About this minute
- Title
- Ceylon
- Creator
- David Edren
- Creator
- Jatinder Singh Durhailey
- Location
- London, UK
- Collections
- South Asian Classical Collection
SAC #13
You just listened to a minute excerpt of a song called ‘Ceylon by Jatinder Singh’. The song consists of two instruments, a North Indian classical music stringed instrument called the taus, and a synthesizer. The taus is a bowed string instrument from North India, which is played in a similar way to the violin, however musicians play it whilst seated on the floor. If you could associate the sound of the taus to an animal…