Armin Tabari/Tar @ ce.Sharif.edu </head> <style> a { color: #339900; text-decoration:none } a:hover { text-decoration: underline } </style> <body> <table> <tr><td><img src="images/p1.gif"><font face="Arial" size="4">Tar</font></td></tr> <tr><td><img src="images/tar-mat.gif"></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td> <br><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt"> Tar is a plucked stringed instrument (a long-necked lute) that is played in Iran (Persia), Caucasian countries (like Azerbaijan, Armenia and so on) and central Asia (like Tajikistan). It exists in two forms now, the Persian (that is named Tar-e-Shiraaz or Irani) and Caucasian (that is named Tar-e-Ghafghaaz). The Persian tar is carved from a block of mulberry wood and has a deep, curved body with two bulges shaped like a figure 8. The upper surface is shaped like two hearts of different sizes, joined at the points. The sound box consists of two parts. The small part is called Naghaareh and the large part is called Kaasseh (that means bowl (sound box)). The sound box is covered with lambskin. On the lower skin, a horn bridge supports six metal strings in three courses. The long fingerboard has twenty-two to twenty-eight movable gut frets. The strings are plucked with a brass plectrum coated on one side in wax. Its range is about two and a half octaves.</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><br><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt"> 1. Resonator: walnut or mulberry wood<br> 2. String holder: walnut or box wood or animal beams<br> 3. Skin: lambskin<br> 4. Bridge: goat or male sheep beam<br> 5. Finger board: walnut wood<br> 6. The bone on the finger board: camel’s feet bone<br> 7. Nut: goat or male sheep beam<br> 8. Bent back Pegbox: walnut wood<br> 9. Tuning pegs: walnut wood<br> 10. Plectrum: brass ( A half of brass is covered by beeswax to let it be in hand with no problem an easier .) <br><br> Hints : All woods should be old , because new woods become deformed by damp weather . The reason that we use a camel’s feet bone is that it is the longest bone which is uncurved .<br><br> </td> </tr> <tr><td><hr></td></tr> <tr><td><br><img src="images/p1.gif"><font face="Arial" size="4">Books and Notes</font></td></tr> <tr><td> <img src="images/dastur1.gif"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="files/dastur1.pdf"> Dastur e Moghaddamati e Tar va Setar</a> (M. Marufi & N. Zarrinpanje)</font></td></tr> <tr><td><hr></td></tr> <tr><td><br><img src="images/p1.gif"><font face="Arial" size="4">My Tar</font></td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="images/body.jpg"><img src="images/t/body.jpg"></a> <a href="images/face.jpg"><img src="images/t/face.jpg"></a> <a href="images/art.jpg"><img src="images/t/art.jpg"></a> <a href="images/mymy.jpg"><img src="images/t/mymy.jpg"></a> </td> </tr> </table> <body> </html>