![]() ![]() The soundboard is a stretched piece of goatskin similar to what is found on a sarangi. ![]() While the dilruba has more sympathetic strings and a differently shaped body than the esraj, they both have four main strings which are bowed. This neck holds on a long wooden rack of 12-15 sympathetic strings. The structure of both instruments is very similar, each having a medium sized sitar-like neck with 20 heavy metal frets. Its name is translated as "robber of the heart." The esraj is found in the east and central areas, particularly Bengal, as well as Bangladesh, and it is used in a somewhat wider variety of musical styles than is the dilruba. ![]() The dilruba is found in the north, where it is used in religious music and light classical songs in the urban areas. The esraj is popular in the Bengal area of India.It is a young instrument by Indian terms, being only about 200 years old. The approach to tuning is somewhat similar to the sitar. Both have a similar construction and technique. This instrument is often confused with dilruba. It gives a sound very much like sarangi without being as difficult to play. The base of the instrument is like saringda while the neck and strings are like sitar. Esraj is a combination between saringda and sitar.
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