单词 | pakhawaj |
释义 | pakhawajn. A double-headed drum, used esp. in the northern part of India. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > double-headed drum pakhawaj1867 mridangam1888 madal1914 1867 E. M. Taylor in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1864–6 9 116 Perhaps the pukhwaj is employed more than the other [sc. the tabla] by Hindu professionals. 1921 H. A. Popley Music of India vii. 121 The Pakhawāj is a drum slightly larger than the mṛidaiṅga but similar in shape, which is used in the north of India. 1969 R. Shankar My Music i. 41/1 The pakhawaj, a one-piece drum made of clay with two faces or heads, tuned to different pitches. 1977 B. C. Deva Mus. Instruments 39 The pakhavaj is the king of drums in Hindustani music, though now it is more a constitutional monarch, respected from a distance. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Apr. c20/6 The brothers allowed themselves sweeping crescendoes and insistent rhythms, accompanied by Phil Hollenback on the pakhawaj, a two-headed drum. 2001 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 7 Dec. Legends like..the great pakhawaj player Shri Durlabh Bhattacharya performed in a night-long jalsa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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