Northern India: Hindustani Style

Singer Rrucha Bapat and percussionist Vinayak Astekar discuss the tabla (a membranophone instrument similar to bongos) and Hindustani music. Then they perform a classic raga about a woman who misses her lover. The performance also uses an electronic tamboura.

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