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Sarangi
Instruments for musicians by
musicians. Sound and quality
without equal for musicians. We now offer other Indian Classical Indian
Instruments of unequaled quality, especially chosen for Sitars Etc. by
our agent-musicians in India. Hand made, hand picked. bringing you
only the best.
The Sarangi is a member of the
Indian bowed strings familty of Indian Classical Music
instruments. It has traditionally been associated with
the
kathak
dance and the vocal styles of
thumri,
dadra
and
kheyal.
It has four main playing strings, 11 top sympathetic strings tuned
to the Raga, and 24 side sympathetic strings to include all the
notes in a the playing scale. The main body is made from tun and
it has stretched animal skin to provide the sound box. It
has no frets or fingerboard; the play strings float in the air.
And is played with the fingernail against the string. The
Sarangi is considered the next best thing to the human voice in
Indian Classical Music.