Tar (string instrument) (English Wikipedia)

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Middle East. Atlas of Plucked Instruments. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.

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Nettl, Bruno; Russell, Melinda (1998). In the Course of Performance: Studies in the World of Musical Improvisation. The University of Chicago Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-226-57410-3.

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tar (musical instrument). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 1 January 2013.

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musical instrument (Iranian tar); lute. britishmuseum.org.
The tar is a long necked lute from Iran. A similar shaped and named instrument is used in the Caucasus states (i.e.Azeri tar /Caucasus tar). This instrument ["tar" = "string"] appeared in its present form in the middle of the eighteenth century.

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Central Bank of Azerbaijan. National currency: New generation coins. – Retrieved on 25 February 2010.
Central Bank of Azerbaijan. National currency: 1 manat. – Retrieved on 25 February 2010.

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"History of Iranian Music". Farhangsara.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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"Iran Chamber Society: Music of Iran: Iranian Traditional Music Instruments". Iranchamber.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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Azeri art music is also played in other regions of the Caucasus, especially among the Armenians, who have adopted the system of maqām and the instruments kamāṇča and tār.

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"Oriental Instruments – Tar". Orientalinstruments.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Thewaroftheworlds.com (2007-08-16). Retrieved on 2013-01-01.

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Craftsmanship and performance art of the Tar, a long-necked string musical instrument. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2018-04-29.

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"History of Iranian Music". Farhangsara.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Thewaroftheworlds.com (2007-08-16). Retrieved on 2013-01-01.