Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
santir .
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- noun A type of
hammered dulcimer played in Persian music
Etymologies
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Examples
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R: The yang t'chin and the santur are the most important instruments in Rajna.
Side-Line news feed 2009
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He was telling my husband and me how he is enjoying taking up the santur a Persian musical instrument.
Angella Nazarian: Before Mother's Day, A Car Accident Brought My Mom And Me Closer Angella Nazarian 2011
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He was telling my husband and me how he is enjoying taking up the santur a Persian musical instrument.
Angella Nazarian: Before Mother's Day, A Car Accident Brought My Mom And Me Closer Angella Nazarian 2011
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In "Fuel Tanker," delicate guitar and santur weave like kites in the air, then vanish into dark orchestral tones.
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Promising an adventure as well as tenderness, the film version anchors viewers in a setting that will transport them between Afghanistan and the U.S. Mr. Iglesias knew he'd have to employ a variety of traditional Middle Eastern instruments, such as the bansuri and ney, which are wooden flutes; the dulcimer-like santur; the rubab, an Afghanistan lute; and various hand drums, among others.
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While Savall rang the changes with three medieval bowed instruments - the rebab, rebec, and vielle - Psonis played the santur zither, the Moorish guitar, and a selection of Middle-Eastern drums: the human voice soared above a subtly-shifting kaleidoscope of instrumental colour.
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He was telling my husband and me how he is enjoying taking up the santur a Persian musical instrument.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Angella Nazarian 2011
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Rounding out the seven-piece ensemble are Fariborz Azizi on bass tar, Pezham Akhavass on tombak (hand drum), Hamid Reza Maleki on santur (hammered dulcimer), and Siamak Jahangiry on ney (flute).
Chicago Reader 2010
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Spruance, apart from composing and playing electric guitars, now also plays bass, rabab, keyboards, santur, trumpet and several other instruments with names hard to pronounce.
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Spruance, apart from composing and playing electric guitars, now also plays bass, rabab, keyboards, santur, trumpet and several other instruments with names hard to pronounce.
reesetee commented on the word santur
Also spelled santoor.
February 7, 2011