Rajasthani Folk Instruments

  Rajasthan has a large variety of folk musical instruments. The ‘Sindhi Sarangi’, ‘Gujratan sarangi’, ‘jogiya sarangi’, ‘srimandal’ and ‘ravan hatha’ are the important stringed instruments used in Rajasthan. Among the other stringed instruments, mention may be made...

Chordophones or Stringed Instruments

  ‘Tata Vadya’ or Chordophones or the stringed instruments are of three varieties: (a) Bowed: Here the sound is produced by drawing a bow across the strings, e.g. Sarangi and Violin (b) Plectral: Here the strings are plucked by fingers or by a plectrum of wire or horn...
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