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Easy to Make Latin Percussion Instruments
These two instruments, the rhythm sticks or claves and the cowbell, feature prominently in Afro Carribean music. They can be made in minutes at home.
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Classification of Musical Instruments
The organographic system popularized by Hornbostel and Sachs was possibly derived from an Ancient Indian one.
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Tagore Songs and the Harmonium
The harmonium is a hand pump organ which missionaries in India had used to accompany their hymns and litanies.
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Origin of the Sitar
According to popular history it was Amir Khusrau who "invented" the sitar. It has been suggested that he may have modified the existing tritantri vina.
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From Rebab to Sarod
Early in the 19th century musicians of Afghan descent, residing in North India, began to study and perform classical Indian Music.
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