SARANGI: • The Sarangi is a bowed, short-necked, fretless string instrument of Nepal which originated from Gandarbha folk instruments. • The origin of the word Sarangi is assumed to have been derived from two Hindi words ‘Sau’ which means 100 and ‘Rang’ which means colour. • Sarangi has the capability to produce different shades of emotions and flexible tunes. It is also admired to copy inflections of the human voice. • Sarangi is made from the wood of tun. It is about two feet long and half foot wide. • It is made from a hollow single piece of wood and the sound-box is covered with the skin of goat, supporting the elephant-shaped bridge. • The foremost playing strings are 3 in number and are parallel to low, middle and high octaves. These strings are made of animal gut and the forth sympathetic string is made of brass • It has 35-40 metallic sympathetic strings. • In the mid nineteenth century and initial part of twentieth century, many Khayal singers started using the Sarangi as the main musical instrument. • In present times, Sarangi is the most preferred accompanying musical instrument of Khayal and Thumri concerts. • The Sarangi is also used as a solo instrument for performances. • The music of Sarangi is often vocal. When the Sarangi player performs, the lyrics of classical songs are generally present in their mind and the performance follows the principle of vocal performance.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 11:19:16 +0000
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