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hoops attached to the shell. The right face of the instrument has a larger diameter than the left side, and the right drum head is stretched very tightly, while the left drum head is kept loose to allow pitch bending. The larger face is higher in pitch than the smaller face.
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Thavil is a traditional musical instrument of the ancient city of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. It is an integral part of the Carnatic music in Thanjavur. It is mostly made in Thanjavur and Valayapatti.
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The modern Thavil has a corpus that is bordered by a steel ring coated in plastic on which the two skins are fixed by metal straps. Both skins can be separately tuned.
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Velliyambakkam VM Palanivel playing thavil - note that thavil sides are reversed, as the player is left handed
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on the right, goat on the left) are stretched across the two sides of the shell using
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are essential components of traditional festivals and ceremonies in South India.
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The instrument is either played while sitting, or hung by a cloth strap (called
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In folk music contexts, a pair of wider, slimmer sticks are sometimes used.
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consists of a cylindrical shell hollowed out of a solid block of
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Percussion instruments played with specialised beaters
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Thavil Maestro Haridwaramangalam Sri. A.K. Palanivel
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Dakshinamoorthy - Jaffna or Yaazhpaanam, Shri Lanka
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Kalaimamani Thirucherai.T.G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
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percussion instrument
Tamil Nadu
South Indian
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala
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Sri Lanka
Tamil Eelam
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