In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger. The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a bamboo neck is inserted [1]
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Ektara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ektara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEktara (Bengali: একতারা, Punjabi: ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ; literally "one-string", also called iktar, ektar, yaktaro gopichand, tun tuna) is a one-string instrument most often used in traditional musicfrom Bangladesh, India, Egypt, and Pakistan.
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