The gubguba, also known as gabgubagub, guba, gopijantro, gubgubbi, ananda lahari, premtal, khamak, khomok, chonka, jamidika, jamuku and bapang is an Indian percussion

string instrument String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments by plucking the ...

. It consists of a dried gourd or wooden resonator through which a gut string is attached. The player holds the body of the instrument under the arm and the free end of the string in the fist of the same arm. The string is plucked with a plectrum in the other hand. Some varieties of the gubgubbi, particularly the

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khomok or khamak, contain two strings.

References

* Dutta, Madhumita. (2008). ''Music & Musical Instruments of India''. {{ISBN, 978-1-905863-18-1. * Simon Leng, ''While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison'', Hal Leonard (Milwaukee, WI, 2006), p. 158.vycycyv

External links

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2RV_DZeDs Performance featuring a khamak Indian musical instruments Stringed percussion instruments Hand percussion Percussion instruments played with specialised beaters Asian percussion instruments Unpitched percussion instruments String instruments Plucked membranophones