It may have traditional cotton rope lacing, screw-turnbuckle tensioning or both combined: in the first case steel rings are used for tuning or pegs a twisted inside the laces. The dholak is mainly a folk instrument, lacking the exact tuning and playing techniques of the tabla or the pakhawaj. The […]
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The bulbul tarang (Hindi: literally “waves of nightingales”, alternately Indian banjo) is a string instrument from India and Pakistan which evolved from the Japanese taishōgoto, which likely arrived in South Asia in the 1930s. The instrument employs two sets of strings, one set for drone, and one for melody. The […]
The sarod is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (northern Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani ) classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet, […]
The dhol is a double-sided barrel drum played mostly as an accompanying instrument in regional music forms. In Qawwali music, the term dhol is used to describe a similar, but smaller drum used with the smaller tabla, as a replacement for the left hand tabla drum. The typical sizes of […]
The Borrindo is a small hollow ceramic ball with three or four holes The top hole is larger then the other, the holes are arranged in a Triangular shape. The Borrindo is built ceramic usually available in The majority of the people of the central valley of Pakistan, and is […]
Flute is a melodious musical insturment with six melodies (FG,FD,FC,FB,FA and FG ). There are, according to Ikram, two types of flutes; front-flutes and the side-flutes. He says that the front-flute is easy to play and is available at cheaper rates, whereas the side-flute is comparatively expensive with special skills […]
There are different versions for the meaning and origins of sarangi but the most logical and widely accepted ones are that the word sarangi is derived from two Hindi words: sau (meaning hundred) and rang (meaning colour) hence meaning the instrument of 100 colours while the other one is that […]
The algoza is a Punjabi woodwind instrument adopted by Sindhi folk musicians, also called a Jorhi or Ngoza. It resembles a pair of wooden flutes. The musician plays it by using three fingers on each side. Sound is generated by breathing into it rapidly; the quick recapturing of breath on […]
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (born 1974) (Urdu: راحت فاتح علی خان) is a Pakistani singer, primarily of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Muslim Sufis. He is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He is popular […]
Nazia Hassan (Urdu: نازیہ حسن) (April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000[1]) was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song “Aap Jaisa Koi” from the Indian film Qurbani (1980) made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 1980s, where she is admired […]