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n. (context musical instruments English) A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
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The sārangī ( Hindi: सारंगी, ) is a bowed, short-necked string instrument from India as well as Nepal which is used in Hindustani classical music. It is the most popular musical instrument in Western part of Nepal and said to most resemble the sound of the human voice – able to imitate vocal ornaments such as gamaks (shakes) and meends (sliding movements).
The sarangi is a folk Nepalese string instrument, also very popular as a folk musical instrument in Northeast India. Unlike the classical Indian sarangi which has many sympathetic strings which are not bowed, the Nepali has only four strings, all of which are played. Traditionally in Nepal, sarangi was only played by people of Gandarva or Gaine caste, who sing narrative tales and folk song. However, in present days, it is widely used and played by many. It is also used widely in Nepali music. The sarangi has largely usurped the role of the previous Gaine instrument, the plucked lute arbajo.
Usage examples of "sarangi".
The four of them sang the Sharped Mixolydian Quartet, and Sarangi became the hindmother of Piccolo.
That was the day of the mining disaster that left fifteen thousand pitmen buried alive beneath the Sarangi hill.
The four of them sang the Sharped Mixolydian Quartet, and Sarangi became the hindmother of Piccolo.