Happy Monday!
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2009-12-14
at 7:55 PM (Pacific)
Persian Music Santoor (Santour, Santur) and Tonbak (1)
I had a sudden craving for santoor music. I don't play the santoor, mind you :) but it is one of the most fascinating instruments to watch someone else play.
The santoor is basically a big box o' strings, and the ones I've seen have absolutely no markings on them anywhere. That's part of what makes watching santoor playing mesmerizing...you're thinking, how does this guy know where to hit this thing? how is it even possible?
