yazh (Ancient south-Indian harp)

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Beschreibung

Used by Dravidian Tamil from at least 2200 years ago, by the 7th century it had come into disuse. It had a curved ebony neck with gut strings above the skin covered resonator shaped like a boat, but there are versions shaped like peacocks, fish and even the monster Makara.

Anmerkung

there are many subforms of yazh catalogued in art and sculptures, for example:
peri yazh (21-29 stringed)
sakoda yazh (14 stringed) (boat)
makara yazh (19 stringed) (monster)
senkottu yazh (7 stringed)
Additionally there exists vil yazh (bow shaped), matsya yazh (fish shaped) and mayil yazh (peacock shaped).

Anmerkung zuletzt geändert am 2025-10-11 21:56 UTC.

Beziehungen

von:South India
Typ von:Harfe
Bild:https://static.metabrainz.org/irombook/yazh/yazh.png [Info]
Wikidata:Q7083206 [Info]
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