Sataer

sataer (ساتار)
photo of man playing a sataer
Uyghur satar or sataer (ساتار)
String instrument
Classification string instrument
Related instruments
The instrument lacks the modern satar's sympathetic strings, the 12 frets on the soundboard, and the bridge placed at an angle, with the main strings raised separately from the sympathetic strings. It does have the satar's tanbur or setar-like shape and length. It is also 3-stringed, the original meaning of setar. 1860s, Turkestan

The satar ([ساتار] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |ucy= (help); Chinese: 萨它尔)[a] is a traditional Uyghur long-necked bowed lute. It is used by Uyghur people in Xinjiang, western China, and is an important instrument to play maqams.[1]


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  1. ^ Cui Jia; Mao Weihua (21 July 2017). "Instrument makers dance to a traditional tune". China Daily. Satar 135 cm An important instrument for the maqam, the most famous genre in Uyghur music, it is played with a bow.