Bhangra
- Created by: Lone-wanderer
- Created on: 06-04-15 16:58
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- Bhangra
- Origins
- Originated in Punjab part of India
- Fuses western pop, Hindi film and Punjabi music
- Key elements
- Harmony is usually simple with one or two repeated chords
- Dhol provides bass part, tabla or Dholack play decorative part
- Lyrics sung in punjabi and often from poems called Boli
- Lyrics often about love relationships money and drinking
- Instruments
- Dhol is a large traditional North Indian drum
- The tension can be adjusted to make bass and treble sounds
- Tabla is a pair of small drums
- Dholak is a small handheld drum that's double headed
- Traditional punjabi instruments fused with electric guitars
- Tumbi is a one string fiddle
- Dhol is a large traditional North Indian drum
- The dance
- Usually danced at parties eg weddings
- Often danced in circles with lots of arm movement
- The step rhythm is set by dhols
- Origins
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