Karb:

Sound percussion instruments are called (idiophones) or self-sounding because of their ability to create autonomous sound. Their material is hard and inflexible, but trembling. Karb is categorized in the cylindrical and pot-shaped idiophones instrument. Today, Karb is mostly administered in Khorasan, Aran (Kashan), Abyaneh and Shahreza (Isfahan), Lahijan region of Gilan province, as well as parts of Mazandaran and Semnan provinces. In Gilan it is known as Karb, in Mazandaran is named as Karb or Kaarb, Kashan named as Sanj, in Sabzevar named as Sang and in Abyaneh named as Jaghjagh. The Karab is made of wood and is in the form of a cylinder or a pot, which was originally made of stone, but due to its heaviness and crushing while playing, it became abolished and it is taken place by wood. Structural features: The Carab is in the form of a solid wooden pot, which is somewhat like a half-egg. one side of the instrument is convex and the other side is flat and it is played in pairs. The Carab is held by a leather strap attached to the convex part of the instrument and fixed in the player’s hand. Playing technique: Each of the Karab is placed in the first of the musician, and the flat part is beaten to each other, with certain rhythmic-metric symmetries. Therefore, it is more useful in creating tempo, variety and harmony in the group of performers. Carbs are made from hardwoods such as apricots and walnuts. administration: Nowadays, Carb is played in the Muharram funeral, without accompanied by any other instrument. When playing the Carb, one or more lamenters, along with the band, sing the lament's lyrics alternately with the soloist.