Sarod | Lovely Instrument

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Shared February 16, 2024

Sarod, wonderful classical instrument is the modified variant of Afghan Rabab. Rabab came to India in 16th Century. The rabab was played with a bow while the sarod is plucked, giving them very different sound qualities. The design of the standard sarod is credited to Niyamatullah Khan and Ghulam Ali Khan, of the Lucknow Gharana and Gwalior-Bangash Gharana respectively. The sarod instrument designed by Allauddin and Ayet Ali Khan is larger than the standard instrument while keeping most of the basic design the same. Sympathetic strings are typically tuned to the notes of the raga being played and are re-tuned for each raga. The peg box, which holds the tuning begs, is solid and takes up half the length of the instrument. The tuning pegs of the main strings are on either side of the top of the neck, while the tuning pegs for the sympathetic strings are in two rows to the right of the fingerboard. The pegs themselves are made from wood and can be more delicate than more modern metal tuning pegs. #nostalgia #kolkataculture #musical #sarodiya #sarod #classicalindianmusic #classicalmusic #classicalinstrumental