Shurangiz
Overview
 
The shurangiz is a new Iranian
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 musical instrument, a member of the lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....

 family, developed under supervision of the Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian musician Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh , is an Iranian composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, described by Allmusic as a leading Iranian classical composer and musician....

. It has a skin face, six strings, a longer finer fingerboard
Fingerboard
The fingerboard is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run...

 and increased number of fret
Fret
A fret is a raised portion on the neck of a stringed instrument, that extends generally across the full width of the neck. On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard...

s comparing with its original prototype setar
Setar
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Quotations

3 because strength is heightened ten-fold by serenity, devoid of human obsessions and needs. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

2 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ~ Henrik Ibsen

4 because unlike the dictatorship where one person steers the ship, the community steers the ship. This, in some cases, is both damaging and positive...a mixture of thought and deduction, never solid, and moreso governed by the changing of times, parallel to how hard the wind blows the ship in a comparative image. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- We can learn even from our enemies. ~ Ovid

3 because learning from friends and allies alone will never be enough. In order to understand one's enemies, one must study them and learn from them. Very militaristic strategist persona taken here. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

 
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