Kanjira
Kanjira is a small frame drum from South India with a single pair of bells. It is used to accompany the classical music of South India.
The kanjira is similar to the western tambourine , but in contrast to this, the bells are used less often in the kanjira . Three or four clamps are flexibly attached to one point on the frame.
It is held in the left hand and played with the fingers and palm of the right hand. The frame diameter is 21-25 centimeters, the frame height 7-10 centimeters.
Due to the loose tension of the skin (traditionally mostly lizard skin) glued to the wooden frame, modulations of the pitch are possible during the game - a technique that is also used in the bayan of the north Indian tabla . The pitch can be raised by heating the membrane and lowered by moistening it. The kanjira is related to the frame drums kanjari (also khanjari and khanjani ) in North and East India.
A frame drum used in folk and ritual music in South India is the parai . A comparable bell drum in Arabic music is the riq .
literature
- Alastair Dick: Kanjīrā. In: Stanley Sadie (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Volume 24. Macmillan Publishers, London 2001, p. 353
Web links
- tani Avartanam - Umayalpuram K Sivaraman & G Harishankar . Youtube video. Solo by G. Harishankar (1958–2002)