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Uchi Mata!
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Uchi Mata! asked in Arts & HumanitiesPerforming Arts · 1 decade ago

What is the name of this stringed instrument? I always hear it in middle eastern music.?

The one played during the intro of this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5xnSqR4jm0&feature...

Update:

Its definitely not a sitar

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  • ?
    1 decade ago
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    It's a bağlama.

    Source(s): I'm Turkish.
  • Slayertplsko
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Definitely not a sitar. It's some kind of a lute, but not a sitar. I'm not even sure it's from Middle East, but I'm almost sure it's not from India (I mean that instrument, not sitar). Bouzouki perhaps? Or a tar? Or a baglama?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It's a sitar

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    its a baglama

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