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SOnOROUS SItaR Interesting and Unique!

Sitar is a plucked string instrument, With time, musical instruments became diverse and
derived from the veena and modified
during the Mughal period. It is similar some of them today have only a few exponents. let
us read about these rare instruments!
to the tanpura in its appearance,
except for the presence of Illustration by: Himanshi Dhiman, BULBUL taRang
D.A.V. Sr. Sec. School,
frets. Naraingarh, Ambala
Bulbul Tarang was a string
SeRene SaROd instrument which developed in
Sarod is an Indian classical plucked the 1930s in undivided India. It
string instrument. Its neck and the literally means ‘waves of nightingales’.
peg box are made from one single ekta Kukreti, VIII A, Pine Hall School, Dehra
piece of wood. Its resonator is covered with goat skin. It Dun
also has a thin horn bridge across which the strings run.
Shahin banu A., VII b, Alpha english Higher Secondary School, eSRaJ
Puducherry
Esraj is a 300-year old
SOULfUL SaRangI stringed musical instrument created by the Tenth Sikh
Guru Gobind Singh. It is also known as ‘Dilruba’ which
Sarangi is a bowed, short necked string instrument. The literally means “robber of the heart”.
word sarangi is derived from two words “sau” (hundred)
and “rang” (colour). It does not have any fret or finger Dhruv Agarwal, X e, Gwalior Glory High School, Gwalior
board. It is associated with Thumri, Dadra and Khayal. YazH

Yazh is an ancient Tamil harp-
tendeR tanPURa like instrument with 7 to 21
strings. It was mentioned by the
Tanpura is an ancient string instrument. It has a long 200 BC Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar
neck and is mainly used by Hindustani classical musicians. in his text Thirukkural.
It does not play any melody, but supports the singer by Kaligi ranganathan, Montford
continuous plucking of the strings. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Umrah Ali Khan, VIII C, Motilal
Ayanavaram, Chennai Nehru Public School, Jamshedpur
Garima, IX A, Gyan Mandir Public School, New Delhi
Kombu Pattu is a wind
SOOtHIng fLUte instrument played in south
Indian states like Tamil Nadu
flute is an ancient musical instrument of India. It is called
Nadi and Tunava in the Rigveda. There are two kinds of and Kerala. It looks like a long
horn.
flutes, namely bansuri which is used in Hindustani music
and venu which is used in Carnatic music. It was Lord D. Jayasri, X, Trinity Academy Sr. Sec.
School, Thiruvarur
Krishna’s favourite instrument.
Padma Priya, VIII b, Trinity Academy Sr. Sec. School, Thiruvarur; N. Surya aCtIvItY: teSt YOUR mUSIC qUOtIent
Kiran, IX, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam; Parul Singh, VIII b, The
SD Vidya School, Ambala

magICaL mORSIng
Morsing is a wind percussion
instrument used in Carnatic music. It is
made of wrought iron, consisting of a metal ring and a
metal tongue in the middle.
Sarvanani b, X b, P.S.b.b Sr. Sec. School, Chennai; Adrija Ghosh VII C,
Summerfields School, Gurgaon Sur _______________ Sur _______________ Sur ______________

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