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Drones in Indian Music. by David Courtney. The drone is an essential part of traditional Indian music. It is found in classical music, folk music, and even many film songs. Sometimes it is provided by special instruments and instrumentalists; at other times it is provided by special parts of the melodic instruments.
“The drone…holds within itself the very essence of Indian classical music. So unobtrusive is this instrument, so self-effacing in its positioning on the stage, and so tender of nature, that it is almost taken for granted. But it is the life-giver, the soul of our music…in the internal absorption of the tanpura’s resonance, music happens.
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Though Indian music utilises many drone instruments, some blown like the ottu pipe and shankha (conch shell), or pumped like the swarpeti box, none boast the rich tonal spectrum of the tanpura. This overtone-rich, sustained buzzing is known as jivari, or life-giving essence.
Nov 23, 2015 · The Indian Drone Instrument, version 2. Back in 2014, Indian Drone was one of the first generators featured on this website. At that time, synthetic oscillators were used to recreate the distinctive sound of the Indian tanpura (or tambura). That sound became quite popular for meditation sessions.
Tanpura. The tanpura is a drone instrument of Indian music prevalent in both the Hindustani and the Carnatic systems. It plays an important role in a concert of classical music by providing the base note (adharaswara) and by creating an aesthetic ambience on the stage. A well-tuned tanpura can emit possibly all the seven notes of the gamut.
