Santoor

Contents • 1 History • 2 Name • 3 Description • 4 Derivations • 5 Iraqi santur • 6 Notable players • 6.1 Iran • 6.2 Iraq • 6.3 Greece • 6.4 India • 6.5 Germany • 6.6 Poland • 6.7 Turkey • 6.8 Lebanon • 7 From around the world • 8 See also • 9 Gallery • 10 References • 11 Bibliography • 12 Further reading • 13 External links Description The oval-shaped The right-hand strings are made of brass or copper, while the left-hand strings are made of steel. A total of 18 bridges divide the santur into three positions. Over each bridge cross four strings tuned in unison, spanning horizontally across the right and left side of the instrument. There are three sections of nine pitches: each for the bass, middle, and higher octave called behind the left bridges comprising 27 tones altogether. The top "F" note is repeated twice, creating a total of 25 separate tones on the santur. The Persian santur is primarily tuned to a variety of different diatonic scales utilizing 1/4 tones which are designated into 12 modes ( [ further explanation needed]. The Iraqi santur (also santour, santoor ) ( سنطور) is a hammered dulcimer of Mesopotamian origin. yakah (G) up to jawab jawab husayni (a). The bridges are called dama (chessmen in Iraqi Arabic) because they look like pawns. It is native to Iraq, Syria, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Greece (the Aegean coasts) and Azerbaijan. It is the main instrument used in the classical qin". The Iraqi santur has, since its inception, been fully chromatic allow...

Santoor is a Persian word, and it means a hundred strings. It is the oldest known string instrument of India. In Sanskrit, it is called the Shata Tantri Veena or “a hundred-stringed lute.” Santoor is a unique Indian string instrument that is not plucked or bowed but is played with a pair of light wooden sticks while sitting in a “Padmasana” or “Ardha-padmasana” position and placing it on top of the lap. Originally in India, it was only heard in the hills and valleys of Kashmir. It was first presented on the classical stage by the maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and has ever since taken its place in the hearts of millions around the world. “Soulful Sounds of the Santoor”– An unmatched path to Raga Meditation & Music Therapy Indian classical music therapy is an adjuvant therapy arising from ancestral wisdom & ancient scriptures. Our ancestors who were spiritually evolved had attained a higher life state and had realized the essential harmony between the human beings, raga-based sounds, and nature. Thorough knowledge and deep understanding of the same resides in the Vedas. Gandharva Veda, which is a constituent of Sama Veda, is regarded as the Veda of Music. The science of meditation, Indian classical music & chants are the roots of Sama Veda. Indian classical music empowers our 7 chakras (the seven chakras are the centers in our bodies through which the energy flows). The energy waves & vibrations produced by raga based sounds harmonize our chakras. These sounds enlighten an...

1 - Basics & historical origins The santoor is a trapezoid box. Carved from walnut or maple, it is strung with metal wires which the musician strikes with small wooden mallets. The Indian variant has around a hundred strings, held together in groups of three by 31 or so chessmen-like bridges. Its origins are contested - most scholars consider it to have been adapted from Persian folk instruments via the Himalayan Kashmir region, but ancient Indian works describe a similar creation called shata tantri veena ('hundred-stringed instrument'). What is certain is that it has long been played by Sufi musicians - a mystic strain of Islam which uses trance-like devotional music to directly connect with god. Islamic variants, known as santur, are often used to accompany the chanting which is central to Sufi spiritual practice, and tend to have fewer strings ('only' about 70). Other branches of the family tree include the Greek santooui, the Hungarian yangqin. But few outside the Kashmir valley had ever heard the Indian santoor until the early 1950s. Several years earlier, the esteemed Hindustani classical singer Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma had recommended to his 13-year-old son Shivkumar that they should augment their study of tabla and vocal music with santoor training too. The elder man saw its potential to be elevated to the classical stage, and they set about reimagining the instrument for this new context. They would eventually achieve their goal, but only after years of tireless wo...

The Santoor Designation and origin In his thesis on the Dulcimer, David Kettlewellwrote: “Much controversy - and sometimes, one suspects, plain confusion and incomplete knowledge - surrounds the instruments in the santur area, concerning the meaning of the name, what names are given to dulcimers, how far back in time they can be dated, and so on.” (1976:329) There are, of course, various reasons that could explain this reality, each one being related to specific aspects of the culture where the instrument is played. We will here refer to the one proposed by Namita Devidayal in regard to the history of the sitar as it eloquently summarizes the Indian perspective on the matter: “In India, truth is considered overrated. Mythology overwhelms fact.The same story is slightly different in every retelling, like many renditions of a raga. And so it is that there are multiple origin stories for the sitar.” (2018: 127) We could thus choose to retell this origin story about the birth of the santoor in India, in the mists of time. However, since we prefer to rely on research findings that are based on identifiable textual and iconographic sources, we will have to tell another story. ​ According to Gifford, the term santoor ( sanṭūra) is a Persian (or Turkish) adaptation of the Arabic sanṭīr which itself derives from the Greek psaltery (from psallein, "to pluck") that designated in the Europe of the Middle Ages a plucked string instrument of trapezoidal shape. (2001: 45) This term first...

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Development In ancient shatatantri vina (100-stringed vina). Sufiana Mausiqi. Some researchers slot it as an improvised version of a primitive instrument played in the [ citation needed] In Indian santoor playing, the specially-shaped mallets ( mezrab) are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers. A typical santoor has two sets of bridges, providing a range of three Characteristics The trapezoid framework is generally made out of either walnut or maple wood. The top and bottom boards sometimes can be either plywood or veneer. On the top board, also known as the soundboard, wooden bridges are placed, in order to seat stretched metal strings across. The strings, grouped in units of 3 or 4, are tied on nails or pins on the left side of the instrument and are stretched over the sound board on top of the bridges to the right side. On the right side there are steel tuning pegs or tuning pins, as they are commonly known, that allows tuning each unit of strings to a desired musical note or a frequency or a pitch. Technique The santoor is played while sitting in an ardha-padmasana and placing it on the lap. While being played, the broad side is closer to the waist of the musician and the shorter side is away from the musician. It is played with a pair of light wooden mallets held with both hands. The santoor is a delicate instrument and sensitive to light strokes and glides. The strokes are played always on the strings either closer to the bridges or a little a...

sanṭūr, also spelled santour or santoor, also called santouri, cimbalom and the Chinese yangqin—are found in central and western Europe as well as in East Asia. Although the exact sanṭūr remains disputed, the instrument is widely believed to have originated in The sanṭūr consists of a flat trapezoidal wooden frame or box, across which are stretched metal strings that are beaten with small wooden hammers or mallets. The strings are usually fastened to metal hooks or pins on the left side of the box and to tuning pegs on the right. Depending on the region and tradition in which the instrument is played, the strings typically range in number from about 72 to more than 100. Most of the strings are tuned in sets, or courses, of three, four, or five strings each. (If not tuned to the same pitch, the strings in a course are tuned in octaves.) Contemporary instruments typically have moveable wooden bridges, arranged in two rows that roughly parallel the right and left sides of the instrument. For the most part, each bridge supports a single course of strings.