I came across an article at the BBC's Web site discussing the dying art of making the santoor or santur, a traditional Persian string percussion instrument (not to be confused with the similar Indian santoor, which has a different design). The article is very interesting, and I recommend you click over there and read it for yourself.
Having read it, I wanted to hear what the santur sounded like; so I turned to YouTube, and found quite a lot of material there. Here, in no particular order, are three pieces for the instrument and accompanists.
An interesting excursion into a musical tradition that's wholly new to me. You'll find many more pieces on YouTube.
Peter
2 comments:
Suspiciously similar to the hammered dulcimer used in late Mediaeval Europe, and 17th / 18th C America by Scots / Irish immigrants.
Many societies forget that their "traditional" influences and ingredients were imported to them in the 16th / 17th C.
Note that the "traditional" hot peppers of Chinese, Thai, Indian, Arabic, and Eastern European cuisines were imported first to China on the Manilla Galleons from 16th C Spanish colonial South America, and spread from there.
John in Indy
kind of like a hammer dulcimer.
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