1. AOS 4 RAG DESH Know your instruments!

2. Here are the instruments listed used in the 3 versions of RAG DESH
SITAR
TABLA
SARANGI
SAROD
PAKWAJ
CYMBALS
BANSURI
ESRAJ
TAMBURA

3. These might not be so familiar
PAKHAWAJ- the double headed drum

4. SARANGI-smaller than the sitar and uses a bow

5. SAROD-smaller and lower than the SITAR

6. ESRAJ-bowed and fretted

7. BANSURI- the wooden flute

8. Don’t forget about the…
SITAR
and
TABLA

9. You need to know …
What the instruments sound like- listen to the 3 versions of RAGA DESH
AND
What role they have in the music i.e. which instruments play the melody lines, or rhythm patterns or drones. You must also know which play in the different extracts
Listen Listen Listen !!