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DILRUBA
Type: TAT VADYA
Dilruba is a stringed instrument, made of metal, parchment, and horsehair. Used in religious ceremonies, this instrument is found in different parts of North India. Majorly used as a solo as well as an accompanying instrument in Northern Classical music. Also popularly used as an accompanying instrument to Gurbani.
DILRUBA in North India
Material: Metal, horse hair, parchment
A fretted bowed instrument with a parched resonator and a flat fingerboard. Four main metal strings, twenty sympathetic strings and nineteen elliptical frets. Played with a horse hair bow. Used as a solo as well as an accompanying instrument in Northern Classical music. Also popularly used as an accompanying instrument to Gurubani.
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