Dramyin

For the article about the band, see Dramyin

For the related dance, see Dramyin Cham, and for the related style of song see Dramyin Choeshay

The dramyin or dranyen (*****: སྒྲ་སྙན་, Wylie: sgra-snyan; Dzongkha:dramnyen) is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with seven strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in *****, Sikkim and Himalayan West Bengal. It is often used in religious festivals of *****an Buddhism (cf. tshechu). The instrument is played by strumming, fingerpicking or (most commonly) plucking. The dramyen, chiwang (fiddle), and lingm (flute) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.