Sarangi

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A sarangi is a bowed stringed instrument with a skin-covered resonator. The typical sarangi is made by hand, usually from a single block of wood. The four playing strings on this instrument are made of goat gut, and the seventeen sympathetic strings are made of steel. The sarangi is used throughout India and has some regional variations, but it is a particularly important part of the Hindustani music of North India.

#Demonstration of a modern sarangi, 2013. Raag Durga performed by Ramesh Misra and accompanied by Benjamin Stewart on tanpura.

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Sarangi, Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal, Indian

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Sarangi, Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal, Indian
Sarangi, Wood, parchment, ivory, gut, metal, Indian

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