Khurdak
The khurdak is a pair small drinking cup S rustic, played with the hands in India and connected.
Stringed-instrument trade
Of a diameter from 15 to 25 15 cm cm and high, it is out of terra cotta for the acute one and copper for the low register. The skins are maintained thanks to thin straps of cuirqui surround the instrument. There is no black pastille on the skins.
Play
One plays sitted or upright (with a thin strap), by striking the skins with the manner of the Tablâ S. With the left hand supported the palm or obtains cast sounds about it " woop" and of the right hand, one follows the variations of the melody.
The khurdak is specialized in the accompaniment of the whole of Shehnai S, as well in the ceremonies of marriages as in the concerts. He is always played by Moslems because of the interdicts Hindous.
He derives certainly from the Turkish Kudum.
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