Mashak

The mashak (also known as mushak baja, masak, mishek, meshek, moshug, moshaq, moshuq, mashak bin, bin baji) is a type of bagpipe found in Northern India and parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan.[1] The pipe was associated with weddings and festive occasions.[2] In India it is historically found in Garhwal in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.[3] This bagpipe uses single reeds,[4] and can be played either as a drone or as a melody instrument.[5]

Relation with the Scottish Highland pipes

Some academics dispute any indigenous origins of the mashak; researcher Ander Burton Alter wrote in 2000 that the pipes today played in Garwhal are Scottish Highland bagpipes with one bass and two tenor drones, with no local manufacturer or evidence of existence prior to British rule in 1814.[6] Organologist Anthony Baines, however, described an intermediary development stage wherein Indian musicians imitated the Highland pipe by tying "an extra pipe or two" into their mashak.[7] Similarly, the New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) describes the traditional mashak as becoming rare as it is displaced by the Scottish pipes.[8]

Discography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Day, CR (13 February 1894). "Notes on Indian Music". Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association. Twentieth Session, 1893–94. London: Novello, Ewer, & Co. pp. 64–.
  2. ↑ Himal Associates (1993). Himāl. Himal Associates. p. 24. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Andrew Alter. Garhwali Bagpipes: Syncretic Processes in a North Indian Regional Musical Tradition. Asian Music, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Autumn, 1997 - Winter, 1998), pp. 1-16. Published by: University of Texas Press, link at JSTOR.
  4. ↑ Geneviève Dournon (May 2000). Handbook for the collection of traditional music and musical instruments. Unesco. p. 23. ISBN 978-92-3-103304-9. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Sibyl Marcuse (April 1975). A survey of musical instruments. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-06-012776-3. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Alter, Andrew Burton. 2000. Dancing the Gods: Power and Meaning in the Music of Garhwal, North India. Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
  7. ↑ Anthony Baines (1979). Bagpipes. Pitt Rivers Museum. p. 56. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  8. ↑ Stanley Sadie (1984). The New Grove dictionary of musical instruments. Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-0-943818-05-4. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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