Khartal
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khartal-207-6104740
title:
Khartal
text:
Khartal is an ancient instrument mainly used in devotional / folk songs. It has derived its name from Sanskrit words ‘kara’ meaning hand and ‘tala’ meaning clapping. This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together. It falls under the class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator. Usually made of wood or metal, a khartal player will hold one ‘male’ and ‘female’ khartal in each h
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Percussion instrument of India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartal
date created:
2009-01-12T21:29:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:18:45Z
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