Khin is a classical
membranophone used in
Newar music. Khin are played in pair putting on lap by the players facing each other.
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A Khin is made of a hollow wooden trunk with membrane covering both sides. The right side is covered with ]cow skin
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, while the left side is covered with goat skin. Both sides are attached with a black tuning paste
Syahi (also known as gaab, ank, satham or karanai) is the tuning paste applied to the head of many South Asian percussion instruments like the dholki, jori, tabla, madal, mridangam, khol and pakhavaj.
Overview
Syahi is usually black in col ...
called ''khau''. The right hole of the trunk is narrower than the left one, and thus sound produced from the right side is sharper than the sound from left side.
It is played during 'Bhajans' and different festivals also like 'Ghintanghisi' and others.
References
Newar
Membranophones
Drums of Nepal
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