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2.1 The Strings are Played with the Right Hand Tilted and Its Fingers Pointing Towards the Tail End of a Kot/
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2.2 Harmonic Playing Techniques
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Figure 5: Playing the strings with the left hand’s little !ngers and thumb.
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Figure 6: Brushing or hitting a string with the middle !nger.
Figure 7: Illustrate the use of the base of the left palm on the strings.
Figure 8: Illustrate the use of the right hand’s index and middle !ngers on various positions of the strings.
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2.6 Plucking or Scraping the Strings on the Left Side of the Ji
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