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Rabab :
In shape, the rabab is rather like the sarod, which developed from it. Unlike the sarod, however, it does not have a second gourd at the top end of its broad, fretless fingerboard, which is wooden. The gut strings are plucked with a horn plectrum and stopped by the fingers of the left hand. It is popular in Kashmir.

Gottuvadyam :
Unlike the veena, the gottuvadyam has no frets. It has four to six main strings, side strings and sympathetic strings. The strings are stopped with a cylindrical piece of horn or polished wood about an inch in diameter and two inches in length. It has a range of four to four and a half octaves and the sound produced is deeper than