Phandar

Phandar

String instrument
Classification	Plucked
Related instruments
Panduri Pandura Tamur-Pandur Dala-Fandyr Chonguri Dangubica Samica Tar (lute) Setar Tamburica Tambouras Bouzouki (Greece) Buzuq (Lebanon) Tambura Baglama Baglamas Šargija

The Phandar (Chechen: Пхıандар) is a traditional vainakhish three-string plucked instrument from Chechnya and Ingushetia in the Northern Caucasus.
The sound produced by the Phandar is similar to the Panduri, but it is easy to hear the difference between these two similar instruments.

Construction

Construction of six-string Phandar

Vainakhish Phandars

It has a wooden elongated body, carved from one piece of wood, with a flat top and a curved lower deck, and is traditionally made of walnut wood.
The Phandar's frets were traditionally made up of rope, but today they can be made of plastic and steel just like the Guitar.^[1]
The Phandar's dimensions are 750-900mm but can variate if it is made properly or not. The Phandar originally had 3 strings but now some modern ones have 6 strings, but there are still made Phandars with 3 strings.

Tuning

• Three-stringed Phondar: c-d–g'
• Six-stringed Phondar: cc-dd-gg'

Related instruments

Related or similar instruments in other Caucasian countries:
Georgia - Panduri
Ossetia - Dala-Fandyr
Dagestan - Tamur-Pandur
Adygea - Apa-Pshina

See also

• Pandura

References

1. "P". The Stringed Instrument Database. Retrieved March 4, 2012.