Sehtar- long-necked three or four stringed lute with pear-shaped wooden body, plucked with the nail of the right index finger; used in Persian classical music
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tar- six stringed lute with double belly covered with a sheep skin membrane and plucked with a pick; used for classical or folk music
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Santur
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Persian dulcimer played with two balsa wood mallets
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nay
vertical cane flute with 5 to 7 finger holes
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Kemanche
spike fiddle held on the player’s knee
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Zarb
Persian drum, also called dombak, held on the player’s knee and struck with palms and fingers of both hands
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Ud or Oud
Arab lute with a large pear-shaped body and 3 ornamental sound holes, short neck, 5 courses of strings and plucked with an eagle quill or plastic plectrum. The Renaissance lute was based on this instrument
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Qanun
Arab trapezoidal zither with 24 courses of strings stretched across the sound box. The sounding board is part wood and part skin. On each course of strings is a set of 4 moveable bridges that can shorten the string, raising pitch by a quarter, a quarter and three quarters of a strp. It is played with 2 plectra, one attached to each index finger or can be hammered
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Darabukka
single membrane goblet-shaped drum made of wood or clay
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Dotar
large lute with long neck, frets, and 2 or 3 strings for folk music in Iran