JOGI SARANGI

Material: Wood, gut, steel, horsehair

A bowed instrument scooped out of a single log of wood. Centrally depressed parched resonator, rectangular finger board and a square peg box. Two guts and two steel strings. Eleven sympathetic steel strings. Decorated with inlay work. Played with a horse hair bow. Used by ‘Jogi’ community as an accompaniment to the narrative songs based on the lives of local religious heroes.

Material: Mango wood, parchment, gut, ivory

A bowed instrument carved out of a single piece of mango wood with an elongated resonator, a fingerboard and square peg box. Resonator covered with parchment. Three main gut strings tied to the string holder, stretched parallel to the body, and go to their respective pegs. Seven sympathetic strings stretched in the similar manner and connected to the smaller pegs on the sidewall of the finger board. One main bridge, made of wood, mounted on the resonator and one leather bridge at the upper side of the finger board. A heart shaped sound hole made on the resonator. Profusely decorated with ivory inlay work. While playing, either suspended from the shoulder or placed on the lap. Bowed with a horse hair made bow. Used by the Jogi community of Uttar Pradesh.