The Musical Instruments Thread

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom


Ektara

Okay, this instrument was more designed or something like that for the traveling type of person...like a merchant or a mystic. .probably. correct me if I'm wrong. I pulled this off of wikipedia :

The ektārā player holds his instrument upright, gripping the neck just above the resonator and plucking the playing string or strings with the index finger of the same hand. If he is dancing, he supports the gourd resonator with his other hand, in which he carries clusters of small bells which sound as he beats his hand against the gourd.[2] Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string, thus lowering its pitch. The modulation of the tone with each slight flexing of the neck gives the ektara its distinctive sound. There are no markings or measurements to indicate what pressure will produce what note, so the pressure is adjusted by ear.[3] The various sizes of ektara are soprano, tenor, and bass. The bass ektara, sometimes called a dotara often has two strings [4] (as literally implied by do, "two").

The ektara is a common instrument in Baul music from Bengal. Some controversy has arisen in recent years over the adoption and alleged corruption of Baul music by popular bands and films in Bengal. It has become common to mix traditional instruments like the ektara with more modern sounds in an attempt to appeal to a wide audience, which traditional musicians feel is "destroying the true beauty" of Baul music.[5]

Link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ektara


So now, what is this Baul type of music?

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
So now, what is this Baul type of music?

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Neat. Thank you for the video!