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Dholak

The dholak is a two-headed hand drum and folk percussion instrument of South Asian origin. The dholak can be anywhere about 16" to 24" in length. It is widely used in qawwali, kirtan, bhajan, bhangra, chutney, baithak gana, Hindi film music, lokgeet and various classical styles such as Hindustani, Carnatic and Trinidadian local classical / Guyanese taan.…

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Classification
percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.22.2 Barrel drums (Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped, which have two usable membranes)

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Avg. degree1.95
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related to Usage · 14
Dholak → Caribbean, Fiji Islands, Filmi Sangeet, Guyana, In, Indian, It, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa, Suriname, The, Tobago, Trinidad
related to Variants · 9
Dholak → East Asian Janggu, Gajra, Hindi/Urdu, Its, Shime-daiko, Similar, The, This, Western Asia
related to Construction · 4
Dholak → Dalbergia, In Sri Lanka, India, The
Classification · 1
Dholak → percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Dholak → 211.22.2 Barrel drums (Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped, which have two usable membranes)
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Dholak → two-headed hand drum and folk percussion instrument of South Asian origin

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DholakClassificationpercussion1.00infobox
DholakHornbostel–Sachs classification211.22.2 Barrel drums (Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped, which have two usable membranes)1.00infobox
Dholakis atwo-headed hand drum and folk percussion instrument of South Asian origin0.90text
Hindustaniinstance oflokgeet and various classical styles0.80text
Carnaticinstance oflokgeet and various classical styles0.80text
Trinidadian local classical / Guyanese taaninstance oflokgeet and various classical styles0.80text
Dholakrelated to ConstructionThe0.60section
Dholakrelated to ConstructionDalbergia0.60section
Dholakrelated to ConstructionIn Sri Lanka0.60section
Dholakrelated to ConstructionIndia0.60section
Dholakrelated to UsageIt0.60section
Dholakrelated to UsageIndian0.60section

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