Question

Kamaicha is a ______ vadya.
1. Avanaddha 
2. Tata
3. Sushira
4. Ghana

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Tata

The correct answer is Tata.

• Tata Vadya
  • ​Tata Vadya or Chordophones are Stringed instruments.
  • The tata vadya is a group of musical instruments in which sound is made by the vibration of a chord or a string.
  • The vibrations are made by plucking a string or bowing on a string that has been stretched or pulled tight.
  • The pitch of the note produced depends on the length of the vibrating wire or string, the degree of tightening of the string.
• The Kamaicha:
  • It is a bowed lute played by the Manganiars of west Rajasthan.
  • The whole instrument is one piece of wood, the spherical bowl extending into a neck and fingerboard the resonator is covered with leather and the upper portion with wood.
  • There are four main strings and a number of subsidiary ones passing over a thin bridge.
  • It links the sub-continent to Western Asia and Africa and is considered by some scholars to be the oldest instrument, with the exception of the Ravana Hatta or Ravana Hasta Veena.