nadaswaram (South Indian large double reed)
~ Wind instrument
Description
Similar to the north Indian shahnai, it has a 95 cm long hardwood body with 7 finger holes and 5 wax-fillable tuning holes and a wide flaring wooden bell; shorter variants have a metal bell.
Relationships
| from: | South India |
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| used in: | carnatic classical |
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| type of: | double reed |
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| picture: | https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/nadaswaram/nadaswaram.png [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q1611652 [info] |
| other databases: | https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical/instruments_nadhaswaram.html [info] |
