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The vibration of certain substance creates sound. The sound
creating substances are many, but a few were known in the early days of
the human history. The tightly stretched string, for example, is one,
which is known from very early days. Some sounds producing
membrane (tightly stretched) or an enclosed column of air are perhaps
the earliest forms of musical instruments. Man learnt to play them to his
tunes along with the clapping of hands and stamping of feet.
The history of Indian musical instruments can be gathered from
various sources such as Literature (classical, folk, general, music) and
Visual representations (paintings, sculptures, and reliefs).
The Vedic literature describes drums covered with the skins of
animals, large earthen drums, and many types of stringed instruments.
They were employed during rituals and sacrifices.
The bh奴mi-dundubhi, a giant earth drum, consisting of a hallow
pit covered with skin, struck by logs of wood, signaled danger or
approaching enemies with its thunderous and deep resonating pitch.
Vedic singers used the dundhubi, a drum formed out of a hallow tree
trunks with the upper part covered with skin. *
In the Epics, there is mention of use of musical instruments. When
R膩ma performed the A艣vameda Yaga, several skilled musicians were
said to have performed. R膩m膩ya峁嘺 refers to Vi峁嚹�, Dundhubi, Mrdanga,
Bheri, Gha峁璦, Panava, Pa峁璦ha, and Dindima. When the priests
performed p奴j膩, their wives were supposed to have played the V墨峁嚹�.
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