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Rudra Veena Music Instrument Anime Drawing
Today, I wanted to talk a little bit about the Rudra Veena. It is also known as the Bin in Northern India. It is a string instrument used in classic Hindu music. It is most commonly heard in dhrupad music. The instrument has a deep bass sound. The instrument is quite ancient. It gained prominence in the 15th century during the reign of Zain-ul Abidin. After India became independent, the traditional patronage for the instrument stopped. This contributed to its decline in popularity. These days there are very few players of the Rudra Veena. According to oral tradition, the instrument...
Saung Instrument Music Anime Drawing
Saung is a Burmese music instrument. It is the only surviving harp of Asia. This instrument comes in different shapes and sizes. The saung is typically made of lacquer, and it is decorated with cotton tassels. The instrument usually has 16 strings. The instrument was into Burma around the year 500 AD. It is said to have originate from somewhere in Southeast India. There are 14th century song poems that were companion pieces for the instrument. Still, there are not a lot of surviving music sheets for the Saung. The instrument was brought back during the Konbaung Era (1752-1885). The...
Sarangi Anime Music Instrument Drawing
The Sarangi is a bowed string instrument. It is used in traditional Hindu music. The instrument is also popular in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The sound of the instrument resembles the human voice. The instrument gets its name from the bow used by Lord Vishnu. The instrument is usually played along with vocals, even when it is used as a solo instrument. Even today, the instrument is still played in India. The instrument was invented around the 17th century. It was used in dance performances. The drawing itself was made with pens and coloring pencils. I hope that you find amusing...
Piano Music Instrument Anime Drawing
The piano is one of the most well known musical instruments. I tried learning it a bit, but I was very distracted. I did used to see it often in my choir classes. The instrument was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori, in the 1700s. The instrument was created thanks to innovations in the world of keyboard instruments. The Pipe Organ had already been around for quite a couple of centuries. The precursor of the piano was the hammered dulcimers. Throughout the middle ages, there were attempts to make keyboard instrument with strings. Around the 17th century, the clavichord came...
Anime Girl Playing the Stroh Violin
The Stroh Violin looks like the love child of the Violin and the Trumpet. All joking aside, I am going to tell you a little something about this fun looking instrument. This London instrument was invented by John Stroh in 1899. This instrument is much louder than the common violin. It was created in order to make recording the sound of the violin easier. It became quite commonplace in all recording studios, by the 1920s. It was eventually displaced when record companies switched to electric microphones. The instrument itself was expensive back in the old days. It was typically used...