Playing the Tar

Painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28lute%29)

Tar is claimed to be the root of the names of the Iranian setar and the guitar as well as less as the dutar and the Indian sitar.

تار'
(video by arminkaedi)

(Iranian Film and Poetry)