![]() Second, the sarangi was a difficult instrument to tune as well as to play. First there was no bowed instrument other than the sarangi on the classical music scene in the nineteenth Century. These Instruments came about because of the particular demand of society in that era. The instruments esraj and dilruba emerged in Hindustani music about two hundred years ago with common features of the sarangi and sitar. Today, although they are not obsolete, they are definitely very rare. ![]() As accompanying instruments as well these two had a very short span of life. The instrument dilruba became a regular part of Sikh devotional music and the esraj became very popular in Bihar and Bengal about hundred or hundred and fifty years ago.Īs far as classical music is concerned, both these bowed instruments could never achieve much popularity as solo Instruments. ![]() The instruments appeared on the Indian musical scenario in the nineteenth Century. These have long necks, frets and metal strings of the sitar, but unlike the sitar, they have a soundbox with parched skin and are played by bow like the sarangi. Dilruba, Esrajĭilruba and esraj have combined characteristics of the sitar and sarangi. The following text is taken from the book "Classical Musical Instruments" by Suneera Kasliwal, Delhi 2001.
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