The yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yāḻ, pronounced) is a harp used in ancient Tamil music. It was strung with gut strings that ran from a curved ebony neck to a boat or trough-shaped resonator, the opening of which was a covered with skin for a soundboard.

Apr 6, 2021 · The sounds of a harp-like instrument called the yazh, named for the mythological animal Yali whose image was carved into its stem, once filled the halls of temples and royal courts in southern...

The Yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yaaḻ) is an Indian harp used in ancient Tamil music which was the ancestor of modern day veena. It was named so, because the tip of stem of this instrument was carved into the head of the mythological animal Yali.

In this brand new video, we explore the geometry and art behind recreating a 2,000-year-old instrument for usage in the 21st Century. Watch Tharun, founder and luthier at Uru Custom Instruments...

Mar 5, 2025 · From India comes the incredible story of a young man who reconstructed an ‘extinct’ musical instrument using clues in ancient literature. Called the Yazh, this gorgeous harp, carved in the form...

Feb 28, 2025 · This instrument, the Yazh, is a 2000-year-old harp-like string instrument once favoured by Tamil kings and celebrated in the third Sangam-era literature. For centuries, it remained confined to history books and museum displays — until Tharun took on the challenge of …

Nov 28, 2022 · When the current generation of musicians experiment with the most modern string instruments, largely in the western cult, a young guitarist with a solid interest in his own heritage is on a mission to revive the ancient musical instrument yazh (Yaazh).

Apr 12, 2021 · In ancient Hin­du mythol­o­gy, the Yali appears as a chimera, part lion, part horse, part ele­phant. It was carved into stone pil­lars to guard tem­ples, and its form adorned an instru­ment called the yazh, whose sound “once filled the halls and tem­ples of south­ern India,” Livia Ger­shon writes at Smith­son­ian. “Over time ...

Yazh or Yal is one of the most ancient musical instruments in ancient India. Yal is a string music instrument and was mainly used in ancient Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.. It was used as a primary instrument and also as an accompaniment to vocal music.

May 25, 2024 · The Yazh is a 3000 year old harp-like Tamil instrument that is mentioned in Tamil literature and has become extinct over time. With strings made of gut, a curved ebony neck and a boat shaped resonator covered with goatskin, the Yazh is said to be associated with the mythological Yali and bears religious import as indicated by its appearance in ...