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Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories, namely classical, western and folk. See Carnatic music and Hindustani music. They are discussed in detail by Dr. Lalmani Misra in his book, Bharatiya Sangeet Vadkieraya. The instruments are further sub-classified into the type based on the science behind the same. Carnatic music, also known as is one of the two styles of Indian classical music, the other being Hindustani music. ...
Hindustani (हिन्दुस्थानी) classical music is an Indian classical music tradition originating in the North of the Indian subcontinent circa the 13th and 14th centuries CE. Developing a strong and diverse tradition over several centuries, it has contemporary traditions established primarily in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. ...
Dr. Lalmani Misra M.A. Ph. ...
Plucked String Instruments Ektara (Bangla: à¦à¦•à¦¤à¦¾à¦°à¦¾) is a one string instrument used in Bangladesh and India. ...
Gottuvadhyam also known as the chitravina, is an Carnatic music instrument played in Southern India. ...
The santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy strings. ...
The sarod or sarode (Hindi:सरोद, Bengali: সরোদ) is a string musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. ...
Diagram of some sitar parts. ...
Surbahar The surbahar (also known as bass sitar) is a plucked string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India. ...
The tambura is a musical instrument used in various places around the world. ...
A portrait of Veena Dhanammal, legendary Veena player Veena (Telugu: వీణ, Kannada: ವೀಣ-veena,ವೀಣೆ-veene, Tamil: வீணை-veene, வீணா-vina, Malayalam: വീണ) is a plucked stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. ...
The Mohan veena is a stringed musical instrument used in Indian classical music. ...
Ustad Asad Ali Khan,Pandit Hindraj Divekar,Ustad Shamsuddin Faridi Desai and Ustad Bahauddin Dagar(Dagar Veena-a variation of the traditional Rudra Veena) are the surviving exponents of the instrument in India. ...
The Saraswati veena (also spelled Saraswati vina) is an Indian plucked string instrument. ...
The Vichitra Veena is a plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. ...
Bowed String Instruments The Esraj, also known sometimes as Israj, or Dilruba, is a string instrument found in two forms throughout the north, central, and east regions of India. ...
Anant Kunte playing the sarangi (2007) The Sarangi (Sarangi [सारंगी] is a bowed string instrument of , Nepal. ...
A man playing a sarinda while sitting on the ground A sarinda is a stringed Indian musical instrument similar to lutes or fiddles. ...
The rebab is a musical string instrument which was heavily used in old Arabic music its considered as part of the Lute familiy (Oud in Arabic). ...
Wind
Flute The bansuri (Hindi: ) is a transverse alto flute of India, made of a single length of bamboo with six or seven open finger holes. ...
The Pullanguzhal oldest music instruments in India, is a flute made of bamboo with eight holes. ...
The venu is a bamboo transverse flute used in the Carnatic music of South India. ...
Single reed A Bihu dancer blowing a Pepa Pepa is a flute-like musical instrument that is used in traditional music in Assam. ...
A pungi or been is the musical instrument played with the nose by snake charmers. ...
A pungi or been is the musical instrument played with the nose by snake charmers. ...
Double reed The Carnatic flute, also called kuzhal or pulangoil, is an 9 holed bamboo flute. ...
Nadaswaram, also spelt Nadhaswaram, and also called Nagaswaram, is one of the most popular classical instruments of south India and the worlds loudest non-brass acoustic instrument. ...
For the movie refer to Shehnai (film) The shehnai is an aerophonic instrument which is thought to bring good luck, and as a result, is widely used in North India for marriages and [[processions]. This tube-like instrument gradually widens towards the lower end. ...
Free reed omg Gogona is a vibrating reed instrument that is used primarily in the traditional Bihu music in Assam. ...
A Morsing is a percussion instrument, mainly used in Carnatic music concerts. ...
Percussion
Drums It is a small two-sided wooden drum. Some call it the damru. It is about 10 to 12 inches in length, with a narrow waist in the middle. The parchments are held by cotton straps. It is held in the left hand and played with the right hand. Thayambaka performance by Mattanur Sankarankutty using chenda Chenda is a cylindrical wooden drum from Kerala state of India. ...
The dhol (Punjabi: ਢੋਲ, ڈھول; Hindustani: ढोल, ڈھول; Armenian: Դոլ) dohol (Persian: ), is a drum (a percussion musical instrument) widely used in India and Pakistan, usually the Punjab region, the Indian/Pakistani province of Punjab, Maharastra and Gujarat. ...
The Dholak (sometimes dholaki) is a classical North Indian hand drum. ...
Idakka is an hour-glass drum from Kerala. ...
The ganjira or kanjira (or south Indian frame drum) is an instrument of the tambourine family. ...
A mizhav or mizhavu is a big copper drum played as an accompanying percussion instrument in the Keralan performing arts of Koodiyattam and Koothu. ...
The mridangam is a percussion instrument from South India. ...
The Pakhavaj, also called Mardal, Pakuaj, Pakhvaj or Mardala, is an ancient Indian barrel shaped percussion instrument which is similar to the mridangam. ...
The tabla (Hindi: तबà¥à¤²à¤¾, tablÄ, Urdu: تبلÛ) is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent and in Hindustani classical music. ...
The Thavil The thavil is a barrel shaped percussion instrument from South India. ...
For other uses, see Urumee (disambiguation). ...
Udukai is used on Folk Music and prayers in South India. ...
Other - Ghatam
- Jal tarang - A set of tuned rice bowls tuned by filling with varying amounts of water
A ghatam is a. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Jalatarangam. ...
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