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Iran, 1669]] The tar is a long-necked, waisted Lute found in Iran , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Armenia and other areas near the Caucasus region. The word تار ''tar'' itself means "string" in Persian . This is claimed to be the root of the name " Guitar " as well as less widespread instruments such as the Sitar and Dutar . The exact place of origin of the tar cannot be confirmed. However Tar was invented in the territories of, or influenced by, the Persian Empire: Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, parts of the former soviet republics, such as Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. The Persian tar used to have five strings. The sixth string was added to the tar by Darvish Khan . This string is today's fifth string of the Iranian tar. The Azerbaijani Tar has a slightly different build and has more strings. Tar is one of the most important classical Persian and Azerbaijani musical instruments. The formation, compilation, edition and inheritance of the most authentic and most comprehensive versions of Radif are all worked on tar. The general trends of Persian classical music have been deeply influnced by tar players. EXTERNAL LINKS Iranian Tar music samples |
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