Painting 794 2 Rubab

In this painting, I have portrayed a craftsman who is making rubab. Rubab is a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan. The... more

by Mawra Tahreem

Title

Painting 794 2 Rubab

Artist

Mawra Tahreem

Medium

Painting - Acrylic Paints

Description

In this painting, I have portrayed a craftsman who is making rubab. Rubab is a lute-like musical instrument originating from central Afghanistan. The rubab is mainly used by Pashtun, Tajik, Turkish, Kashmiri, Baluch, Azerbaijani, and Iranian Kurdish classical musicians. Rubab is one of the national musical instruments of Afghanistan. It has "proliferated throughout West, Central, South and Southeast Asia.The rubab is a short-necked lute whose body is carved out of a single piece of wood, with a membrane, covering the hollow bowl of the sound-chamber, upon which the bridge is positioned. It has three melody strings tuned in fourths, two or three drone strings and up to 15 sympathetic strings. The instrument is made from the trunk of a mulberry tree, the head from an animal skin such as goat, and the strings either gut (from the intestines of young goats, brought to the size of thread) or nylon.

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July 11th, 2018