Shehnai- aka the Hindu Oboe

-Shehnai Sound Samples at soundsnap.com-

-kaypacha.com's- Shehnai Description and info-

-Shehnai Wiki Page-

-Ustad Bismillah Khan's Wiki- dude is considered the master by many on the Shehnai

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.

Rebab Instrument Study

Rebab, aka Rabab- origin Afganistan.
-Afghan national instrument
-3 main strings and an number of sympathetics with a deep goat skin resinator
-also appears in India and Northern Pakistan.
-it was precourser tto the Indian sarod
-played with picks or strike bows
-plucked playing method most common in central asia