Calm improvisation in the forest on Herati Dutar (Dotar of Herat)

A little clip featuring the haunting sound of the Herati Dutar in nature.
The Dotar of Herat is a beautiful instrument, equipped with sympathtetic strings. It's a further development of the afghan Dutar and got it's new shape around the middle of the 20th century.
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[@manzoorulbhat7142]

❤❤❤❤ Excellent performance

[@greatdude7279]

Amazing playing and amazing sound :) It sounds like Sitar and Setar. I also love the much darker sound of it (compared to sitar)

[@markuswach]

Thanks! ❤️

[@henkvanglabbeek363]

Wonderful instrument. ❤️🎶🕉

[@markuswach]

Yes indeed, thank you Henk!

[@mozhganhassanzadeh7677]

Amazing👏🏻💐Thanks for that ☘️

[@markuswach]

🙏❤️

[@laurarahimi6778]

So beautiful! Thank you

[@markuswach]

Also thanks to you for the kind words!

[@Santurhane]

super!

[@markuswach]

Shukran Habibi!

[@Salondool]

Amazing !

[@markuswach]

Thank you!

[@saido009]

Amazing

[@markuswach]

Thank you so much!

[@mohabrasehdi717]

عالی

[@instrumentiste]

Magnifique instrument que je ne connaissais pas ! Je vais de ce pas me renseigner dessus

[@markuswach]

Yes, it's interesting and beautiful

[@juzepe.1]

Nice

[@TimBitten]

Excellent performance. 🎶

[@markuswach]

Thanks Tim! ❤️

[@bahodirazizov9790]

Nice 👍

[@markuswach]

Thanks!

[@mobashirmohid9516]

🥰🥰

[@lll2282]

Similar to indian dotara that u could see in ancient indian hindu temples and Hindu -buddist temples of thai combodia,dating back 3500 yrs.

[@markuswach]

I can imagine

[@gholammahbub5277]

ای جان🎵🎵🎵😊✋😍✌😍👍🏼 💚💛💙💜😘😘😘🌱🙏🏻☀️🇦🇫🌍🕊🕊🕊

[@markuswach]

🙂

[@sergiibibikov7655]

amazing instrument and playing. may i ask which strings / gauges do you use for main strings and sympathetic strings... cannot find any information on it, would be very grateful :)

[@markuswach]

Yes sure, it's always little different but I use 0,22 and 0,3 for main strings and 0,2 for resonance strings

[@user-uv9im9js2r]

Dutar sounds like a sitar

[@AfghanInstrumental]

Hey man, May i ask where you got this dutar from? Been looking for a pure herati dutar for a long time but cant find one. Living in the Netherlands

[@markuswach]

Someone brought it from Iran and sold it here in Germany

[@chashmtala6435]

There are so many in Herat, Afghanistan. You can ask your friends/relatives in Afg. to buy it for you from there and send it to you by FedEx .

[@AfghanInstrumental]

Chashm Tala Are Afghanistans’ post services trustable? Will it arrive in Holland?

[@jaapendebonenstaak]

@@AfghanInstrumental Did this work out for you Mo? im interested and i live in the Netherlands too by the way.

[@AfghanInstrumental]

@@jaapendebonenstaak Hey man, Ik vertrouwde het niet dus uiteindelijk niet gedaan. Ik heb wel een pure Rabab uit Herat te koop als je interesse hebt? Hij is van top tot teen versierd met sadaf en het is het grootste model inclusief tas.

[@tassaduqshah16]

How did you get this ? Can you suggest me someone who I can contact?

[@markuswach]

Sorry, no, I got it from a private collection, so I can only suggest you to look for makers on Facebook maybe.

[@jeffreyburghauser1190]

Where is it possible to buy an instrument like this?

[@markuswach]

You have to Look around. there are some makers. But I cannot Tell you a specific one

[@mohhamadpouyamollavali]

ah yes dutar(دو تار) it definitely has only 2 strings o(دوتار) translated means two stringed, tar(تار) is string and (دو) is 2 si( سی) = 30 se(سه) = 3

[@markuswach]

Yes, Dutar means two strings. The traditional afghan Dutar got 3 strings in some Part of History. And about 80 years ago the Herati Dutar was invented and Just kept the Name although it has a Lot more strings