A french tampura and a french
veena has joined arms to make an Indian harp. Moving the strings of tampura
vibrates the sound of waves washing the shore, the sound of OM. Dancing the
fingers on Veena brings forth a sweet rhythm, very pleasing, very colourful.
Recently, I got an interesting musical instrument from Swaram, a unit of
Auroville dedicated to musical research and innovation in instruments. It is called
as Anantar and I call it as the joy of strings.
The left arm fingers can
softly move over the strings of tampura, creating a gentle background as of a
moving river, and the right arm fingers can work on strings of veena creating a
rhythm in tune with the silvery background. Songs of lightness, a little fast
can be played on the strings. The eight strings are tuned to the scale, C D E F
G A B C. It is indeed a joyful instrument to be with J
Sandhya
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