dramyin
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The dramyin or dranyen (; ; ) is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with six strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and Himalayan West Bengal. It is often used in religious festivals of Tibetan Buddhism (cf. tshechu). The instrument is played by strumming, fingerpicking or (most commonly) plucking. The dramyen, chiwang (fiddle), and lingm (flute) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Dramyin
- Instrument.image
- Dranyen.png
- Instrument.image_size
- 300 px
- Instrument.alt
- Tibetan man playing a dranyen.
- Instrument.caption
- Tibetan man playing a dranyen.
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.names
- Dranyen, dramnyen
- Instrument.classification
- String instrumentPlucked string instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.321-6
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- necked bowl lute, a chordophone with permanently attached resonator and neck, played with plectrum
- Instrument.related
- rubab Pamiri rubab Tungna
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Sgra-Snyan MET MI115.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dramyens
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.321
- name
- damyan
- native label
- 扎木聂
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6 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Tuning and playing technique
- Cultural significance
- Popular culture and modern variants
- See also
- References
The dramyin or dranyen (; ; ) is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with six strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim and Himalayan West Bengal. It is often used in religious festivals of Tibetan Buddhism (cf. tshechu). The instrument is played by strumming, fingerpicking or (most commonly) plucking. The dramyen, chiwang (fiddle), and lingm (flute) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.
==Structure==