Bamboo Guitar is one of the tribal
musical instruments mostly used in
North-East India. This kind of instrument is also sparingly used in
Central India,
Southern India and
Eastern India. In North-East India, the
Rabhas of
Assam, the
Garos of
Meghalaya, the
Mizos of
Mizoram and a few other
tribes predominantly use it. The Munas of Central India, the
Reddys of South India and Bondos of
Odisha too use more or less the same kind of musical instrument.
Structure of Bamboo Guitar
Bamboo Guitar has short
bamboo culms. Only a portion of it is dressed for converting it into a musical instrument. The remaining part of the guitar remains unattended. The thick upper layer of the cylindrical culm is sliced into two veins like strings leaving either end intact to the body. These strings are raised with the help of pieces of bamboo peg. Some of them retain the sliding mechanism of Rider Bridge.
In order to get effective resonance of each strike on the string, holes are cut on the lower edge of these riders facing the tube. The strings are struck with sliced bamboo stick. Some have a hole directly on the sounding board made of bamboo.
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