2025年1月24日 · Adi yazh: A 1000-stringed yazh used for chasing away animals and raksasas in forests. Narada peri yazh: A 1000-stringed yazh, in the shape of a triangle. This instrument had Mandara, Madhya and Tara sthayi (3-octave range) strings. Adi kala peri yazh: A 100-stringed instrument. Peri yazh: A 21-stringed instrument.

The Yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yaaḻ) is an Indian harp used in ancient Tamil music which was the ancestor of modern day veena. It was named so, because the tip of stem of this instrument was carved into the head of the mythological animal Yali. The yazh was an open-stringed polyphonous instrument, with gut

2010年3月20日 · Yazh is an open-stringed polyphonic instrument with a wooden boat-shaped, skin-covered resonator and a stem. Tolkappiyam denotes yazh as one of the seven items that are closely related to Tamil culture.

2021年4月6日 · The sounds of a harp-like instrument called the yazh, named for the mythological animal Yali whose image was carved into its stem, once filled the halls of temples and royal courts in southern...

Adi yazh: A 1000-stringed yazh used for chasing away animals and rakshasa-s in forests. Narada periyazh: A 1000-stringed yazh, in the shape of a triangle. This instument had Mandara, Madhya and Tara sthayi (3-octave range) strings.

The adi yazh is the first yazh. As per legends it was played to win over asuras during the kreta yuga, the first era of the world. It had thousand strings arranged in five octaves with two hundred in each.

Yazh or Yal is one of the most ancient musical instruments in ancient India. Yal is a string music instrument and was mainly used in ancient Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.. It was used as a primary instrument and also as an accompaniment to vocal music. When the fretted vina emerged, yal slowly receded into the background.

The yazh was an open-stringed polyphonous instrument, with a wooden boat-shaped skin-covered resonator and an ebony stem. It was tuned by either pegs or rings of gut moved up and down the string. It is not used today but pictures of it are found in Thirumayam in Tamil Nadu, probably of the 8th century A.D.

YAZH The Yazh, a plucked string instrument, like the harp, was used in Ancient Tamil music. The instrument is believed to derive its name from Yali, the mythological creature featuring in many South Indian temples. As an instrument, the Yazh, finds mention in …

2025年2月28日 · In a small Chennai workshop, 28-year-old Tharun Sekar meticulously carves the wooden frame of a musical instrument that had nearly vanished from Indian culture. This instrument, the Yazh, is a 2000-year-old harp-like string instrument once favoured by Tamil kings and celebrated in the third Sangam-era literature.