MUSIC
Musical instruments
String
Instruments
Banam: a
single string instrument is played with a stick - is used by the tribes
of Bihar
Chikara:
a three stringed (two horse hair and one steel) instrument - is used
by tribal people from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Dilruba:
an instrument with four main and eleven sympathetic strings - used mainly
in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
Kamancha:
is used by folk singers of Rajasthan
Ektara:
a simple instrument used during religious chanting and bhajans by sages
and saints
Gottuvadyam:
is similar to the veena, but without the frets - is played by gliding a
stick on the strings
Kinnari:
an instrument that is considered to have been played by the celestial beings
Kinnara (half bird)
Mahati:
the veena that is considered to have been played by sage Narada
Rabab:
the instrument that was used by Tansen
Ravanahatta:
the instrument that Ravana is supposed to have invented - still popular
in Rajasthan
Santoor: an
instrument with several strings (60-100) is played using two curved sticks
Sarangi: has
three main strings and around 30-40 sympathetic strings
Sarinda:
used by the Langas of Rajasthan
Sarod: the
upper finger board has a plate of burnished steel - has seven principal
strings - has no frets
Sitar: similar
to veena - there are three varieties single sitar, double sitar and double
gourd sitar
Tambura:
provides the drone - continuously provides a particular base sound
Veena:
a South Indian classical intrument - has four main strings
Violin:
used as an accompaniment to classical and light music - also solo performances
- played with a bow
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