The instrument you're playing is the Persian variety. There is a variation of this that's played in India which has even more strings (think of the tuning headaches on that!). The mallets are also held differently, in that the players only use the index and middle fingers to hold them. It's fun playing glissandi on them. And yes, they are easy to get a great sound out of, but very hard to play well, like most instruments 🙂
@@WORLDDRUMCLUB You're welcome. Looking forward to seeing how this pairs with your other melodic percussion. You should also try playing it with the reverie harp since they have somewhat similar timbres.
Thank you for explaining the intricate details of the santoor. I always wondered how the player can get so many notes out of relatively few strings. This is truly an educational RUclips clip.
Very nice ! if you want you can check the Greek Santouri on my page , its kind of more bass as it is more similar to balkan cymballum! (by the way santoor means 100 strings in Farsi/persan language)
Known in American mountain music as a hammered dulcimer, in Chinese music as the yangqin. Wonderful instruments, as complicated to play as you want to make it but easy to get beautiful sounds from even if you're not an accomplished musician.
Im kinda biased towards the santoor 😅 cuz im Iranian, but im pretty sure the persian variety is came first before the hammered dulcimer or the indian Edit: the little hammer things are called mezrabs
The instrument you're playing is the Persian variety. There is a variation of this that's played in India which has even more strings (think of the tuning headaches on that!). The mallets are also held differently, in that the players only use the index and middle fingers to hold them. It's fun playing glissandi on them. And yes, they are easy to get a great sound out of, but very hard to play well, like most instruments 🙂
Thank you for sharing the information. : )
@@WORLDDRUMCLUB You're welcome. Looking forward to seeing how this pairs with your other melodic percussion. You should also try playing it with the reverie harp since they have somewhat similar timbres.
What a beautiful sound - I could listen to this all day.
Glad you enjoy it!
Santoor sounds beautiful
how nice to accompanied that with Pan drums, Didgeridoo, and Tibetan bowl and play a synthesizing ambient atmosphere
A beautiful ethereal instrument. I use it in meditation
Thank you for explaining the intricate details of the santoor. I always wondered how the player can get so many notes out of relatively few strings. This is truly an educational RUclips clip.
Very nice ! if you want you can check the Greek Santouri on my page , its kind of more bass as it is more similar to balkan cymballum! (by the way santoor means 100 strings in Farsi/persan language)
Great! Thank you!
Wow, I really like the sound of this instrument. Thanks for the video I enjoyed it.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Enjoyed watching & learning. Thank you.
Known in American mountain music as a hammered dulcimer, in Chinese music as the yangqin. Wonderful instruments, as complicated to play as you want to make it but easy to get beautiful sounds from even if you're not an accomplished musician.
Thanks a lot for your video, great to have this explanation for such exotic instrument.
We call "Mezrab" for those wood (plectrum) in persian .🌻
Thank you for this, I recently bought one and self learning bc I don’t play it traditional.
The master of this great Instrument is Santoosh Kumar from India. You can look him up on You tube, if you like.
First impression - It's like a percussive zither
Sir , I have a request to please play indian song " Lagi Ajj Sawan Ki phir woh jhari he " on Santoor . thank you .
Hello,
thank you for the video.
How often do you have to tune the santoor?
Thank you for your help
Used a lot in Indian Music.
Where did you buy it? Could you share a link?
Im kinda biased towards the santoor 😅 cuz im Iranian, but im pretty sure the persian variety is came first before the hammered dulcimer or the indian
Edit: the little hammer things are called mezrabs
Is it in C minor. ? The whole key
C major tuning he said
The mallets are called "mezraab"
Which brand and model are you playing in this video?
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The brand is called Sadeghi. It's a popular make, good for beginners.
@@discharge666 Thanks!
cimbalom? gypsies in hungary has similar ...
Like a primitive piano, sounds great!
for me it is just another variant for traditional cimbal... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbalom
Looks like a single octave hammered dulcimer.
It is indeed a kind of hammered dulcimer. Similar instruments exist in many parts of the world, each with different tuning systems and string counts.
santooor is used in hindusthani music a indian classical music mostly north indian
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Are there sharps and flats?