dhadd
{{Short description|Musical instrument}}
{{for|other similar shape instrument|Damaru}}
{{Infobox instrument
|name=Dhadd
ਢੱਡ
|names=Dhad, Dhadh
|image=Dhadd.jpg
|image_capt=Dhadd
|background=
|classification=Percussion instrument
|hornbostel_sachs=
|hornbostel_sachs_desc=
|inventors=
|developed=
|range=
|related=udukai
|musicians=Amar Singh Shaunki
|builders=Mistry Chanan Ram Bilga
|articles=Dhadi (music), Music of Punjab, Babu Rajab Ali, Karnail Singh Paras
}}{{Punjabis}}
Dhadd ({{langx|pa|ਢੱਡ}}), also spelled as Dhad or Dhadh is an hourglass-shaped traditional musical instrument native to Punjab that is mainly used by the Dhadi singers.{{cite book |title=Gur Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh|last=Nabha|first=Kahan Singh|publisher=Bhai Chatar Singh, Jeewan Singh|location=Amritsar }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rajsamandplus.com/dhad-of-punjab.html|title=Dhad of Punjab|publisher=www.rajsamandplus.com|access-date=14 Mar 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.vikramasentamritsar.com/bhangra.html|title=DHADD|publisher=www.vikramasentamritsar.com|access-date=10 Mar 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521211810/http://www.vikramasentamritsar.com/bhangra.html|archive-date=2012-05-21}}{{cite web|url=http://punjabijanta.com/lok-virsa/dhaddi-and-dhadd-sarangi/?nowap|title=Dhadi and Dhadd Sarangi|date=30 Aug 2011|publisher=www.punjabijanta.com|access-date=10 Mar 2012}} It is also used by other folk singers of the region.
Design and playing
The dhadd is made of wood with thin a waist{{cite web|url=http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/sikhism11.html|title=DHAD|publisher=www.canteach.ca|access-date=13 Mar 2012}} like an hourglass.{{cite web|url=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/dhad.html|title=DHAD|publisher=www.chandrakantha.com|access-date=13 Mar 2012|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316022549/http://www.chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/dhad.html|url-status=dead}} The skin on both sides is tightened with ropes that help in holding the instrument firmly together. Its design is very similar to other Indian drums: the simple Damru, the Udukai, and the sophisticated Idakka. The Damru has knotted cords to strike its ends, but the Dhadd lacks such cords. The Damru is played by shaking/rotating quickly so that the knotted cords strike its ends, and is also played with a stick sometimes. The Udukai and the Dhad have similar techniques of playing, but the social significance is different.
;Playing
File:Dhadi Jatha of Des Raj.jpg
The Dhadd is played by tapping/striking fingers on one of its ends.{{cite web|url=http://www.esikhs.com/articles/dhadi_tradition.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005134119/http://www.esikhs.com/articles/dhadi_tradition.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 5, 2009|title=Dhadi tradition|work=Informative article|publisher=www.esikhs.com|access-date=13 Mar 2012}} The pitch of the drum is raised by tightening a small cloth band wrapped around the waist of the drum. Closed and open sounds can also be produced.
Social significance
See also
- Dhadi (music)
- Music of Punjab
- Tsuzumi - A similar drum used in Japan