How to play Dholak

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Parameswaran Iyer

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Dholak is a North Indian Classical Percussion instrument and is played with both the hands. One needs to undergo specialized training from an experienced teacher and put in several hours of rigorous practice to play with ease.
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I GUESS DHOLAK IS USED IN FOLK SONGS AS RHYTHM INSTRUMENT. IT'S NEVER FOUND TO ACCOMPANY WTH ANY NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL VOCALIST N INSTRUMENTALISTS. MUST HV MIXED UP WTH D LOOK/DIEMENSION/ SIMILARITIES WTH PAKHWAZ wch goes for Dhrupadi n Dhamar Presentation forms in Classical Genre Only...n d Beat Cycles...
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I GUESS DHOLAK IS USED IN FOLK SONGS AS RHYTHM INSTRUMENT. IT'S NEVER FOUND TO ACCOMPANY WTH ANY NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL VOCALIST N INSTRUMENTALISTS. MUST HV MIXED UP WTH D LOOK/DIEMENSION/ SIMILARITIES WTH PAKHWAZ wch goes for Dhrupadi n Dhamar Presentation forms in Classical Genre Only...n d Beat Cycles are either 12 or 14 mantra in each round.. Sorry it wasn't CORRECT IDEA. Thnq. read less
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