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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Afghani Sarinda: Most Decorated, Subtle Instrument
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
Afghani Sarinda: Most Decorated, Subtle Instrument instrument: http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda1.jpg music: http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sarinda.mp3 http://lounge.espdisk.com/archives/906 (easiest to listen) details: http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda2.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda3.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda4.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda5.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/sarinda6.jpg playing: http://www.alansondheim.org/playsarinda08.jpg This is a sarinda from Afghanistan, quite old, heavily decorated. I had to set it up to play; it's incredibly sensitive to the bow. Like its cousin the sarangi, the strings are stopped by fingernails, not by pressing them to the fingerboard. The decorations are amazing.
