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Another Damroo sound is heard but this is a special one. Here, in addition to hitting the ends, the performer is also loosening or tightening his grip in the middle to vary the pitch. This kind of Damroo was used by Bairagis (Shiv Bhakts) who lived in the city and used come to beg for food (a memory from my childhood.)

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Bharat 10 Lata Bahl

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There is only one earlier song with the word 'rumjhum' before this famous one from Tansen (1943), song number 4 here

http://hindi-films-songs.com/tansen.html

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Rafi 47

 

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main koee vaham naheen hooN

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Rafi 226

  1. Musing 361: Ghazals 1, Rafi MDs
  2. Musing 133: Teething problems of playback, Narsingh 735
  3. Musing 102: Guitar, Narsingh 704
  4. Musibg 256: Early Radio, Narsingh 741
  5. Msuing 413: Rafi 118. Rangoon
  6. Musing 107: Singers became beggars, Narsingh 709
  7. Musing 176: Pt Ramanand, Bharat 14 Lata Hridyanath
  8. Musing 584: Narsingh 759. Ek Jhalak 1957. The other Shashi Kapoor!
  9. Musing 719: Shyam Chadha. Misc 50
  10. Musing 557: Janmabhoomi, Sultana
  11. Musing 591: Panjabi Guddi 1961. Madhu in halftone
  12. Musing 453: Rafi 158. sargam
  13. Musing 171: India and Greece, Bharat 09 Lata Bahl
  14. Musing 452: Rafi 157. 16mm library
  15. Musing 87: Pots and Pans, Narsingh 690 Tunes