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The pakhawaja(Hindi:) or mridang(Sanskrit:) is an Indian
barrel-shaped, two-headed drum,[1]a variant and
desendant o! the older mridan"#
It is the standard perussion instrument in the dhrupadst$le and
is widel$ used as an aompaniment !or various !orms o! musi
and dane per!ormanes# The pakhava%a has a low, mellow tone, ver$
rih in harmonis# Set hori&ontall$ on a ushion in !ront o!
the
drummer's rossed le", the lar"er bass-skin is pla$ed with the
le!t hand, the treble skin b$ the ri"ht hand# The bass !ae is
smeared
with wet wheat dou"h whih ats as the kiranand is the ause o! the
vivid bass sound the pakhava%a produes#
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Etymology[edit]The wordpakhvajaorpakhavjais o!.rakritori"in,
whoseSanskrite*uivalent is paks/av0d$a# This instrument is alwa$s
known
aspakhavajand notpakshavadya# This word is derived !rom the
words paks/a (a side), and vdya ("a musical instrument"), it is
said that, during the 14th century, the great mridangists
experimented with the materials used in mridang construction, and
finally
started using wood for the main ody as opposed to the original
clay! hus, a new name pakhawaj emerged, whilst the older name,
mridang was still used![]
Technique[edit]2s with thetabla, the pakhava% rh$thms are tau"ht
b$ a series o!mnemonis$llables known as ol#The pla$in" tehni*ue
var$ !rom
that o! tabla in man$ aspets: in the bass !ae, the artist hits
with his whole palm instead o! the !in"er tip hittin" whih is done
in
tabla# In the treble !ae, the artist hits his whole palm with
the !in"ers properl$ plaed on the skin to produe di!!erent
bols#
In traditional pakhava% st$les a student would learn a number o!
di!!erent strokes whih produe a spei!i sound# These are
remembered and pratied with orrespondin" s$llables#
The ver$ basi apait$ is to pla$ a thekain a partiular talaor
rh$thmi $le, as !or instane chautala, (whih is unrelated
tohowtal, a t$pe o! !olkson" in the3ho%puri re"ionand sun" b$
amateurs durin" the .ha"wah4Holi !estival) in 1 beats:
# dha dha # din ta ## kite dha # din ta # tite kata # gadi gene
#
2dvaned students learn reelas that are virtuoso pakhava%
ompositions#
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