How do you make an musical instrument Ektara at home?

1. How is Ektara made?
2. How can we make Ektara at home with coconut shell?

How is Ektara made?

It is plucked with one finger. The ektara usually has a stretched single string. An animal skin is over a head made of dried pumpkin/gourd, wood or coconut. ... Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string.

How can we make Ektara at home with coconut shell?

First take a hollow coconut shell means a half of a coconut shell. u need a thick wood strip and a strong string. then u place the coconut shell on the wooden strip with rubber bands or glue,it depends upon you. then attach the string from first to lastends of the wooden strip.