Afghan Dilruba player - Samiullah Sarwari

21/06/2016

Learn how to attach the string into the Mechanical tuner.
1- Insert the string into the peg through the hole.
2- Twist the string around itself.
3- Tighten the string.

20/06/2016

In the picture you can see 19 sympathetic strings of the Dilruba passing through the Bridge which is made of bone and used for holding the strings and the sound steady and tuned.

19/06/2016

You can tune Dilruba in any Raga or major that you prefer but tuning should be done note by note and with concentration. A single not tuned note on Dilruba can spoil the beautiful sound it makes. The tool to tune Dilruba is so simple and handmade. As you see in the picture.

19/06/2016

Dilruba is a stringed instrument. Its name has been derived from two words namely dil + ruba. Dil means heart and ruba means enchanter(robber). So Dilruba means something that enchants the heart. it is mainly used in religious songs and light classical music in the northern part of India and rarely in Afghanistan. An alternative to Dilruba is called as Esraj and it is popularly used in South of India.

19/06/2016

The whole parts of Dilruba described in brief. Remember that Dilruba still sounds great when the bow is not used.

18/06/2016

The beauty of the Dilruba reveals when you make the sound using the Main String and when the sympathetic strings reflect what is being played.

18/06/2016

If you want to know more about the Dilruba and Esraj, please check this out.

http://www.india-instruments.de/instrumente/instrumentenlexikon/dilruba-esraj.html

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25/12/2014

My performance in Denmark hope you enjoy the Music.
Dilruba= samiullah sarwari.
Tabla= Ahmadullah nabizada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpnCUu3_yZQ

21/12/2014

Dear all friends here is full information about my musical instrument (Dilruba ) دوستان عزیز، معلومات دربارهٔ آله موسیقی من (دلروبا) ـ (دلربا)

http://musicalinstrumentsofindia.com/dilruba/

Dilruba is a stringed instrument. Its name has been derived from two words namely dil + ruba. Dil means heart and ruba means enchanter(robber). So dilruba means something that enchants the heart. it is mainly used in religious songs and light classical music in the northern part of India. An alterna…

14/12/2014

Dear friends,
I hope you and your family be well and healthy.
This week I was performing with friends at the French Cultural Centre (in the Estiqlal High School) in Kabul. We were playing a French piece that was about the explosions/suicide bombings which happens in Afghanistan. The program was called "Heartbeat: Silence After the Explosion". During the evening a very bad young man detonated his own explosives backstage to kill and hurt people. Our director Ahmad Sarmast was injured along with 20 other people. We hope he will recover soon.
My friends I was playing with, Rohullah RU , Ahmadullah Nabizada, Samim Zafar Khan, Mustafa Darwish, and Waheed Amiri, are okay in body but we are all sad in spirit. Please keep us close to your hearts.
Samiullah

14/12/2014

Dear friends,
This week I was performing at the French Cultural Centre (in the Estiqlal High School) in Kabul. The program was called "Heartbeat: Silence After the Explosion". We played a French piece about the explosions which happen in Afghanistan. During the performance a very bad young man detonated his own explosives backstage to kill and hurt people. Our director Ahmad Sarmast was injured along with many other people. We hope he will recover quickly.
My friends I was playing with, Rohullah Baqizad, Ahmadullah Nabizada, Samim Zafar, Samim Rafiqzada, Mustafa Darwish, and Waheed Amiri, are okay in body but we are all sad in spirit. Please keep us close to your hearts.
I hope you and your family are well and healthy.
Samiullah Sarwari

(note, Sami asked me to post on his behalf this message and photo as his service is down. I suggest donations to Afghanistan National Institute of Music as a way to support education, culture and peace. RK)

13/12/2014

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