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Gopichand - Bangladeshi Ekatra

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The gopichand, also, known as gopiyantra, is a very pop-ular folk instrument of Bengal. It is an instrument that is much used by the wandering minstrels known as the Baul. There are seve¬ral variations on the construction. The length may be as small as one foot or as long as three feet, how¬ever 2-3 feet is the norm. It consists of a length of bamboo that is split through most of the length. The two ends are pried apart and at¬ta¬ched to a resonator. This resonator may be a coconut, gourd, metal container or a hollowed out cylindrical sec¬tion of wood. The open end of the resonator is covered with taught skin and a string penetrates the cen¬tre. This string is at¬ta¬ched to a re¬in¬for¬ced sec¬tion in the cen¬tre. This string then passes through the hollow of the resonator and attaches to a tuning peg located in the bamboo. The sound of the gopichand is most distinctive. There is a peculiar bending of the pitch as the two legs of the bamboo are squeezed together by the left hand while the right hand plucks the string. This is a rhyt¬hmic instrument rather than a melodic instrument and it is used to accompany in¬stru¬ments such as kartal, dotar, or khol.

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