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Ektara and gopichand: one string percussive instrument from India The ektara is simple yet cool rhythmic/percussive folk instrument and has one single bowstring used mostly by wandering bards and minstrels from India and Bangladesh (called Baul), and when striked by the hand,the scale/pitch is changed too like in the african talking drum. The name Ektara comes from the Hindi and Bengali and means "Ek" means one, "tar" string. It is also known as "Gopichand" (or gopiyantra) |
