An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string ...

Sekar tells New Indian Express that he’s still ... including both 7- and 14-string varieties. Each instrument takes five to six months to craft out of a solid block of wood.

Many Indian folk instruments share striking similarities ... How instruments connect cultures The ektara, a one-stringed instrument commonly used in Baul and Bhakti traditions, closely resembles ...

As part of our concert, we collaborated with a German ensemble and had a chance to listen to a rare Indian string instrument, Taus being played by a German lady. Intrigued by its sound and peacock ...

Brandi Berry Benson dug deep into her genealogy for a new work that draws from American Indian musical traditions.

The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic ...

The Esraj belongs to the category of the Chordophones and is a bowed stringed instrument, which is usually played in the East and central regions of India, particularly in Bengal, Bihar ...

"We named it after Bhai Firanda because rabab was dedicated to Bhai Mardana by Bhai Firanda at Bhairoana village of Sultanpur for shabad kirtan. Dr Gurnam modified the string instrument after ...