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286:. There are two bridges; the playable strings pass over the greater bridge, which is connected to the tabli with small legs, which are glued in place. The sympathetic strings pass over the smaller bridge which is directly glued on the tabli. The bridges have a slightly curved upper surface parallel to the string that the strings touch when vibrating, which results in a buzzing sound known as jawari. The body of the instrument is similar to that of a sitar, in that it is made of a large dried gourd with a carved wood face on one side and joined to the neck by a carved wooden yoke or "gulu". It differs in that most surbahars have a gourd that is larger and tilted 90º so that the bottom of the gourd is to the back of the instrument, creating a shallower and rounder body for an enhanced bass response. 27: 494: 508: 131: 699: 356:, was only taught to descendants of veena players. The development of the surbahar was due in part to the desire to play in a lower range similar to that of the veena. 692: 1221: 1170: 685: 708: 252:, but has a lower pitch. Depending on the instrument's size, it is usually pitched two to five whole steps below the standard sitar. 138: 110: 1226: 299:, which is fixed on the index finger of the player's right hand. Three plectrums are used on the first three fingers to play the 551: 48: 91: 63: 371:-based sitarist Ustad Ghulam Mohammed may also have been the inventor. A similar kind of instrument , known as the 1216: 521: 241: 1206: 818: 237: 44: 70: 1139: 218: 37: 659: 268:
or "meend" of as much as an octave on the same fret through the method of pulling. The neck is made out of
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Beenkar and Ghulam Mohammad was his disciple. Omrao Khan Beenkar was the grandfather of
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Some researchers believe that surbahar was invented around 1825. At the time, the
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as a resonator, and has a neck with very wide frets, which allow a
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The surbahar is over 130 cm (51 inches). It uses a dried
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Plucked string instrument used in Indian classical music
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Dalvi" 1243: 709:Indian musical instruments 522:Hindustani classical music 242:Hindustani classical music 359:Surbahar was invented by 238:plucked string instrument 165: 128: 293:of bent steel wire, the 1227:Lute family instruments 1140:Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya 1145:Indian classical music 900:Bowed Stringed (Vitat) 797:Plucked Stringed (Tat) 232:) sometimes known as 438:Budhaditya Mukherjee 365:Wazir Khan of Rampur 323:on surbahar. 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Classification
Necked bowl lutes
String instruments
Related instruments
Sitar
Rudra veena
Saraswati veena
Chitra veena
Vichitra veena
Sarod
Sursingar
[s̪urbəhɑːr]
plucked string instrument
Hindustani classical music
Indian subcontinent
sitar
gourd
glissando

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