bīn (Family of ancient Indian stick zither chordophones)
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Description
One of the two subfamilies of Indian chordophones, the North Indian stick zither used in classical Hindustani music has two (or more) large gourd sound resonators and a stick or tube body.
Commonly called "bin", "been" or "bean", the representative is rudra veena, and credits to just "bin" are usually that.
Relationships
| from: | India |
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| used in: | hindustani classical |
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| related instruments: | veena (Family of ancient Indian lute-like chordophones) |
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| consists of: | rudra veena (Ancient large North Indian tube zither) tritantri veena (Indian medieval three-stringed stick zither) vichitra veena (Large North Indian fretless sliding tube zither) |
| has hybrids: | bin-sitar (Hybrid fretted stick-zither) |
| Wikidata: | Q5266546 [info] |
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