Esraj

Esraj


Mr. Sujeewa Ranasingha

An Instrument belonging to North Indian Hindustani music .This is most popular in bengal.shanthi Niketana ,founded by Rabindranath Tagore is the main education al institution that teaches this instrument.Esraj has four main strings.wood and  animal skins are used for design.This instrument is a musical Instrument belonging to the sarangi  family.This instrument is play  sitting on floor and sound is produced by bow.This is the same musical instrument as the voice  we emit .It has the ability to play with out breaking the sound.

 Famous  Indian  players:

                 Pandit Aziz chandra benerjee.

                 Pandit Ranadeer Roy.


Famous srilankan players:

                 Visharad sadananda pattiarachchi.

                  Visharad  Lilananda Rathnayaka. 

                  Visharad Anil mihiripenna.

                  Nipun Nishad hadhunpathirana.

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