| The only other essential instrument is the tanpura, whose open strings are plucked continuously all evening, providing an organ-like background. |
| From the tanpura to the violin all those who chance to visit Dakshinachitra then, can touch, feel and try playing some of them. |
| In this trio setting, Singh's amplified tablas are the main focus, punching out loudly over a thin-sounding sarangi and a tanpura drone. |
| He had just begun singing and was accompanied only by the tabla and his own tanpura. |
| He has talked of trying to de-stress himself while writing with tanpura strumming and raag alap. |
| He told me that once he sits down for practice with the tanpura, he does not get up for four to five hours! |
