Instrumentation in the Punjab generally follows the North Indian pattern and need not be described in detail here: preeminent are the
tabla
,
sitar
,
sarod
, and sāraṇgī ‘bowed fiddle
’. As elsewhere in South Asia, the ubiquitous harmonium is indigenized and manufactured in the Punjabi city of Gujranwala. The
clarinet
has also been integrated into the local musical context.
Certain instruments are common in rural Punjab: the cimṭā , a large pair of...