sursingar (19th century large North-Indian dhrupad bass-sarod)
~ String instrument
Description
Improved further by Jaffar Khan, it had a wooden soundboard, the fingerboard covered with iron and all strings are steel or bronze.
Less common today, it was used for Dhrupad style music.
Relationships
| from: | North India |
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| invented by: | Jaffar Khan (Seni rabab player and inventor of sursringar) |
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| type of: | lute family |
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| derivations: | sarod |
| derived from: | seni rebab (Medieval Indian evolution of the Afghan (kabuli) rabab) |
| hybrid of: | seni rebab (Medieval Indian evolution of the Afghan (kabuli) rabab) sitar (Indian long-necked fretted gourdlute) |
| picture: | https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/sursringar/sursringar.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q2372387 [info] |
| information page: | https://www.sursringar.org/ [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_sursringar.html [info] |
