Esraj: he aha ia, haku mele, ʻenehana pāʻani, hoʻohana

Ua nalowale ʻo Esraj i ka kaulana no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Ma ka 80s o ke kenekulia 20, ua aneane nalo. Eia naʻe, me ka ulu ʻana o ka mana o ka "Gurmat Sangeet" neʻe, ua loaʻa hou ka mea kani. Ua kauoha ʻo Rabindranath Tagore i nā haumāna a pau o ka Sangeet Bhavan Institute ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Shantiniketan.

He aha ka esraj

ʻO Esraj kahi mea kani ʻōpio ʻōpio no ka papa o nā kaula. Ma kahi o 300 makahiki wale nō kona mōʻaukala. Ua loaʻa ma Northern India (Punjab). He ʻano hou ia o kahi mea kani ʻē aʻe India - dilrubs, ʻokoʻa iki ke ʻano. Ua hana ʻia e ka 10th Sikh Guru - Gobind Singh.

Device

He ʻāʻī ka nui o ka mea kani me 20 frets metala kaumaha a me ka helu like o nā kaula metala. Ua uhi ʻia ka papa i kahi ʻāpana ʻili kao. I kekahi manawa, e hoʻonui i ka leo, ua hoʻopau ʻia me kahi "paukena" i hoʻopili ʻia i luna.

ʻenehana pāʻani

ʻElua mau koho no ka pāʻani ʻana i ka esraj:

• kukuli me ka mea kani ma waena o nā kuli;
• ma kahi noho, i ka wā e kau ai ka ʻāʻī ma ke kuli, a kau ʻia ka ʻāʻī ma ka poʻohiwi.

Hana ʻia ke kani e ke kakaka.

E ho ohana

Hoʻohana ʻia i nā mele Sikh, nā mele mele Hindustani a me nā mele West Bengal.