You may be familiar with instruments like sitar, veena, tabla, harmonium, and even the tanpura. But do you really think you know your country and its music? This article will open your eyes to the ...

First issue of pt. II. Music in Sanskrit, Bengali and also in ordinary notation. (Cont'd.)--pt. II. Musical instruments from the "Industrial arts of India," by G.C.M. Birdwood. On the Hindu division ...

INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...

The Ravanahatha is one of the oldest bowed string instruments in the world. It is made from a coconut shell resonator, a bamboo neck, and a horsehair bow. This combination produces a raw, haunting ...

When veteran German ethnomusicologist Andreas Meyer first visited the Indian Music Experience (IME) museum in Bengaluru, late last year, his initial reaction was one of familiarity. The design ...

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