swaragat (Carnatic bass lute)

~ Snaarinstrument

Omschrijving

The skin covered deep wooden soundbox, has a neck that is carved like parrot and a gut bridge with three courses of double silk strings, plucked with a horn-plectrum. Used in southern India since ancient times, it is essentially a bass rabab.

Relaties

uit:South India
type:rabab (Medieval Indian evolution of the Afghan (kabuli) rabab)
afbeelding:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/swaragat/swaragat.png [info]
Wikidata:Q7653835 [info]
andere databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_swarbat.html [info]