Chardha

Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Front view.

Turkish-style oud, as played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia, etc.

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.¹²³⁴⁵⁶ It has 4 or 5 main playing strings made of gut or nylon, and many metal resonance strings.⁷

References

"ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - Central Asia". atlasofpluckedinstruments.com.
"Indus Blues documents musical traditions dying out in Pakistan".
"INSTRUMUNDO Instrumentos Musicales: Chardha, Chardah, Hunza Rabab". April 15, 2019.
"Indus Blues | An Indie Meme Presentation". indiememe.
"An elegy to music". www.thenews.com.pk.
"Salman Rashid: From Timber to Tenor". Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
"The Shahnameh Guide To The Lutes Of Central Asia". shahnameh.netlify.app.

[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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