APANG
instrument image
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instrument description
- A wooden shaft, bolted with a hollow metal cylindrical resonator at one end. The resonator is open on top and covered with skin at the bottom. Only one steel string. Held in one hand. Plucked with the index finger and used by village bards and mendicants.
An ancient musical instrument, Bhapang, is said to have been inspired by Lord Shiva’s instrument, the Damroo. This single-stringed percussion instrument is made of hollow dried pumpkin shells (Tumbi), with the top and bottom of each shell slashed away. The bottom portion is covered by a flexible piece of leather, like goat skin. The centre is punctured, and a string is passed through the leather piece to the other end, where a handle (made of bamboo) is tied to it. Five small metal bells are attached to the handle. Bhapang is played by positioning it between the armpits. Its string is controlled by the left hand of the player, who then plucks on it with a plectrum with his right hand. Stretching and relaxing the string against the taut leather allows the player to modify the instrument’s sound and pitch. Often used by the Bhat community of Rajasthan while singing Marwari folk songs. It is believed that Saint Ismail Nath Jogi invented the Bhapang.
instrument first descripti
Apang is a stringed instrument of Rajasthan. It is made of wood, metal, parchment, gourd shells, leather, goatskin, bamboo, and metal. It is believed to have been created by Saint Ismail Nath Jogi.
instrument material
- Wood, metal, parchment, Gourd Shells, Leather, Goat Skin, Bamboo, Metal
instrument searching keywo
Bhapang, Chordophone, Rajasthan, Woodinstrument type
Tat Vadyamusical instrument state
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audio link
https://videoserver.nvli.in/nvli/musical_instruments/tat_vadya/Apang%20New.mp3title 1
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These are stringed instruments. Sound is produced by way of vibrating strings or strings stretched between two points. These instruments are further classified into plucked, bowed, fretted, and non-fretted instruments. Some such instruments are harps, lyres, zithers, and lutes. Sound is produced by inducing the vibration of a taut string or chord by plucking or bowing. The length of the string and the tension in it determines the pitch of the note and duration of the sound. String instruments can be classified based on the mode of play:
- by friction with a bow like a sarangi, dilruba, esraj, etc. (Ravanastram is one of the earliest known bowed instruments);
- by plucking the string like the Saraswati veena, Rudra veena
- or by striking with a hammer or a pair of sticks like gettuvadyam, swaramandala.