TAR

It is the best and perfect modern musical instrument among stringed musical instruments of Azerbaijan in respect of technical and dynamic abilities.
The great composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov referring to technical performance capabilities, the nature of acoustic of tar writes: "Tar is most valuable and most important among musical instruments which enhance the musical education of the east."
"Tar" in Persian means wire, thread. Like wise other musical instruments, of course, the modern tar was formed based on an ancient stringed musical instruments and formed for centuries.
The name of tar is met in works of our c classics like Gatran Tabrizi, Nizami, Mohammed Fizuli and others.

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