The rubab (also spelled rubāb) is a plucked string instrument from Afghanistan and Pakistan. A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...

It is considered Afghanistan's national instrument, and is particularly favored by the Pashtun ethnic group. It is used in ensembles as well as to play instrumental solos. The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group consisting mainly of eastern Iranian stock living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, and the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. ...

It is a short-necked lute made of wood, with goatskin covering the body. It has three melody strings, three drone strings, and 11 or 12 sympathetic strings. The instrument is made from the stem of the mulberry tree and the strings are made from the intestines of young goats, brought to the size of thread. It is mostly used in the northern areas of Pakistan, the Shia imami Ismaili sect of the Hunza Valley accompany religious rhymes on this traditional stringed musical instrument, which was once widely used in Central Asia (particularly Afghanistan). The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Sympathetic strings are strings on musical instruments which begin resonating, not due to any external influence such as picking or bowing, but due to another note (or frequency). ... Species See text Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10–16 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and North America, with the majority of the species native to Asia. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia (Russian: Средняя Азия/Srednyaya Azia for Middle Asia or Центральная Азия/Tsentralnaya Azia for Central Asia; in Turkic languages Orta Asya; in Persian آسياى مرکزی; (Urdu: وسطى ايشيا)Wasti Asia; Standard Mandarin Chinese...

It is the ancestor of the North Indian sarod, which is used in Hindustani classical music, but, unlike the sarod, is a fretted instrument. The sarod is an Indian classical musical instrument which probably originates from the Senya rebab, an Indio-Persian instrument played in India to the 19th century. ... Timeline and Samples Genres Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop Awards Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards Charts Festivals Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Media Sruti, The Music Magazine National anthem Jana Gana Mana, also national song Vande Mataram Music of the states Andaman and... The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ...