Alghoza
Alghoza
Alghoza is a pair of woodwind instruments
used by Baloch, Sindhi, Kutchi, Rajasthani and Punjabi folk musicians. It is
also called Mattiyan, Jōrhi, Pāwā Jōrhī, Do Nālī, Donāl, Girāw, Satārā or
Nagōze. It consists of two joined beak flutes, one for melody, the second for drone. The flutes are either
tied together or may be held together loosely with the hands. A continuous flow
of air is necessary as the player blows into the two flutes simultaneously. The
quick recapturing of breath on each beat creates a bouncing, swinging rhythm.
The wooden instrument initially comprised two flute pipes of the same length
but over time, one of them was shortened for sound purposes. In the world of
Alghoza playing, the two flute pipes are a couple — the longer one is the male
and the shorter one the female instrument. With the use of beeswax, the instrument
can be scaled to any tune.
It is an important instrument in Balochi, Sindhi, Punjabi and
Rajasthani folk music. Gurmeet
Bawa is a notable Punjabi folk singer who uses the instrument.
Algoza consists of a pair of wooden flutes and is also called jori (a pair) and is played by one person with only three fingers on each side. The folk singers of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Ragisthan, Kutchi, use algoza in their traditional legend singing like Mirza, Chhalla, Jugni etc. The instrument is also used as accompaniment with folk dances.
Misri Khan Jamali
Misri Khan Jamali ( مصري خان جمالي,مصری خان جمالی) )
(
b. 1921, d. 1982) was a renowned Pakistani artist and Alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.
Misri Khan Jamali a Instrumental Musician
(Alghoza Nawaz, Alghoza Player)
Born in 1921 at Rojhan
Jamali, District Jafarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan
Died in 1982 at Nawab Shah,
Sindh, Pakistan
Also awarded Pride of
Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in1979.
He was born at village Ronjhan Jamali in Jafarabad District of Balochistan. Later his parents migrated to Nawab Shah Sindh, Pakistan. where he was trained to play Alghoza by Murad Khan Jamali. He had also played on Alghoza at Radio Pakistan, Peshawar.
He performed all over Pakistan and made overseas tours to many countries including United Kingdom , Afghanistan, Singapore and Switzerland. The music of his Alghoza was recorded in different Sindhi classical melodies.
Awards and recognition:
Pride of Performance Award in 1979 by the President of Pakistan.
Death: He died at Nawab Shah, Sindh, Pakistan in 1982,
Khamiso Khan Jamali
Khamiso Khan (خميسو خان) (born 1923, died 1983) was a Pakistani folk artist and alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.
Personal life & Career
Khamiso Khan was born in 1923 at Tando Muhammad Khan city, of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. His son Akbar Khamiso Khan is also a notable Alghoza player.
Khamiso Khan was a contemporary of another notable alghoza player Misri Khan Jamali. Mostly, he played typical Sindhi folk and classical music on alghoza. He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh as a folk artist for 18 years. Khamiso Khan had performed at many events when touring Europe and America before his death. When Khamiso died of a heart attack, president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq paid him a tribute in a presidential message that his death was a great loss for folk music in Pakistan.
Awards and recognition: ·
Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979.
Death: He died after a heart attack on 8 March 1983
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