Chardha

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Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Front view.
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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.
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