Uzbekistani Musical Instruments



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Rawap The rawap is one of the traditional musical instruments of Uzbekistan. It is a long-necked lute similar to the rubab, but without sympathetic strings.
The rawap, tanbur and dutar are three very important instruments in Central Asian classical music called shashmaqam (closely related to Azeri mugam and Uyghur muqam). They are all strings and are respectively high-, middle- and low-pitched.
The image shows a 1989 Soviet postage stamp depicting musical instruments of Uzbekistan. The rawap is the long-necked lute in the center of the stamp.



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