1) Carnatic music instrument
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[instrument] The ottu (or otter) is a double reed wind instrument, used in Carnatic music of Southern India to provide a drone accompaniment to the similar nadaswaram oboe. Like the nadaswaram, the ottu is a large conical instrument, some two and a half feet long. Unlike the nadaswaram, the ottu has no fingerholes, being intended to produce...
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(from the article `nagaswaram`) ...nose while expelling air from the cheeks into the instrument, to create a continuous melody. Sometimes several players alternate on the melodic ...
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