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GUJARATAN SARANGI
Type: TAT VADYA
Gujaratan Sarangi is a stringed instrument made of wood, parchment, steel and gut. This traditional instrument is found in Rajasthan. Majorly used as an accompaniment to traditional song and dance sequences of the ‘Langa’ community of West Rajasthan.
GUJARATAN SARANGI in Rajasthan
Material: Wood, parchment, steel, gut
Made out of a single log of wood, rectangular skin covered resonator, narrow fingerboard with a square peg box. Two steel and two gut strings. Eight sympathetic steel strings, played with a bow. Used as an accompaniment to traditional song and dance sequences of ‘Langa’ community of West Rajasthan.
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