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Dholak
also known as dholki is a barrel shaped hand drum
that is widely used in folk and popular music in
India. Dholak belongs to membranophone family of
instruments. It is a double-headed drum (hollow
inside) with the bass head on one side and the
treble head on the other. The larger bass head
creates low pitched sounds and the smaller one
treble head produces higher tones. The smaller side
has a simple, single layer membrane, where as the
larger side has a special application on the inner
surface known as dholak masala. There are two types
of Dholak that are commonly used, the traditional
dholak with rope lacing and modern with nut and bolt
dholak. The dholak is played by strucking on both
sides by the hands, fingers, knuckles and part of the palm. |
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