Vietnam has a rich treasure of traditional musical instruments, of which bamboo instruments are the oldest. A bamboo musical instrument of the central highlanders called T'rung Bamboo, a familiar ...
We visited Shivamogga (Shimoga) last year to perform at the Ganesh Chaturthi music festival. There we came across the ancient instrument, Chowdike. We came to know that this unique instrument is ...
The single-stringed instrument of the Jing ethnic group is seen in Dongxing, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 15, 2019. Composed of three major parts, the single-stringed instrument ...
The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
Melody is part of the Bangladeshi DNA, and no melody is complete without an instrument to go with it. Words often do not need a place as the sound of the bamboo flute mingles into the moonlight.
In a world of veenas, sarangis, sitar and cellos, the simplicity of this portable instrument prevails. Purists may criticise the single-stringed fiddle for being a ‘less evolved’ instrument. But the ...