banjira 30 Inch Deluxe Tenor Dotara 1 String Bamboo + Gourd

banjira 30 Inch Deluxe Tenor Dotara 1 String Bamboo & Gourd. Do means two and tar means string in Hindi. 6"x30". The two strings can be made to give a range of tones by applying pressure at various points along the neck. Simple and fun to play. This is a folk instrument made in the central coastal State of Maharashtra. The soundboard is goat skin is tightly stretched over an opening cut in the pumpkin gourd body. A bamboo shaft which serves as the neck One strings is are stretched from a hook at the end of the gourd, over the bridge, to the tuning peg at the end of the bamboo shaft.