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Shurangiz
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The shurangiz is a newly Iranian musical instrument, a member of the lute family, developed under supervision of the Iranian musician Hossein Alizadeh. It has a skin face, six strings, a longer finer fingerboard and increased number of frets comparing with its original prototype setar.
Listen to Shurangiz sample by Hossein Alizadeh:
References
See Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan, calabashmusic.com.
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