Instrument Study- Lute Instruments

From some hand written notes of mine from a while back


barbat (picture above)- Perso-Iranian Lute Group- (ancestor to the Ud), setar, dambur, tanbur (sitar precorsor) and char-tar, looks like an fat persian mandolin



Koni- origin Vietnam, (pic above)- Link to World Instrument Gallary Koni Page
-a bowed stringed insturment
-Origiannly 1 string
-Jarai people in south central highlands of Vietnam
-has a silk connected bamboo disk connected to it which is held in the mouth makes the mouth a resonating chamber.