KeyboardsIndianDraft
Harmonium
A hand-pumped keyboard of brass reeds, the heart of bhajans, qawwali and natya sangeet.
Draft outline. This page is planned but not written yet. Aishwarya will write it; the notes below are the plan.
Like a mouth organ with a keyboard, and your hand does the breathing.
What this page will cover
- Bellows, reeds and stops
- How it came from Europe and became Indian
- Drones and Sa
- Playing for singers