Folk & devotional
Dholak
A two-headed barrel drum played with both hands.
- Region
- North India
- How it sounds
- Warm low bass on one head, sharp tone on the other.
- Role in the ensemble
- Primary rhythm in folk, Sufi and Qawwali ensembles.
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