![]() ![]() Jantar resembles Veena in form and has two tumbas.The lower part of tumba is covered by animal skin while upper part is empty. The instrument is made up of tumba made out of long gourd.Bhapang is mainly played by jogis of Alwar region.Bhapang is a single stringed instrument & is also known as ‘talking drum’.It is usually played by Raos and Bhats of Mewar. ![]() It is played by using nails and had 12 strings.The Chautara, also called the Tandoora or Nissan, is also a popular five stringed drone and beat instrument used as an accompaniment to devotional music and for the Terathali dance. Versions: The Galaleng Jogis of Dungarpur and Banswara have twin gourded Kendru appears akin to the ancient Kinnari Veena, and it has often been called the Keengri in Rajasthan literature.It is a single string instrument, mounted on the belly of a gourd attached to a body made of bamboo.Iktara is generally played by Nath, Kalbelia saints.Sakar Khan from Jaisalmer received Padma Shri for his mastery over Kamaicha.It is used exclusively by the Manganiyars in the Jaisalmer-Barmer region.The long wooden curved bow of horse-tail hair moving on all the strings is characteristic of this instrument.Kamachya has three main strings of gut (goat intestine), besides nine supplementary and four sympathetic steel strings all passing through a broad bridge.This string instrument is constructed out of a piece of mango wood, featuring a round resonator covered in goat leather.Mostly used today by singers of Bhil community.Ravanhattha is main instrument used while reciting Phad of Pabuji.The bow has ghungroos (bells) attached to it.The Rawanhathha of the Thori or Nayak Bhopas is probably the earliest instrument played with a bow, and this humble instrument could well be the precursor of the violin.It has two main strings(horse hairs) and a variable number of supporting strings.The Instrument is made from a belly of half coconut shell and has a body of bamboo.Ravanhatta is also a kind of sarangi. It is considered to the precursor of the violin.Sarangi is Bowed instrument opposite to that of Violen which is bowed in inverted position.Langas of Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jogis of Marwar use Sarangi.Multi-stringed instrument that is played by using a bow drawn across the strings and running of fingers on the strings.Most well-known string music instrument of Rajasthan.Various string music instruments of Rajasthan include: Sarangi In these instruments length of string/wire, degree to which it has been tightened, determines the pitch of the note and also to some extent the duration of the sound. Here the vibrations are caused by plucking or by bowing on the string which has been pulled taut. String Music Instruments or Tata Vadya are instruments where sound is produced by the vibration of a string or chord. ![]()
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