Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Dholak is a classical North Indian hand drum. A dholak may have traditional lacing or turnbuckle tuning. The dholak has a simple membrane on the right-hand side. The left-hand membrane has a special coating on the inner surface. This coating is a mixture of tar, clay and sand (dholak masala) which lowers the pitch and provides a well-defined tone. The dholak is the main accompaniment instrument of the Qawwali. The Dholak is often used in Filmi Sangeet or Indian film music. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.