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01:54, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Mardala

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Mardala article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! Mr. Dude ^{†@£К ║ Çøת†яĭβü†ĬŎИ} 22:27, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First off, this is my article I contributed. It is information I got from "my own" website. I am glad there is some scrutiny about copyright, but I don't see anywhere where I violated any copyrights. Its my information. The source of the article is from a master Mardala musician I studied with. The actual article is a typed piece of paper that my teacher gave to me before I left India. There is "0" (zero) english written information about the Mardala. My teacher was working on a book, the first ever, going into detail about this instrument, in english.

Second, the Mardala is NOT a Pakhawaj. A Pakhawaj is a drum used in Hindustani music for Hindustani classical music. It is larger (the Pakhawaj), the tuning pegs are on the other side and there is not a fixed "Kirana" (which is a Mardala term and not a Hindustani term) for the bass side. The style of playing and "bols" are not even the same. Although there are similarities in shape, if you actually saw one in person you would notice the difference. You are not an expert in Indian musical instruments so why should you decide whether the information is false? Not sure. Essentially lumping this into the same category as the Pakhawaj is naive. The Pakhawaj article also lumps the Mrindangam in there as well, which is also a "totally" different instrument played in southern India.

At one time, barrell shaped drums in India were kind of lumped into a "generic" term, but that is no longer the story.

I hope that clears it up a bit.