Chardha

Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Front view.
Turkish-style oud, as played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia, etc.
Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Side view.

The Chardha (also Charda, Chardah or Hunza Rubab) is a stringed instrument from Pakistan and Afghanistan, from and mainly played in the Hunza valley and Gilgit-Baltistan province.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It has 4 or 5 main playing strings made of gut or nylon, and many metal resonance strings.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - Central Asia". atlasofpluckedinstruments.com.
  2. ^ "Indus Blues documents musical traditions dying out in Pakistan".
  3. ^ "INSTRUMUNDO Instrumentos Musicales: Chardha, Chardah, Hunza Rabab". April 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Indus Blues | An Indie Meme Presentation". indiememe.
  5. ^ "An elegy to music". www.thenews.com.pk.
  6. ^ "Salman Rashid: From Timber to Tenor". Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  7. ^ "The Shahnameh Guide To The Lutes Of Central Asia". shahnameh.netlify.app.