Question

short note on instrument ektara​

Answer 1

In origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked with one finger. The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a bamboo neck is inserted.

Ektara (literally "one-string", also called iktar, ', yaktaro gopichand) is a one-string instrument. It is most often used in traditional music from Bangladesh, India , Egypt, and Pakistan.

The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a bamboo neck is inserted. ... Two bamboo lathes are attached to the side of the drumhead and the string goes from the soundboard to where the lathes meet.