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The word ''sarod'' roughly translates to "beautiful sound" or "melody" in [[Persian language|Persian]]. Although the sarod has been referred to as a "[[bass (instrument)|bass]] rubab"<ref name=bassrebab>{{cite web| url = http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/sarod.html| title = Sarod| access-date = 2006-12-02| last = Courtney| first = David| publisher = David and Chandrakantha Courtney}}</ref> its tonal bandwidth is actually considerably greater than that of the rubab, especially in the middle and high registers. [[Lalmani Misra]] opines in his ''[[Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya]]'' that the sarod is a combination of the ancient chitravina, the medieval rubab and modern [[Surasingar|sursingar]]. Another instrument , the Sur-rabab, is known to exist, which has the characteristics of both the dhrupad rabab/seniya rabab and the sarod. The sur-rabab has the structure of the dhrupad rabab but has a metal fretboard and uses metal strings. | The word ''sarod'' roughly translates to "beautiful sound" or "melody" in [[Persian language|Persian]]. Although the sarod has been referred to as a "[[bass (instrument)|bass]] rubab"<ref name=bassrebab>{{cite web| url = http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/sarod.html| title = Sarod| access-date = 2006-12-02| last = Courtney| first = David| publisher = David and Chandrakantha Courtney}}</ref> its tonal bandwidth is actually considerably greater than that of the rubab, especially in the middle and high registers. [[Lalmani Misra]] opines in his ''[[Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya]]'' that the sarod is a combination of the ancient chitravina, the medieval rubab and modern [[Surasingar|sursingar]]. Another instrument , the Sur-rabab, is known to exist, which has the characteristics of both the dhrupad rabab/seniya rabab and the sarod. The sur-rabab has the structure of the dhrupad rabab but has a metal fretboard and uses metal strings. | ||
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