Yazh: India musical instrument
The yazh is a direct ancestor of the modern veena instrument and lute. The instrument was named so because the tip of the stem of the musi...
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The yazh is a direct ancestor of the modern
veena instrument and lute. The instrument was named so because the tip of the
stem of the musical instrument was constructed into the head of the animal
named Yali. The yazh was an open –stringed polyphonic musical instrument, with
a wooden boat-shaped skin-covered resonator and an ebony stem. In Tamil, the
gut strings of the musical instrument are known as Narambu. The celebrated
Tamil poet from 200BC, Thiruvalluvar, stated thee musical instrument in his
work Thirukkural. Many classical masterpieces of the Tamil written during the
Sangam period traced back to the 200 BC have called the yazh. Silappatikaram
written by a Jain monk called Ilango Adigal mentioned four kinds of this
musical instrument; the Periyazh with 21 strings, Makarayazh with 19 strings, Cakotayazh with 14 strings, Cenkottiyazh with 7 strings. Other types of Yazh's are Mayil Yazh - resembling
peacock, Vil Yazh - resembling Bow.
source of picture: en.wikipedia.org
Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai, the Tamil literature says that the
strings of the musical instrument should not have any twists in them.
