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Sarangi vs Violin - What's the difference?

sarangi | violin |

In musical instruments terms the difference between sarangi and violin

is that sarangi is a bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India while violin is a musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.

sarangi

English

(Sarangi)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A bowed string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
  • Derived terms

    * sarangist

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    violin

    English

    (wikipedia violin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
  • *
  • (music) A violinist.
  • The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

    Synonyms

    * fiddle

    See also

    * second fiddle

    See also

    * bass viol * cello * double bass * viola * first violinist * second violinist ----