Gujaratan Sarangi - It has four main strings, two of steel and two of gut, and a set of eight sympathetic strings.

Noor Mohmad Langa playing the Gujratan Sarangi.

Shumar Khan Langa playing the Sindhi Sarangi.

Shumar Khan Langa (L), Alladin Langa (C), and Noor Mohmad Langa (R).

Sindhi Sarangi - It has four main strings, two of steel and two of gut, and a set of 25 sympathetic strings.

Shumar Khan Langa (L), Alladin Langa (C), and Noor Mohmad Langa (R).

This album presents a selection of twelve tracks from the repertoire of the Sarangiya Langa community of Western Rajasthan. These tracks were recorded by Rupayan Sansthan, an institute of folklore, as part of their ‘Rajasthan folk legacy’ series in 1972. Though the tracks are limited to a maximum of 3 minutes and 20 seconds (the limit of standard play records), no musical cues were given to the artists before the recording session took place. This ensured that the music recorded accurately represented the original rendition as visualized by the three performers. This is now a historical recording. The black and white photographs are reproduced here from the original monograph that accompanied the recordings.

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