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The instrument lacks the modern satar's sympathetic strings, the 12 frets on the soundboard, and the bridge placed at an angle, with the main strings raised separately from the sympathetic strings. It does have the satar's
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A single melody string is set apart from the sympathetic strings. This is the string that the musician manipulates on the instrument's neck, fretting it to change the notes as the string is bowed.
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The instrument is a long-necked lute, about 140 cm long, with a bowl about 16.5 cm at the widest point, about 15 cm deep. The neck is fretted with 18 tied
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On modern instruments, the bridge is set on the soundboard near the bottom at an approximately 45-degree angle, instead of set straight across the soundboard.
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The first string of the satar is the main string, which represents the main melody, or the main string. The rest of the strings act as a reflection.
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The main string of the instrument is set in relation to the lead singer's voice, singing the 12 maqams. The string is set approximately to:
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Satar 135 cm An important instrument for the maqam, the most famous genre in Uyghur music, it is played with a bow.
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A shorter version, about 120 centimeters long, is known as the alto sataer (中音萨它尔).
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which are not played directly but vibrate in reaction to the melody string, in
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For an instrument using 12 sympathetic strings, the strings may be tuned:
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Video. Trio playing Uyghur instruments; satar is on the far right.
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Index

photo of man playing a sataer
String instrument
Classification
Related instruments
Dutar
Setar
Tanbur
Tembor

tanbur
setar
Turkestan
Uyghur
Chinese
萨它尔
traditional Uyghur
lute
Uyghur
Xinjiang
maqams
frets
sympathetic strings
sympathetic resonance
Setar
Chinese music
List of Chinese musical instruments
"Instrument makers dance to a traditional tune"
"The craft of Satar making by the people of Toksu"
Xinjiang Tianshannet
the original

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