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More Musical Instruments and Definitions

If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   Tambura - drone instrument- essential part of every classical concert -Tambura player generally sits behind the main artist so that they may hear the drone constantly and has to be played by a reliable person such as the soloist's wife or apprentice - consists of a long unfretted neck which has tuning pegs -number of string varies from 4 to 6 -strings are plucked continuously with the middle and forefinger of the right hand in a regular pattern Veena - exclusive to Sound India (Carnatic)- chordophone - -consists of a hollow resonator carved from a single block of wood which continues as long fretted neck to which is attached a smaller resonator -neck is curved backwards and at the end is a carved head of a mythological animal -4 main strings  and 3 Tala strings - gamakas - are used by pulling the