AOS 4 RAG DESHKnow your instruments!

Here are the instruments listed used in the 3 versions of RAG DESH

• SITAR• TABLA• SARANGI• SAROD• PAKWAJ• CYMBALS• BANSURI• ESRAJ• TAMBURA

These might not be so familiar

• PAKHAWAJ- the double headed drum

SARANGI-smaller than the sitar and uses a bow

SAROD-smaller and lower than the SITAR

ESRAJ-bowed and fretted

BANSURI- the wooden flute

Don’t forget about the…

SITAR

and

TABLA

You need to know …

What the instruments sound like- listen to the 3 versions of RAGA DESH

AND

What role they have in the music i.e. which instruments play the melody lines, or rhythm patterns or drones. You must also know which play in the different extracts

Listen Listen Listen !!