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The repertoire of sarangi players is traditionally very closely related to vocal music. Nevertheless, a concert with a solo sarangi as the main item will sometimes include a full-scale raag presentation with an extensive alap (the unmeasured improvisatory development of the raga) in increasing intensity ( alap to jor to jhala ) and several ...
The earliest historical record of an instrument named rabab dates back to 10th-century Arabic texts, as identified by Henry George Farmer. This instrument, along with its variations like rubab , rebab , and rabob , subsequently gained popularity in various regions of West, Central, South, and Southeast Asia. [ 5 ]
When instruments used in Nepal were included in Sachs' book, such as drums with hooked sticks (p. 157), the dameru (p. 159), the lute with a barb on its sides (160–161), the sarangi (226), and the ranasrnga (p. 228), the organizational focus was on India, or "North India." JSTORE, an online repository of academic journals has articles.
The Nepali Sarangi (Nepali: नेपाली सारङ्गी) is a Nepali folk instrument.It is a chordophone played by bowing. Traditionally in Nepal, the Sarangi was only played by people of Gandarbha or Gaine caste (both contested and interchangeable terms), who sing narrative tales and folk song, however, in present days, its popularity extends beyond the Gandharba community and is ...
The sur-rabab has the structure of the dhrupad rabab but has a metal fretboard and uses metal strings. Among the many conflicting and contested histories of the sarod, there is one that attributes its invention to the ancestors of the present-day sarod maestro, Amjad Ali Khan .
Bowed string instrument with a long neck, similar to a fiddle or sarangi and played vertically 321.322 — Bangladesh: dotara [20] Small stringed instrument, with plucked metal strings, elongated belly as soundboard and narrow neck ending in a pegbox, decorated with carvings of animals and covered with skin 321.322: Bashkir: kurai [21] [22]
Rubab: The rabab, or rubab, is about three and a half feet long and has three strings. It is made of mulberry wood, while goat’s intestinal skin is used to make the strings. So, it is believed to bear someone’s soul and hence called Rabab. It came to the valley from Afghanistan. It creates soothing music and is an important part of Kashmir ...
It is accompanied by instruments like rabab, sarangi, and drums. [2] It involves quick spinning movements just like in the Hafiza dance form and some may even resemble those of kathak . The song-dance proceeding is known as Bach Nagma Jashan - Kid Dancer's Celebration. [ 3 ]