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Strengeinstrumenter > Fidler > Ravanhattha

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Ravanhattha   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • Spike fiddle from Rajasthan and Gujarat, north-west India; the resonator consists of half a coconut shell; there are simple forms with only two strings, and more complex ones which have sympathetic strings as well and are decorated with tassles and fabric, the bow may be decorated with bells

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  • Ravanhatha

Created

  • 2010-04-20

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/3200

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