Dotar vs Setar: What’s the Real Difference?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe dotar and setar are both traditional plucked string instruments, but they are not the same instrument. The dotar has two strings and is mainly used in Central Asian and Khorasani/Turkmen Persian folk music, played with the fingers. The setar has four strings (despite its name meaning “three”), is central to Persian classical art music, […]
