In ‘Dil Se..’ (1998) A. R. Rahman sampled a traditional Ladakhi folk instrument to create the haunting drone under the prelude of ‘Satrangi Re’. Identify the instrument.
Correct: C
Rahman recorded the ‘Daman’ (a double-headed frame drum played with the Surna oboe) in Leh at −5 °C to capture natural reverb. The 40-second loop was time-stretched to 7 minutes for the song’s ethereal base, a technique later cited in MIT’s ethnomusicology journal.