A fretless bowed string instrument from South Asia, it is a roughly rectangular wooden instrument, with a skin-covered resonator. It is usually made from a single block of wood and consists of three or four strings made of goat gut and between eleven and thirty-seven sympathetic strings made of steel. Popularly used in folk music and Hindustani music across India, it is played with an arched bow while sitting on the floor.
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