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SARANGI
Type: TAT VADYA
Sarangi is a stringed instrument made of wood, steel, snakeskin, and horsehair. This traditional instrument is found in many parts in North India and is a popular instrument in Bihar. Majorly used as a prominent accompaniment to the vocalists in Northern Indian Classical music, and also for solo performance in North India and is used in folk and traditional music in Bihar.
SARANGI in North India
Material: Wood, steel, horsehair
A bowed instrument scooped out of a single log of wood. Three main playing strings of gut, of varying thickness. Thirty seven sympathetic steel strings. Played with a bow made of horsehair. Strings are stopped not by fingertips but by the base of the nails. Used as a prominent accompaniment to the vocalists in Northern Indian Classical music, and also for solo performance.
SARANGI in Bihar
Material: Wood, snake skin, steel
Wooden body with peg box, short finger board and a pear shaped resonator. Lower opening is covered with snake skin. Two main strings of gut and four sympathetic steel strings. Played with a bow and used in folk and traditional music.
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