page_title: Setar
section_title: Notable setarists
hierarchical_section_title: Setar / Notable setarists
caption_attribution_description: English: Shahram Nazeri &amp; Hafez Nazeri, 2001
context_page_description: A setar, also spelled and romanized as setaar or setâr, is an Iranian musical instrument. It is a member of the lute family. It is played with the index finger of the right hand. The range of the setar spans more than two and a half octaves.
  At some point in the 18th century, musicians added a fourth string, which most of the time is tuned to the same pitch as the bass string.
  The setar has 25–28 moveable frets. Frets are usually made of animal intestines, although in the past strings were made of silk. Some modern commercial models feature frets made of nylon.
  The setar originated in Persia before the spread of Islam, and is related to the tanbur. However, in recent centuries, the setar has evolved into something more closely resembling the taar, both in tuning and playing style.
context_section_description: * Hossein Alizadeh
  Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
  Atâ Jangouk
  Kayhan Kalhor
  Mirza Abdollah
  Sa'id Hormozi
  Yusef Forutan
  Ahmad Ebadi
  Abolhasan Saba
  Dariush Safvat
  Mojtaba Mirzadeh
  Jalal Zolfonun
  Dariush Talai
  Massoud Shaari
  Behdad Babaei
  Hafez Nazeri
  Abdollah Alijani Ardeshir
  Mehdi Aminian
caption: Hafez Nazeri Playing the Setar, 2001
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