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OTTU (SOUTH INDIAN DRONE INSTRUMENT) |
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The ottu is a south Indian drone instrument. It is very similar
to the nadaswaram or the shehnai in construction. It is usually
somewhat longer than the nadaswaram. It has a bell, usually of metal
like the shehnai. It has four or five holes, which are not fingered
but merely occluded with wax to bring the instrument to the correct
pitch (shruti). This instrument does not play a melody, but merely
provides the drone for temple ensembles composed of nadaswaram and
tavil. |
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