MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS String instruments |
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Gopichant(Ektara) is a one-string instrument used in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger. The ektara usually has a stretched single string, an animal skin over a head (made of dried pumpkin/gourd, wood or coconut) and pole neck or split bamboo cane neck. |