Music of Haryana

Music of India
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
Traditional Classical Carnatic Hindustani Folk Baul Bhajan Odissi Rabindra Sangeet Thumri Dadra Ghazal Qawwali Chaiti Kajari Sufi Modern Bhangra Filmi Pop Rock Bengali Raga Blues Jazz Trance
Media and performance
Music awards	Filmfare Awards Punjabi Music Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Music festivals	Saptak Festival of Music Chennai Music Season Dover Lane music festival Tyagaraja Aradhana
Music media	Sruti The Record Music Magazine
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Jana Gana Mana
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Ancient Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

The Indian state of Haryana has produced a number of kinds of folk music, and has also produced innovations in Indian classical music.

Traditional Musicians

The folk music of Haryana has been spread by the Bhats, Saangis and Jogis.

Traditional Occasions for Music Making

Haryana has rich tradition of dances for various occasions (wedding, festivals, etc.) and seasons (harvest, sowing of seeds, monsoon, etc.). These dances come under one or the other category. Broadly, the following dances are common in one area or the other and performed on specific occasions.

Music Instruments

Music is made using many traditional instruments Sarangi, Harmonium, Chimta, Dhadd, Dholak, Manjeera, Khartal, Damaru, Duggi, Daf, Bansuri, Been, Ghungroo, Dhak, Gharha (by adding rubber cover on top of the pitcher), Thali (beaten with a stick to make music) and Shankha.

Other instruments are

Bansuri: wind instrument with an ancient history
Been - two bamboo pipes fixed in a gourd, associated with snake charmers
Iktara - a stringed instrument with one string, made from a piece of bamboo with a gourd at one end. Associated with the Jogis. The iktara's two-stringed relative is the dotara.
Sarangi - a bow instrument, used both in Haryana's folk and classical music
Shankh - a sacred wind instrument, associated with Vishnu
Shehnai - wind instrument

External links

Bum Lahri Haryanvi Folk Music
Haryanavi music making by Jangam Jogis

Gallery

Sarod, Sitar and Iktara
Sarangi
Shehnai
Harmonium
Chimta
Dhadd
Pakhawaj
Dholak
Manjeera
A pair of Khartal blocks
Damaru
Duggi (drum)
A woman playing a Daf
Hariprasad Chaurasia playing the Bansuri
Been
A Snake Charmer playing Been
A pair of Ghungroos
Danseuse with 400 Ghungroos
Nagara are kettledrums which accompany shehnai
Dhak
Gharha is made by adding rubber cover on top of the pitcher
Thali is used to serve food and beaten with a stick to make music
Carved Vamavarta Shankhas, circa 11-12th century, Pala period

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