Long-necked two-stringed lute from Iran and Central Asia
For the Bengali folk instrument, see dotara.
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Dutar
An Uzbek dutar player
String instrument
Classification
Plucked
Related instruments
Bouzouki
Çiftelia
Dotara
Pandura
Tambouras
Tanbur
Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country
Turkmenistan
Reference
01565
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription
2021 (16th session)
List
Representative
The dutar (also dotar; Persian: دوتار, romanized: dutâr; Russian: Дутар; Tajik: Дутор; Uzbek: Дутор; Uyghur: دۇتار, romanized: Dutar; simplified Chinese: 都塔尔; traditional Chinese: 都塔爾; pinyin: Dū tǎ ěr; Dungan: Дутар) is a traditional Iranian long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings", دوتار do tār (< دو do "two",تار tār "string"), although the Herati dutar of Afghanistan has fourteen strings. Dutar is very popular in Tajikistan and Khorasan province of Iran. When played, the strings are usually plucked by the Uyghurs of Western China and strummed and plucked by the Tajiks, Turkmen, Uzbeks. Related instruments include the Kazakh dombra. The Dutar is also an important instrument among the Kurds of Khorasan amongst whom Haj Ghorban Soleimani of Quchan was a noted virtuoso. In Kurdish one who plays the dutar is known as a bakci (bakhshi) similar to Turkmen bagşy, while in Azeri the term is ashiq. Khorasan bakhshi music is recognized on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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.
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