Dutar

At the time of the Dutar's humble origins in the 15th century as a shepherd's instrument its strings were made from gut. However, with the opening up of the Silk Road, catgut gave way to strings made from twisted silk imported from China. To this day some instruments still feature silk strings, although nylon strings are also commonly used.^[1][2][3][4]

The dutar has a warm, dulcet tone.^{[citation needed]} Typical sizes for the pear-shaped instrument range from one to two meters.

Typically it is tuned La Re or A D, but it also depends on the region.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing from 2021 representative on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. ^[5][6]

Notable players

• Haj Ghorban Soleimani

  (1920–2008)

• Turgun Alimatov (1922–2008)
• Abdurahim Hamidov (1952–2013)
• Uyghur
  ) (1962–)
• Sanubar Tursun (1971–)
• Alireza Soleimani (Aliabad, Khorasan)
• Sultan Reza Bakci (Geliani) (Khorasani)
• Haj Mohammad Hossein Yeganeh (Khorasani)
• Abdolghader Afzali(Khorasan, Iran)
• Aziz Tanha (Korasan, Iran)
• Saied Tehranizadeh
• Abd Allah Amini (Khorasani)
• Zolfaghar Askarian (Khorasani)
• Gholam Ali Poor Ataa (Khorasani)
• Aliia Gholi Yeganeh (
  Turkmen
  )
• Osman Mohammadparast (Khaf, Iran)
• Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir (Tehran, Iran)

See also

• Shashmaqam
• Turgun Alimatov
• Dotara
• Bağlama
• Çiftelia
• Music of Iran
• Music of Afghanistan
• Music of Tajikistan
• Music of Turkmenistan
• Music of Central Asia

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dutâr.

• Listen famous Dutar tunes
• Encyclopedia of Persian Music Instruments
• Dutar Music of Turkmenistan (ethnomusicology essay by Graham Flett, 2001)