Esraj (hindustani, string instrument)

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Esraj is a cross between the sitar and sarangi. It is extremely close to the dilruba. It so close that most people are unable to tell them apart. The difference is to be found in the shape of the resonator and the manner in which the sympathetic strings attach. Still they are so similar that a dilruba player has no trouble playing an esraj and vice versa.

It is no longer used in classical music.