Tutorial on Khartal, Folk musical instrument of Rajasthan by nadsadhna.com

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Tutorial on Khartal, Folk musical instrument of Rajasthan
Welcome to the tutorial on how to hold the khartal.
But before this, let us briefly know about khartal also known as kartal. It is a four-piece wooden instrument clapped together to create the sound.
Basically, khartal is used in folk and devotional songs of Rajasthan as a percussion instrument
Let us now see how to hold a khartal in your hand.
- First, take khartal in your hand, 2 in each like this. With the help of your thumb try to hold one piece of khartal and keep another piece loosely on other four fingers.
- Now do the same with the left hand. Make sure that you hold the khartal with your thumb tightly. It is considered to be a difficult instrument to play because of its grip, as the pieces on fingers do not have any firm grip. It is just placed loosely in your hands. So be careful while clapping khartal, otherwise it may fall.
- After holding khartal with your hands, you can create your own rhythm by clapping khartal towards each other.
- While hitting khartal towards each other, make sure to hit the khartal held on your four fingers on the center of the opposite khartal.
The syllables used in this instrument are ‘TA’ and ‘KA’.
‘TA’ should be played from right hand and ‘KA’ with the left hand.
The rule is reversed for the left-handed people.
When the khartal are played together, it creates the sound of ‘TRA’.
Importantly, in ‘TRA’ syllable, it should not be clapped absolute together, but there should be difference of fraction of a second, So that the sound TRA is audible.
These 3 syllables create the whole language for this instrument.
Let us now see different rhythm patterns and practice them accordingly.
Now, make some voice modulation.
Hit the first one hard and rest three normally.
As you can see here, just the voice modulation has changed the rhythm pattern completely.
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Now let us explore more rhythm patterns.
1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2
Usually, we see that performers on the stage hold the khartal facing inwards like this.
You can now explore many rhythm patterns by yourselves.
We are not professional khartal player. This video is made as a basic reference on how to hold the instrument and going about starting it.

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Maam if this sound is tra then what is manjira sound. I hope you know manjira..

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Very nice , I bought a pair of khartal last year from Jaipur but couldn't get a learning lesson at least I could start now in this Lockdown . Thank u great video Kindly upload more if possible

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Beautiful...thanks a lot really and I hope you make more videos on learning khartal soon

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I live at 8 Radford Court West Windsor NJ I have always wanted to get Khartal. My one uncle is from Rajasthan

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Good Work. Keep it up. I am willing to learn further Please bring on more videos.

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[@diwakar9033]

I saw in a video, khartal produces 'dha' also and 'ta' and 'ka' sound similar. Can you make a complete tutorial?

[@nadsadhna1]

Dha is played by striking both the hands together. It is little different from Tra where both the hands are stroked one after another. we will soon make a complete tutorial.

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What is the size of khartal?

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how Bought Khartal????

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Thank you for this vid.. i love the sound of this instrument. Is it family of the castanets from Spain?

[@ashwindalvi]

Yes, castanets, bones, khartal all belong to same family

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Do you have any more tutorials?

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[@ashwindalvi]

8 inches by 1.75 inch

[@motiramprabhu3602]

What is the length, width & hightof wooden plates?

[@ashwindalvi]

Usually 7 to 8 inches long and 1.5 to 1.75 inches width depending on the hand’s grip. The plates are 2-3 mm thick

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Sir which wood is used for khartal plice tell🙏🙏🙏

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Sheesham wood

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Where we can get this?

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Available on amazon

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The video 8s extremely good... But it is Kartal not Khartal...

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It's khartal In hindi it's called khadtaal

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I want to buy it. where can I find it

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It is available on amazon and ebay

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How to select khartal for beginners?

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There is no beginner or intermediate khartal as such. It is easily available on Flipkart or amazon

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