Esraj: ndi chiyani, kapangidwe, kusewera, kugwiritsa ntchito
Esraj wakhala akutaya kutchuka kwazaka zambiri. Pofika m’zaka za m’ma 80 za m’ma 20, inali itatsala pang’ono kutha. Komabe, ndi chikoka chokulirapo cha kayendedwe ka "Gurmat Sangeet", chidachi chayambiranso. Wazikhalidwe zaku India a Rabindranath Tagore adapangitsa kuti zikhale zovomerezeka kwa ophunzira onse a Sangeet Bhavan Institute mumzinda wa Shantiniketan.
esraj ndi chiyani
Esraj ndi chida chaching'ono cha ku India chomwe chili mgulu la zingwe. Mbiri yake yangokhala zaka 300 zokha. Anapezeka ku Northern India (Punjab). Ndi mtundu wamakono wa chida china cha ku India - dilrubs, chosiyana pang'ono pamapangidwe. Adapangidwa ndi 10th Sikh Guru - Gobind Singh.
chipangizo
Chidacho chili ndi khosi lapakati ndi 20 heavy metal frets ndi nambala yofanana ya zingwe zachitsulo. Sitimayo imakutidwa ndi chikopa chambuzi. Nthawi zina, kuti muwonjezere kamvekedwe, imamalizidwa ndi "dzungu" lomwe lili pamwamba.
Njira yamasewera
Pali njira ziwiri zosewerera esraj:
- kugwada ndi chida pakati pa mawondo;
- pakukhala, pamene sitimayo imakhala pa bondo, ndipo khosi limayikidwa pamapewa.
Phokoso limapangidwa ndi uta.
kugwiritsa
Amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu nyimbo za Sikh, nyimbo zachihindu zachi Hindustani ndi nyimbo za West Bengal.