Chardha Explained

The Chardha (also Charda, Chardah or Hunza Rubab) is a stringed instrument from Pakistan and Afghanistan, from and mainly played in the Hunza valley and Gilgit-Baltistan province.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It has 4 or 5 main playing strings made of gut or nylon, and many metal resonance strings.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ATLAS of Plucked Instruments - Central Asia. atlasofpluckedinstruments.com.
  2. Web site: Indus Blues documents musical traditions dying out in Pakistan.
  3. Web site: INSTRUMUNDO Instrumentos Musicales: Chardha, Chardah, Hunza Rabab. April 15, 2019.
  4. Web site: Indus Blues | An Indie Meme Presentation. indiememe.
  5. Web site: An elegy to music. www.thenews.com.pk.
  6. Web site: Salman Rashid: From Timber to Tenor. 2020-02-23. 2020-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027121242/https://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2016/07/SalmanRashid.html. dead.
  7. Web site: The Shahnameh Guide To The Lutes Of Central Asia. shahnameh.netlify.app.

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