Classification of Musical Instruments of Garhwali Folk Dramas

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional Plays part -139 

                             

                     Bhishma Kukreti (लोक साहित्य शोधार्थी)

   There are various musical instruments used in Garhwali folk dramas.

 The folk musical instruments of Garhwal are divided by many ways as -

1-Swara Vadya or Tone related musical instruments- These instruments create Swaras or tones.

2-Tal Vadya or Rhythm making musical Instruments

 Garhwali Folk musical instruments could be divided as per the materials used for making musical instruments as-

Leather

Copper or metal

Wood

Strings

Compound

 The old age way of classification classifies  musical instruments of Garhwali folk dramas into four groups-

 1-Chordo –Phonic Musical Instruments

2-Aero-phonic Musical Instruments

3-Idio-Phonic Musical Instruments

4-Membreno-Phonic Musical Instruments

Usually, these instruments were made by local coppersmiths barring Dhol etc .

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 19/4/2014

Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Community Dramas; Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional to be continued in next chapter

                 References

1-Bharat Natyashastra

2-Steve Tillis, 1999, Rethinking Folk Drama

3-Roger Abrahams, 1972, Folk Dramas in Folklore and Folk life 

4-Tekla Domotor , Folk drama as defined in Folklore and Theatrical Research

5-Kathyrn Hansen, 1991, Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theater of North India

6-Devi Lal Samar, Lokdharmi Pradarshankari Kalayen 

7-Dr Shiv Prasad Dabral, Uttarakhand ka Itihas part 1-12

8-Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal, Garhwal ke Loknritya geet

9-Jeremy Montagu, 2007, Origins and Development of Musical Instruments

10-Gayle Kassing, 2007, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach

11- Bhishma Kukreti, 2013, Garhwali Lok Natkon ke Mukhya Tatva va Charitra, Shailvani, Kotdwara

12- Bhishma Kukreti, 2007, Garhwali Lok Swangun ma rasa ar Bhav , Chithipatri

13-Manorama Sharma, Tribal Melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Gaddi Folk Music

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गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र ,  टिहरी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोकनाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र ;उत्तरकाशी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र, हरिद्वार गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र  ;देहरादून गढ़वालके गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र;पौड़ी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोकनाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र;चमोली गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र;रुद्रप्रयाग गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  वाद्य यंत्र ;