[Tjanaparh]

Oh I heave forgotten to say! In the necks of the pandur and of the Komuz there are also Zurna and Duduk - so basicly it is a 5 instruments in one