Persian Santur

Description

What is Santur? The Santur (also Santour, Santoor) is a Persian hammered dulcimer. It is a trapezoid-shaped box often made of walnut wood. The mallets (Mezrabs) are feather-weight and are held by the thumb, index and middle fingers. The 72 string Persian Santur has two sets of bridges, providing a range of approximately three octaves. Santur name has been mentioned in early Persian classical poetries. Similar forms of the Santur have been present in neighboring cultures like China, India, Afghanistan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq and Greece. Read more about this Instrument and listen to one the most beautiful songs made by Santur here: http://bit.ly/Santuri

What is this app? With this app you’ll be able to play Santur on you Windows Phone. It doesn’t need to know how to play, you’ll learn it. Just give it a try! Don’t forget to Rate us a beautiful 5 stars.

What's News? v.2.0 • New Icon and new UI for all of the app • Support multi-touch (playing double Mezrab) • Shake the wires when tap them • Improved black bar at large resolution phones • Saving changes after closing the app • Removed the Azari language • All of pages are landscape • and some improving

This app was made with support of the best Microsoft and Windows Phone news website in Iran: “WINPHONE.IR” Don’t forget to check it out!