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[[Image:Rubab.jpg|thumb|350px|center|thumb|Robab is an Afghan musical instrument.]]

The '''Robab''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: رُباب), [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]: रोबाब رُباب) is originally a musical instrument from [[Afghanistan]] played by the [[Pashtun]] people and the people of [[Herat]] in the east. It is mainly used in the classical [[Music of Afghanistan]]. 

The robab is the traditional instrument of Afghanistan, but other neighboring countries like [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], and [[India]] remake the instrument and use the Afghan robab in their classical music.

It is a short-necked [[lute]] made of wood, with goatskin covering the body.  It has three melody strings, three drone strings, and 11 or 12 [[sympathetic strings]].  The instrument is made from the stem of the [[mulberry]] tree and the strings are made from the intestines of young goats, brought to the size of thread.

It is the ancestor of the North Indian sarod, which is used in Hindustani classical music, but, unlike the sarod, is a fretted instrument.

Famous Afghan players of the robab are Homayun Sakhi and [[Aziz Herawi]].

[[Image:Homayun_Sakhi.jpg|thumb|350px|center|thumb|Homayun Sakhi is a famous modern classical artist who plays the robab worldwide]]

It is not to be confused with the [[rebab]], which is played with a [[bow (music)|bow]].

==External link==
* [http://photography.utsc.utoronto.ca/recent/Afghanistan-Return/ppages/ppage18.htm picture of Rubab played by Atiq Nikzad and Tabla by James Kippin]

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[[Category:Necked bowl lutes]]
[[Category:Hindustani musical instruments]]