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Musical Instrument Sounds |
Musical Instruments
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FOLK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS |
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Sikkim is ve Sikkim is very rich in folk musical instruments, but it is very difficult to
trace the first musical instrument of the state, because all primitive people
all over the world seem to have made music of some sort. Folk musical
instruments exist only in space, not in time. According to the myth of Mundhum
of the Limboo community, the first musical instrument was a bamboo harp known as
Simikla Koom (Binayo in Khas Language) made for their sister Tetlara Lahadongna,
by the sons of Sawa Yukphung Kemba, namely - Samdang Khewa and Lingdang Khewa
for their sister Tetlara Lahadongna in antiquity. The myth says that the next
instrument was the Niyara Hongsing Ke of Lokpha Temba and Hongpha Temba
brothers, who danced around the main pillar of the new house to protect the
newly constructed house from the evil spirits. In another myth of Mundhum. It is
also said that Yeba and Yema Limboo priest came to the village of Sawa Yethangs
the primitive men with their gear Yegeysing pole tied with Niyara Hongsing Ke to
drive away the evil spirits from the villages. Similarly, there are a number of
myths about the origin of musical instruments amongst the different communities
living in Sikkim in antiquity (Subba, 1999: 203-204).
The folk musical instruments of Sikkim could be classified into seven groups
depending on Sur, Tal, make and ways of playing by the player on of the
instruments as follows: |
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TALA |
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String instruments played with scratching on the strings |
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String instruments played with a bow, rubbing on the strings |
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1.2 |
SUSIRA |
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Wind instruments played by blowing the air and tuning the node with fingers |
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Wind instruments played by blowing the air without tuning the node with fingers |
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GHANA OR SOLIDS |
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Solid instruments like sticks and cymbals played by beating with sticks or metals |
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1.4 |
AVANDYA- INSTRUMENTS OF PERCUSSION |
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(a) |
Hollow wood or metal drums covered one side or both sides with animal skin with Khari
pasted on the Skin |
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Hollow wood or metal drums covered one side or both sides with animal skin but without
Khari pasted on the Skin |
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