Persian Tar ET-202

• Maker: Afshari
• Body: Mulberry
• Neck: Mulberry
• Fingerboard: Bone
• Pegs: Walnut

It comes with:

• Hard case
• Mezrab (Pick)
• Extra Strings

About Tar:

Tar, long-neck; Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and partly a stringed instrument used in Turkey. It means "wire" in Persian. The person who plays tar is called style or tarist. This instrument has a two and a half octave pitch. The craftsmanship and performance art of the Azerbaijani tar was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012.

Traditional tar construction can use different woods for different parts. The double-bowl body is commonly made of mulberry wood. Depending on the maker and model, the neck and pegbox can use mulberry, walnut, or other suitable woods.

Persian tar types are divided into four: solo tar 86-89 cm long, orchestral tar 83-86 cm long, student tarry 72-76 cm long, and cura tar.

Persian tar can be tuned in different ways. However, some tunings are more preferable than others for especial dastgahs. The range of the tar is almost two and a half octaves. The fingerboard has twenty-five to twenty-eight adjustable gut frets. These frets indicate the location of the notes and made of the sheep gut. Persian tar is played by a plectrum which is usually made of brass with the length of 3 cm. The half of the plectrum is covered by wax so that the player can hold it easily. Recently some plastic plectrums have been produced too.

Even though Persian tar's voice resembles mandolin, cümbüş and bouzouki, he has a different playing technique and repertoire.

Persian tar.