karnal (instrument)

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| name = Karnal

| image = PancheBaaja.jpg

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| alt = variety of Nepali musical instruments including karnal

| caption = Panche baja instruments: dholak (drums), tyamko (small kettledrums, leaning on dholak drums), narsiha (a long, S-shaped trumpet), Karnal (a wide-mouthed, straight trumpet, center), shehnai (a folk oboe, right of karnal), damaha (large kettledrum), and jhyali (cymbals).

| background = brass

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| classification = brass

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| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Natural trumpets – There are no means of changing the pitch apart from the player's lips; end-blown trumpets – The mouth-hole faces the axis of the trumpet.

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| related = {{bulleted list|Alphorn|karnay|Tibetan horn}}

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The karnal (Nepali:कर्नाल) is a large, straight brass trumpet, over a metre long, played in parts of Northern India and Nepal. It has a prominent bell resembling a datura flower.{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Tribal melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Gaddi folk music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDxa5G2S0AwC&pg=PA35|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-912-2|pages=35–}} It is used on ceremonial occasions, such as the processions of village deities.{{cite book|author=Mian Goverdhan Singh|title=Wooden temples of Himachal Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QgZFhkVINvkC&pg=PA54|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=1 December 1999|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-094-1|pages=54–}} It is often included among the five instruments of the Nepali pancai baja ensemble.

image:Karnal NP.jpg|Brass trumpet Annapurna karnal with wide bell in Central Nepal.

File:Never stop trying.jpg|Karnal trumpet in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh

File:Karnal.jpg|Nepal. Straight trumpets karnal. Curved trumpet Ransingha.