Dholak

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Dholak

Dholak refers to a group of double-headed tubular drums, mostly in barrel shape, which are common in northern India , Pakistan , Afghanistan and Nepal . The dholak is smaller than the dhol that is struck with sticks .

The dholak belong to a widespread type of frontal oriental drums (Arabic general tabl ). In Afghanistan the instrument played by Pashtuns is called doholak. In India, independent of the medieval oriental cultural influences, there were already in the 1st millennium BC Several different drum types. The double cone shape, a special form of the tubular drum that differs from the barrel drums, occurs almost exclusively in India. In India these include the mridangam , the pakhawaj , the maddale and the pung as well as the Nepalese pashchima .

The body consists of an elongated, bulbous block of wood from one piece. The heads are stretched over the body with a Y-cord or a screw mechanism and in the former case can be tuned with rings. The inside of the bass head can be provided with a tuning paste to make the tone deeper.

When playing, the dholak lies across in front of the player on the lap, the deeper skin on the left. She is beaten with her hands and fingers. Some players also use a finger ring to create a click on the wooden body.

The dholak is used in Qawwali and other devotional or entertaining North Indian music styles , including together with the neck lute kamaica in the Manganiyar folk music of Rajasthan , as well as in Indian film music .

A version with a slightly smaller diameter is the dholki . In some versions of the dholki , the main difference is that the higher skin is pulled over an iron ring that protrudes laterally over the edge of the body. It resembles the wooden rings of the South Indian hourglass drum idakka . The dholki is used in the classical tappa- influenced vocal form Lavani and in the popular theater Tamasha , both of which are common in Maharashtra . Tamasha's actors are called dholki-bari.

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