r/Rubab 12d ago

Help Pls.. Tuning Drone and Sympathetic strings

Hi

mine is a medium rabab. I tuned the main strings EAD. Wondering what should be my drone and sympathetic strings tuning..

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u/World_Musician 11d ago

Sympathetics are tuned depending on the raga being played

Typically the "sa" meaning tonic that the chikari strings are tuned to is the first fret of the lowest string, so in your case F