| Saghar |
Saghar A new instrument from the lute family designed and made by the Iranian musician and vocalist M.R. Shajarian in 2008. Saghar sound box is carved from mulberry wood and the top surface of it has partly covered by 3 pieces of thin membrane. The bridge is rested on one of them and the 2 others help the sound wave diffusion.similar 2 Tar, Saghar has 3 double courses of strings each pair tuned in octave and the pairs tuned in fourths, so it covers a sound range of about 2 and 1-half octaves. |
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