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Kanjira

The kanjira, khanjira, khanjiri or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. As a folk and bhajan instrument, it has been used in the Indian subcontinent for many centuries.

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Classification
Frame drum
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.311 (Directly struck membranophone)
Other names
ganjira

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Kanjira

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Edges43
Triples67
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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related to Nepal · 20
Kanjira → At, Brahmin, Chhetri-Brahmin, Chudka, Daanf, Damphu, Hring, In, In Nepal, It, Kathmandu Valley, Khaijadi, Khanjadi, Most, One, Puranic Hindu, The, Then, This, To
related to Further reading · 16
Kanjira → Dissertations Center, India, July, MusicRes-Periodicals/PAC-TalaVadyaSeminar-, OhioLINK Electronic Theses, On, Renewal, Retrieved, Scott Robinson, September, South India, Sundaresan, The Development, The Hindu, Tradition, Vol
related to Play · 10
Kanjira → However, Indian, It, Normally, Performers, South Indian Carnatic, The, This, To, Tone
related to Construction · 9
Kanjira → After, Bengal, Even, India, It, Similar, The, Varanus, Western
related to External links · 8
Kanjira → Carnatic, Documentary, Hidden Drummers, India, Media, Ruairi GlasheenKanjira, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Classification · 1
Kanjira → Frame drum
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Kanjira → 211.311 (Directly struck membranophone)
Other names · 1
Kanjira → ganjira
is a · 1
Kanjira → relatively difficult Indian drum to play

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instrument indian used south frame drum carnatic music tambourine bhajan one skin india manpoondia pillai classical play ganjira mridangam left

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KanjiraClassificationFrame drum1.00infobox
KanjiraHornbostel–Sachs classification211.311 (Directly struck membranophone)1.00infobox
KanjiraOther namesganjira1.00infobox
Kanjirais arelatively difficult Indian drum to play0.90text
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionSimilar0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionWestern0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionIt0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionBengal0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionVaranus0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionIndia0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionThe0.60section
Kanjirarelated to ConstructionEven0.60section

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