Music of India: Sarangi
Sarangi
is another stringed instrument mainly popular as folk instrument and
probably made its first appearance in the late 17th Century.
The
ability to play all types of gamakas gave it prominent place in the
Hindustani Classical Music.
It is made by hollowing out a single
block of wood and covered by parchment and has four strings.
Four
tuning pegs are fixed to the hollow head and a bridge is placed on the
hide-covered belly in the middle.
The player places the
instrument on the lap and plays it with a horse-hair bow in the right hand
and fingers and nails of the left hand.
The tone of the Sarangi
is very near to the human vocal chord.
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