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Santur (Persian: سنتورcode: fa is deprecated ) is an Iranian traditional musical instrument. It can also be referred to as santoor or santour. It is usually based on 18 Bridge (Persian: خرکcode: fa is deprecated ) on the left and right side (9 in left and 9 on the right).

Santoor has 4 strings in each bridge. It is commonly played with two wooden stick named (Persian: مضرابcode: fa is deprecated ) which has strings usually either white and yellow.

The three different parts provide different tones where the yellow strings which is often the first position, while the white strings being in the second position and the bridge, and lastly the yellow strings behind the bridge.

History

The santur was invented and developed in the area of Iran and Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). From there, the instrument was traded and traveled to different parts of the Middle East.

Each country customized and designed its own versions to adapt to their musical scales and tunings. The original santur was made with tree bark and stones, and strung with goat intestines.

The Mesopotamian santur has been claimed to be the father of the harp, the Chinese yangqin, the harpsichord, the qanun, the cimbalom, and the American and European hammered dulcimers

Notable Santoor artists

• Ardavan Kamkar
• Faramarz Payvar
• Parviz Meshkatian
• Pashang Kamkar

Santur Media

• Santur Range.png

  Santur range

• Sadeghi-Dehlavi-Concertino for Santur Full.ogg

  Sadeghi-Dehlavi-Concertino for Santur by Faramarz Payvar.

• Woman playing a santur, Qajar Iran, artist named Ahmad.jpg

  Woman playing a santur, early 19th century, in Qajar Iran.

• Iraqi Santur.tiff

  Typical Iraqi Santur

• Chalghi santur player playing on a non-standard Iraqi santur

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  Ali Bahrami-Fard playing in Vahdat Hall

• Chalghi santur player playing on a non-standard Iraqi santur

• Santur Hand Position.jpg

  Author: Afshin Max Sadeghi*Picture of the correct technical hand position and stance to play the Persian santur.*I took this picture and I'm uploading it as free art to be used for educational purposes Please feel free to distribute and use for public use. Santurman (talk) 10:58, 30 September 2011 (UTC

• Santur Technique Video.theora.ogv

  Santur video demonstration of Persian classical technique, style and improvisation. Live performance by Manoochehr Sadeghi at UCLA