 He would eventually revive this ancient art, composing over 100 original pieces that he used as the basis for his improvisations.His musical ornamentations and complex playing technique, which for the first time involved the use of all five fingers of both hands, as well as his physical modifications to the instrument itself - namely, the doubling of the higher string so as to dramatically increase its expressiveness - earned him a reputation as an innovator of this art form and a master of the tanbur.Since the commemoration of his centennial in 1995, eleven CDs of his music have been released.