The Dilruba, Israj, and Sarangi are fiddle-like chordophones that are played with a bow. The Dilruba, Israj, and Sarangi are structurally very similar. They are the same in the following ways: carved from wood, relatively short and squat in shape, goat skin soundboards, main and sympathetic strings, the bow is drawn across the main strings and the sympathetic strings resonate, and the bridges are moveable to adjust the tone. They differ in: the shape of their resonators, the number of…Read More