This is the sound of Karachiâs last Sarangi player
Three generations of the Hoshiyarpuri Gharana SAMAA | Hamza Arif - Posted: Mar 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 weeks ago SAMAA | Hamza Arif Posted: Mar 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 weeks ago
He is the fourth generations of the Hoshiyarpuri Gharana
Above a dozen clanking Gizri mechanic workshops, the hiss and spit of carburetor cleaners, two students are laboriously practicing
Taat Bilawal under the watchful ear of Gul Muhammad, one of Pakistanâs last two active professional Sarangi players. His students sit cross-legged, upright with ramrod backs on the floor of Gulâs small room. Their Sarangis rest lightly against their left shoulders, their elbows move to and fro as they struggle to synchronize their bow strokes. âClean! Clean!â Gul urges them. It should be a clean sound. When one student skips into another beat, Gul teases him, âStop turning somersaults…â