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GOTTU VADYAM
Type: TAT VADYA
Gottu Vadyam is a stringed instrument made of jackwood, copper, and steel. This traditional instrument is found in Tamil Nadu. Majorly used in South Indian classical music as a solo instrument.
GOTTU VADYAM in Tamil Nadu
Material: Jackwood, copper, steel
A plucked instrument without frets. Resonator and fingerboard made of jack wood. Five main strings, two of coiled copper and three steel strings, and three drone strings; with twelve sympathetic steel strings and one extra resonator. Strings are plucked by the plectrum worn on fingers of right hand whereas the player stops the strings to produce the notes with the help of a cylindrical piece of wood called ‘gottu’ by left hand. Used in South Indian classical music as a solo instrument.
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