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of the bow is made from the hair from horsetail. The 4 strings attached
to the sarangi used to be prepared from horse intestines, but since
horse intestines are not easily available today, goat intestines or
parachute thread or badminton thread are used instead.

Nowadays, even metal stringsare used. There is a custom of putting
resin on the thread or hair that is tied to the wooden bow to produce a
good sound. The wood of the sarangi is usually made from dudhekhirra,
tuni(Toona ciliate), paiyun, walnut, mango etc.

There is still a tradition of travellingby Gandharvamusicians singing
narrating the stories of heroes, martyrs of different eras, stories based
on true events on the accompaniment of sarangiin our society. The
Gandharva people are making it their livelihood. Nowadays, people
from other castes also play sarangi and take and give various trainings.
The song 'Hey Barai', 'BabaleSodhlan Ni Khoi ChhoraBhanlan' sung

by famous Nepali artist JhalakmanGandharvais considered to be a
very popular song. Learn to play sarangi by following the notation
given below.

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