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	Pakhawaj - Indian Drum
		by David Courtney, Ph.D. Pakhawaj is essentially a north Indian version of the mridangam and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang.
		Pakhawaj is also very much used for Orissi dancers and occasionally for kathak.
		Pakhawaj compositions are passed down from generation to generation.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/pakhawaj.html (343 words)

	Pakhawaj
		The sound of the pakhawaj is both sharp and deeply resonant.
		The pakhawaj has similar tone gradations as the tabla and has been said to be its forerunner.
		Dhakit and dhumkit taken together describe the overall style of pakhawaj music: they indicate a preponderance of particular sound syllables and indicate patterning based on three or four units respectively, as well as the timbre.
	www.punjabilok.com /music/pakhawaj.htm (293 words)

	"musica"
		Pakhawaj è l'ultimo nome attribuito nell'India del Nord all'antico tamburo mridang.
		The pakhawaj is the only drum used in the old classical Hindustani style of dhrupad and together with vina is the symbol of north indian classical music.
		Pakhawaj is the last name which have been attached in North India to the old drum mridang; together with all the other regional variants of it, like khol, mardal or the southern mridangam, it has been associated primarily to vaishnava devotional music and its main players have been hindu, often of religious eminence.
	www.grafifoto.com /page/musica.htm.htm (879 words)

	Instruments
		The dilruba is held vertically, the lower portion on the lap of the performer or in front of him and the top resting against the left shoulder.
		Pakhawaj is essentially a north Indian version of the mridangam and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang.
		The Pakhawaj is a long bodied wooden drum with both ends covered in skin and is the most traditional drum of North India.
	www.sikhmusicalheritage.com /instruments.htm (1776 words)

	Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He played Darbari Kanada with Pakhawaj accompaniment, which was a rare treat and a reminder of the yesteryears.
		Pakhawaj is typically the accompanying instrument for the Dhrupad/Dhamar tradition, that prevailed as the predominant Indian Classical vocal style for hundreds of years before conceding it's popularity to Khayal, a more open-formatted and less rigorous form that promotes innovation.
		Pakhawaj accompaniment, especially during the Jod part of the development, tends to limit the liberty of the instrumentalist to explore the holistic nature of the soul of the raga.
	www.cybersangeet.com /cybersangeet_reviews.htm (824 words)

	Indian Percussion
		The Pakhawaj evolution took several other paths in different parts of the country giving India a rich array of drums differentiated by body shape and size which all share the same basic characteristics of head construction.
		This drum is still very similar to the Pakhawaj of today except that the Chati, a second piece of leather which extends over the resonant skin (Maidan), is thicker and extends all the way to the syahi.
		The Pakhawaj has one syahi on the smaller skin and the bass skin is resonated with a dough-like concoction which the drummer applies during performance.
	www.rhythmuseum.com /indian/Tabla.html (558 words)

	CD Baby: BHAVANI SHANKAR: Pakhawaj Beat
		Bhavani Shankar was born into a distinguished musical family, beginning his study of pakhawaj and tabla at the tender age of eight.
		Pakhawaj is considered as the 'king' of all Indian percussion instruments.
		In the early hours of the morning Pakhawaj is often the first sound to be heard in the old temples, having the power to drive away all evil spirits.
	cdbaby.com /cd/bhavanishankar (545 words)

	There are many musical instruments in India
		Although the origin of tabla is somewhat obscure, it is generally belived that it evolved from the barrel shaped drum called pakhawaj.
		Indian version of the mridangam and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang.
		It bears a strong superficial resemblance to pakhawaj but there are major differences in construction and technique.
	www.surdhwani.com /ins_avan.html (1001 words)

	PAKHAWAJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pakhawaj is an ancient barrel shaped drum with two playing heads.
		It is laced with rawhide and has tuning blocks placed between the straps and shell.
		This instrument was very much tied to dhrupad, consequently as dhrupad has declined, the pakhawaj has also fallen out of use.
	www.chembur.com /instruments/pakhwaz/pakhawaj.htm (116 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Arts Tribune
		So, when ‘dhrupad’ gave way to ‘khayal’, pakhawaj — one of the oldest musical instruments — was forced to take a backseat, paving the path for the tabla.
		This is the reason accomplished pakhawaj exponents are a declining community.
		Outstanding as pakhawaj maestro Pandit Bhavani Shankar comes as an exception and the interaction with him remains imprinted in one’s mind.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020705/art-trib.htm (1852 words)

	SudeepAudio.com : Studio, Replication, Music Softwares, Indian musicians, Meditation, Audio Consultants
		The pakhawaj figures largely in Ragmalika miniature paintings and interestingly in the Bhakti literature of the Madhyakalin Kavis (saint poets).
		Since the tabla had yet to the born, it was the pakhawaj that provided rhythmic accompaniment to instruments like the rabab, surbahar, veena and of course the sarangi.
		The pakhawaj was originally called mridang and its counterpart in the south is called mridangam to date.
	www.sudeepaudio.com /lessons/pakhawaj01.htm (260 words)

	Pandit Shamta Prasad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pandit Jagannath Mishra, his grandfather was a renowned Tabla and Pakhawaj player and his father Bachha Lal Mishra, although not so well known as a performer, was a respected Tabla teacher.
		Pakhawaj, instead of Tabla, was used as the instrument.
		Pakhawaj, instead of Tabla, was used as the instrument with Dhrupad (a style of classical vocal music).
	www.chembur.com /anecdotes/samta.htm (811 words)

	Taos Music online store - Phil Hollenbeck
		Phil Hollenbeck is today the senior American pakhawaj artist, performing with North Indian classical musicians and dancers for over 20 years, giving solo and lecture presentations, recording and teaching the ancient percussion tradition with mastery and authenticity.
		The PAKHAWAJ (North Indian Mridang) is the venerable double-sided classical drum which preceded the Tabla drums by several thousand years, evolving continuously to the present with a vast repertoire of styles, compositions, and forms being played by hundreds of practitioners throughout the South Asia region.
		Having a more purely percussive sound than pakhawaj and tabla, it too is carved from hard-wood log but having a tar application only on the bass side, the treble side being plain skin like on a conga drum.
	www.taosmusic.com /PhilHollenbeck/philh.html (685 words)

	The Pakhawaj - Indian classical music Instrument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The pakhawaj and mridang are double sided drums very similar, the mridang is just a little smaller.
		The body of the pakhawaj is made of one piece of tun (Cedrela tuna), or shisham (Dalgergia Sissoo).
		The amazing musicality of the pakhawaj comes from the expression of bols or specific strikes from one or both hands.
	makar-records.com /siteus/packawaj.html (193 words)

	PakhawajBeat_Album_Info
		Bhavani Shankar was born into a distinguished musical family, beginning his study of pakhawaj and tabla at the tender age of eight. His father Pandit Babulalji was a renowned Kathak performer, a popular style of Indian classical dance, which specialises in intricate rhythmic patterns.
		The name 'pakhawaj' originates from the two words, paksha meaning side and baaj meaning to play. Together, pakshvadya became Pakhawaj, meaning an instrument, which is played from both sides.
		Compositions played on Pakhawaj are called 'bols',; containing syllables derived from the ancient Sanskrit language. The four main sounds ta, dhit, tun, and nan are said to represent the four faces of God.
	www.senseworldmusic.com /acatalog/PakB_Info.html (228 words)

	MusicalNirvana - Review of Pakhawaj Beat by Bhavani Shankar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bhavani Shankar is a live recording of the pakhawaj solo Saptak Concert in 2001.
		The solo pakhawaj CD is perhaps a first in Indian music history (there is one more of Bhavani Shankar by BMG Crescendo).
		Bhavani Shankar is as good at reciting the bols as he is at playing them on pakhawaj.
	www.musicalnirvana.com /specials/bhavani_shankar_013.html (285 words)

	Dhrupad.org: Learning with their Ustads
		In a deliberate and unhurried fashion, he unfolded and revealed each note of the Alap movement, the slow, serene solo exposition of Raga – hypnotically, hauntingly coaxing and stretching the most delicately shaded nuances, the notes between the notes, from the thick bronze strings.
		Pandit Shrikant Mishra, born in 1952 in Banaras, is highly acclaimed name in the world of Dhrupad and Pakhawaj.
		Raja Mukund singh ji his great grand father and Raja Himmat Singhji his father were great connoisseurs of Indian classical music and were patronizing the famous artistes of their days and employing them as court musicians.
	www.dhrupad.org /teacher (1015 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories
		Well aware of the fading charm of the once-glorious legacy of the pakhawaj, Gangani took upon himself the charge of reviving whatever little lost glory he could.
		Called the mridangam in the South,the pakhawaj is interestingly is the most essential instrument in kathak.
		It’s this splendour which is now capturing the imagination of maestros who prefer to be accompanied by pakhawaj players during their recitals,” Gangani concludes.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041011/cth2.htm (2415 words)

	The DoveSong Foundation, Inc. -- The Classical Music of India - Dhrupad
		The drum that accompanies Dhrupad is the pakhawaj, a cousin to the South Indian miradungam.
		The pakhawaj is played horizontally and has a head at each end.
		It was the precursor of the tabla which is like a pakhawaj split into to halves and each placed upright.
	www.dovesong.com /positive_music/archives/world/India_About_Dhrupad.asp (662 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The pakhawaj is a wooden, two headed barrel shaped drum from North India.
		The pakhawaj has a rich solo repetoire, and is used to accompany the "dhrupad" style of Indian classical music.
		The pakhawaj is also used for accompanyment in Kathak and Odissi dances, two styles of Indian Classical Dance.
	www.spicmacay.ucdavis.edu /html/pakhawaj.html (177 words)

	Pakhavaj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the standard percussion instrument in dhrupad.
		As with the tabla, the pakhawaj rhythms are taught by a series of mnemonic syllables known as bol.
		Set horizontally on a cushion in front of a crossed-leg pakhavaji the larger bass-skin is played with the left hand, the treble skin by the right hand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakhawaj (401 words)

	Concert Updates
		He was accompanied on the Pakhawaj by Pandit Dalchand Sharma.
		He was accompanied on the Pakhawaj by Dr.
		He was accompanied on the Pakhawaj by Dr. Anil Chaudhury from the Darbangha Gharana of Pakhawaj.
	www.beenkar.com /Concerts.htm (956 words)

	Music of North India - Page 186 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Pakhawaj is supposed to be the original instrument from which the Tabla was derived.
		The only time one can hear a Pakhawaj now is when one hears a Dhrupad concert.
		The heads are stretched by leather straps which run along the sides of the body over small cylindrical wooden blocks which are used for tuning.
	trumpet.sdsu.edu /m345/Music_of_India5g.html (109 words)

	Dhrupad.org: Dhrupad program note by Brain Silver
		The Pakhawaj is a two-headed percussion instrument that is primarily used to accompany Dhrupad music.
		The body is barrel shaped and is made of heavy wood.
		The result is a drum with a vibrant, low tone.
	www.dhrupad.org /surbahaar/index.htm (809 words)

	Tarang's Indian Drums & Percussion: Madal
		A modern form of the Madal resembles more a double drum such as the Pakhawaj and is similar to that in playing technique.
		Its skins are built in the same way as the Tabla, that means they consist of two layers on both sides and a fl paste applied in several layers.
		As is done with the Pakhawaj (see there), the skins are tautened by a leather strap under which tuning wedges are stuck so that it can be tuned quite precisely.
	www.indian-instruments.com /percussion/madal.htm (378 words)

	Phalguni Acharya
		Born in Kolkata, Phalguni one of the most renowned Tabla and Pakhawaj Players is an accompanist and Guru (Teacher) of Indian ethnic percussion instruments.
		He accompanied both in Tabla and Pakhawaj with the personalities like living legend Ustad ALI AKBAR KHAN, the violin maestro of North Indian Classical Music, Pandit RABIN GHOSH, Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan, Dhyanesh Khan, Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury, Samerendra Nath Sikdar and many others in most prestigious concerts.
		In India he was awarded by Bhimsmadev Memorial Trsut and Academy of Arts and Studies in 1993 for his outstanding skill in Tabla and Pakhawaj.
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/104978.html (368 words)

	Gurbani Raags :Musical Instruments : SearchGurbani.com
		Nowadays, many musical instruments are used, as for example, tampura, sitar, harmonium, veena, sarangi, sarod, been, bansari, flute, tabla, pakhawaj, mridanga, dholak, etc. Some of the instruments are of foreign origin, but Indians have adopted them, as for example harmonium and clarionet.
		Musical instruments perform one or more of the following functions: (a) to give the rhythm, (b) to provide that tonic note in the form of a drone, and (c) to accompany the vocal music point by point [1].
		Avanad vad and partly Ghan vad come under the category of tal vad, e.g., mridanga, tabla, pakhawaj, damru, manjira, khartal and jhanjh.
	www.searchgurbani.com /raags/muscinstr.php (524 words)

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		At present he is been engaged in teaching the art of Tabla,Odissi Pakhawaj Playing and Odissi Songs,Hindustani Classical Vocal Music,Hindi Bhajans, Modern songs to the Young Aspirants at his own residence at Cuttack.
		Accompanied on Tabla with Pandit Bhubaneswar Mishra for an audiocassette released by HMV.
		Nominated as an expert in the committee for recommending awardees in the field of Scholarships to young artists in different cultural fields by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture, Govt.
	www.geocities.com /harmohan_khuntia (739 words)

	Diary of Events
		Dhrupad is believed to be the oldest surviving form of North Indian classical vocal music,dating back to the 15 th Century.
		She has been singing for over thirty years and is accompanied on the pakhawaj drum by her son Rishabh Dhar.
		On Saturday and Sunday mornings it will be possible to specialise either in dhrupad vocal or pakhawaj as separate classes will be held at these times.
	www.jas-musicals.com /sectrad/Boxoffice.asp (382 words)

	CD Baby: RAHUL SHARMA: Native Signs
		Bhavani Shankar was born into a distinguished musical family, learning from his father Pandit Babulalji, a renowned performer of Kathak, a popular style of dance which specialises in intricate rhythmic patterns.
		The Pakhawaj is a horizontal barrel-shaped, double headed drum with a deep, majestic resonant sound, traditionally used to accompany the ancient dhrupad style of music.
		As the recital gallops to a finale at an electrifying tempo, the Pakhawaj joins in to play an elaborate synchronised phrase (tehai) repeated three times to round off an invigorating recital.
	cdbaby.com /cd/sharma2 (741 words)

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