Question

7. EMPEROR Aurangzeb banned the playing ofa musical instrument called pungi in the royalresidence for it had a shrill unpleasant sound.Pungi became the generic name forreededRossemakers. Few had thought that it would one
day be revived.
Questions :
(a) What kind of a musical instrument is pungi?
(b) Why did Emperor Aurangzeb ban it?
(c) Why did people doubt that pungi would be
revived?
(d) Who improved pungi later? How did he do it?​

Answer 1

(a)The instrument consists of a mouth-blown air reservoir made from a gourd, which channels air into two reedpipes. The pungi is played with no pauses, with the player employing circular breathing.

Answer 2

Answer:

1)pungi is ofa musical instrument

2)Because pungi had a shrill unpleasant sound.

3)Became the generic name for reeded Rossemakers.

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