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Do you know which drum can speak? Or what instrument is made from a pumpkin? In this segment, we’ll learn about the many instruments that define the sounds of Indian music, and how they are played: the tabla, sitar, tanpura, sarangi, mizhavu, naal, dhol, pung… and the double-flute sitara, who’s players can perform without stopping to breathe.
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Piece Description
Do you know which drum can speak? Or what instrument is made from a pumpkin? In this segment, we’ll learn about the many instruments that define the sounds of Indian music, and how they are played: the tabla, sitar, tanpura, sarangi, mizhavu, naal, dhol, pung… and the double-flute sitara, who’s players can perform without stopping to breathe.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rang De Basanti | Aamir Khan | Rang de Basanti [Import, Soundtrack]. | Sony BMG Music Entertainment | 2006 | 00:00 |
| Raga Desh | Ravi Shankar | Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul of India (Original Soundtrack from the Film). | East Meets West Music Inc. | 2010 | 00:00 |
| Tabla performance | Anubrata Chatterjee | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Sitar Performance | Shubha Sankaran | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Raag Alahiya Bilawal | Vilayat Khan | Raag Alahiya Bilawal. | Saregama | 2004 | 00:00 |
| Raaga Puriya Kalyan | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | Tapasya, Vol. 3 [Import]. | Navras | 2005 | 00:00 |
| Morchang performance | Rhythms of Rajasthan | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Sarangi performance | Rhythms of Rajasthan | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Satara performance | Rhythms of Rajasthan | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Chenda performance | Taal India | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Eddaka performance | Taal India | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Mizhavu performance | Taal India | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Naal performance | Taal India | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Pung performance | Taal India | Recorded by an ArtsEdge producer in a Kennedy Center rehearsal room. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Shanmukhapriya | U. Srinivas | Recorded on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. | n-a | 2011 | 00:00 |
| Gajavadhana | U. Srinivas | Rama Sreerama. | EMI Europe Generic | 1994 | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
Produced for ArtsEdge, a program of the Education Department of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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