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Published: 16 September 2017

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Continuing my quest for early instruments, in the following song 4 from Amar Jyoti (1936) I do not hear tabla, but a Daf-like instrument, what Raj Kapoor played in Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960),

Amar Jyoti

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Listen to Te Dil Kisko Doon (1963)

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Published: 05 January 2018

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Believe it or not, the J F Madan company complained of video piracy in the silent era!

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RMIM meet 2017, 4

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Published: 06 January 2018

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Here is another example of two overlapping melodies. The main singer sings one song and in the background a different song is heard. There is a name for that :)

Listen to 1939_aadamee_06_so-jaa-sapane-kee-aashaa.mp3

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