Category INDIA

Oct 21 2015

Morchang and Dholak : Rhythm of Rajasthan (Folk Music of Rajasthan)


Morchang and Dholak : Rhythm of Rajasthan (Folk Music of Rajasthan)

Ajoutée le 8 mai 2014

This instrument belogs to Langa Community of western Rajasthan. It is said that this instrument was first used by the shepherds while they took there animals for grazing. Later it was adopted by the Langaa community. Morchang is Jews harp is an elastic thin iron strip called the tongue a fixed to a circular iron ring. This strip projects a little beyond the right at one end at the other end is slightly curled. It passes right along the centre of the ring and between the two arms. The instrument is held in the left hand and the fork portion is held in the mouth. The curled end of the tongue is plucked by the forefinger of the right hand. The cavity of the mouth acts as resonator. When played along with the Dholak, the combined effect is delightful and pleasing.

 

Aug 24 2014

morchang making (part 1), INDIA


Uploaded on Jun 29, 2008

http://guimbardes.fr/
To Bhuj,in India (january 2008) one jew harp maker at work.
I like play with his morchangs!
Thanks Mr Haji for your welcome,your nice family and your tchai!!!
Thanks also to Humesh,my Kach friend and guide
Dont forget to see the second part of this (long) video !!!
Sorry for the video quality…next time better!!!
Fabrication d une guimbarde indienne(morchang dans le nord,moorsing dans le sud) a Bhuj en Inde.
En Inde la guimbarde est un instrumnent traditionnel tres utilisée au Rajasthan par les gypsies,et au sud de l Inde dans laa musique carnatique

Jul 12 2014

Srirangam Kannan – Morsing Artiste – Indian Music – Carnatic


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0uxQ4S_LA

Published on May 3, 2014

http://AboutIndianMusic.com : Please read description. Thanks!

!!Happy Birthday!!

So recently, I had a chance to visit my home in India and was able to take some videos of my dad, Srirangam Kannan. He is one of the living legends of the Morsing, the Indian version of the Jew’s harp (jaw harp). You could check out more about him in this wikipedia page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriranga…

Well it is his birthday on the 05th of May 2014. So through this video, my brother and I would like to wish him a very happy birthday. 🙂

Information links:

Morsing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morsing
Tala and nadai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tala_%28…
Srirangam Kannan: https://sites.google.com/site/srirang…

Jun 20 2014
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Rais Khan – morchang maestro, INDIA


ajoutée le 16 septembre 2013
RAIS KHAN is a self taught master of the morchang (a Rajasthan folk instrument) also called chang in Gujarat or morsing in South India). A multiinstrumentalist, he also plays the bhapang, khartaal, beat boxes as well. He is part of the group Barmer Boys, and features on the following albums, released on Amarras records.