Sarode

The Sarode is a fretless lute, with a fingerboard faced with metal. It has a soundtable of goat skin. The Sarode has generally 8 to 10 main playing strings and 11 to 16 sympathic strings. It is plucked with a pick made coconut shell. It evolved from the ancient Rabab, sometime it the 19th cent ury. The Sarode is shorter than the Sitar in length and has a clearer, rounder tone. The sarode is capable of both long slides and fast percussive phrases.

Priced from $620

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