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Fiddling Instruments: A Primer pt 3

… Continued from pt. 2
Sarangi
One of the most foremost out of all of the bowed relatives is the sarangi, which is an instrument capable of making a voice like and evocative sound that is one of the best of the instruments from north India as well as Pakistan. This is a squat and chunky shaped [...]

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