Duggi: India musical instrument

The duggi is an Indian musical drum that has the shape of a kettle drum. The musical instrument played with the fingers and palm of the player’s hand. The duggi is a folk musical drum in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

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In shehnai ensembles, the player of this musical instrument provided the rhythm accompaniment, but in the modern days, the player of a tab la has the function of providing the rhythm accompaniment. The instrument’s part in those ensembles is made up of two drums, like a tabla and the beyan, though smaller in size. The musical instrument has neither the resounding characteristic of the tabla nor the distinctiveness that the tabla has of nourishing the frequencies of a note.

The musical instrument is also played in baul music of the Bengal/ Bangladesh region.