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VOL. 15 No. 3

Wooden World of music DID YOU KNOW?

One place where wood plays a constant role is in the making of musical Sometimes veenas are made of
instruments. The characteristics of wood are such that they are compatible a single block of wood. These
with this usage. Wood cannot be replaced by any other material because kinds of veenas are called
wood can be worked on to transmit and amplify sound very well. ‘ekanta’ veenas.

Kashish Pushkar, X C, Jaswant Modern School, Dehradun
soUTH IndIA
norTH IndIA
Most of the instruments that are played to accompany
North Indian musical instruments are usually made of Carnatic music are made of jackfruit wood.
teak wood because of its easy workability and resistance Thavil – This is a percussion instrument made of jackfruit
to decay and insect infestation. wood. To play this instrument, a wooden stick from the
Tabla – The tabla consists of two Portia tree or the Indian tulip is used.
drums, the smaller one of the two Mrindangam – It is made of a single
is made of wood, typically teak, block of wood. Over the years, it has
sheeshan, neem, or jackwood. For been made of varieties of woods,
tuning, it has small wooden pieces but today, the jackfruit tree wood is
which are hammered to adjust the sound. used.
Diya Agarwal, IX A, Delhi School of excellence, banjara Hills, Hyderabad Nadaswaram – This is a wind instrument with a
Sitar – Sitar is traditionally made hardwood body and a wide opening at the end made of
out of teakwood, but these days wood and metal. Often, sandalwood was used to make
because of a lack of this wood, this instrument.
rosewood is often being used. Kanjira – This
hand held drum
Sarod – Sarod has a small consists of
wooden teak body covered a circular
with animal skin and a fingerboard frame made
that is covered with steel. of jackfruit
Sarangi – Sarangi is one of the wood, on which
most popular and oldest bowed a thin layer of leather is put.
instruments in India. Made of teak Veena – Veena is a stringed
wood, it is adorned with ivory inlay. instrument. It is made,
traditionally, from hollowed
out jackfruit wood and gourd.
norTH eAsT

Khuang – Traditional instruments of Mizoram include the FoLK InsTrUMenTs
Khuang which is a drum made of hollow tree, wrapped
with animal skin. Alghoza is a wooden wind
instrument which is used
Sarinda – The Sarinda is found in the state of Tripura. It is by Punjabi, Rajasthani folk
a string instrument made using wood and bamboo, with musicians. It consists of two flutes that are held together.
an oval shaped wooden chamber.
The longer of the two is considered as the male, while
Log drum – Nagaland is home to the the shorter as the female instrument.
world’s biggest log drum. It is 36 feet
in length and 6.8 feet in diameter! Illustrations by: Sunisht, VIII, Sri Sathya Sai Jagriti Vidya Mandir, Jagadhri,
Suman Das, VIII b, bethesda Hr. Sec. School, Yamunanagar; Ishika, VII, Vishva Bharti Public School, Jagadhri, Yamunanagar;
Dimapur; Ngamjong JN Yanlem, IX, C.M.H.S.S. Harini K, VIII, Little Scholars Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Thanjavur; Sunandini Mehra,
Dimapur VII, Spring Dale Sen. Sec. School, Amritsar; Diya Agarwal, IX A, Delhi School of
Excellence, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

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