The gyaling is a Tibetan wind instrument used in the combination of ritual chants and music known as yangröl. We can literally translate the name of this musical instrument as “Indian trumpet.” It is a reed instrument, somewhat similar to an oboe. The player passes air down the reed through a cylindrical tube. Gyalings are often used during peaceful offerings and are the only instruments that are played using discrete pitches as opposed to slurred melodies.
- རྒྱ་གླིང།
Gyaling
The gyaling is a Tibetan wind instrument used in the combination of ritual chants and music known as yangröl.
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