surbahar (Bass sitar)
~ String instrument
Description
Effectively a bass sitar, it has 4 main, 3-4 chikari(drone) and 10-11 resonance strings strung over a wide wooden neck. Made of flat-cut gourd with a possible secondary resonator (tumba) it was invented in 1825 by sitar-player Ghulam Mohammed who wanted a deeper sound.
Relationships
| from: | India |
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| invented by: | ওস্তাদ গোলাম মোহাম্মদ (sitar player and inventor of the surbahar) (in 1825) |
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| type of: | sitar (Indian long-necked fretted gourdlute) |
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| derived from: | kachva sitar (Flat-cut gourd sitar) |
| Wikidata: | Q980383 [info] |
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