Indian musical instruments
| Music of India | |
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| Genres |
Classical (Carnatic · Hindustani) · Bhajan · Ghazal · Qawwali · Sufi · Folk · Filmi · Pop · Rock (Bangla) · Hip Hop · Trance |
| Awards |
Filmfare Awards · Punjabi Music Awards · Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |
| Festivals |
Dover Lane music festival |
| Media | |
| National anthem |
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| National song |
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| By state/territory | |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam |
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Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified into four categories, mainly classical, western and folk. See Carnatic music and Hindustani music.
The instruments are further sub-classified into the type based on the science behind the same.
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[edit] Plucked string instruments
- Bulbul Tarang
- Dotar, Dotora, or Dotara.
- Ektara
- Getchu Vadyam or Gettuvadyam or Gethu Vadyam or Jhallari
- Gopichand or Gopiyantra or Khamak
- Gottuvadhyam or Chitravina
- Katho
- Rabab
- Santoor
- Sarod
- Sitar
- Surbahar
- Surshringar
- Swarabat
- Swarmandal
- Tambura
- Tumbi
- Tuntuna
- Magadi Veena
- Mohan Veena
- Nakula Veena
- Rudra Veena
- Saraswati Veena
- Vichitra Veena
- Yazh
[edit] Bowed string instruments
- Chikara
- Dilruba
- Esraj
- Kamaicha
- Mayuri Vina or Taus
- Onavillu
- Pena or Bana
- Ravanahatha
- Sarangi
- Sarinda
- Tar Shehnai
[edit] Wind instruments
[edit] Flute
[edit] Single reed
[edit] Double reed
[edit] Bagpipes
[edit] Free reed
[edit] Free reed and bellow
[edit] Brass
- Ekkalam
- Kombu
[edit] Percussion instruments
[edit] Membranophones
[edit] Hand drums
[edit] Hand frame drums
- Daff, duff, daf or duf - medium or large frame drum without jingles, of persian origin
- Dimdi or dimri - small frame drum without jingles
- Kanjira - small frame drum with one jingle
- Kansi - small without jingles
- Patayani thappu - medium frame drum played with hands
[edit] Stick and hand drums
[edit] Stick drums
- Chande
- Nagara - pair of kettledrums
- Pambai - unit of two cylindrical drums
- Parai thappu - medium frame drum played with two sticks
- Sambal
- Stick daff or stick duff - daff in a stand played with sticks
- Tamak'
- Tasha - type of kettledrum
- Urumee
[edit] Chord drums
- Gubguba
- Pulluvan kutam (pot with on string attached to it)
[edit] Idiophones
- Chimpta - a fire tong with brass jingles
- Chengila
- Elathalam
- Ghatam and Matkam (Earthenware pot drum)
- Ghungroo
- Khartal
- Manjira or jhanj or tala
- Sankarjang - lithophone
- Thattukazhi mannai
Melodic:
- Jal tarang, ceramic bowls with water
- Kanch tarang, a type of glass harp
- Kashtha tarang, a type of xylophone
- Loh tarang, a set of metallic plates
[edit] Electronic
- Electronic surpeti
- Talameter
[edit] Sound Samples
Sound Samples of Indian Instruments (non-commercial page) Courtesy of www.superbrass.com
[edit] External links
- I-Soft Sangeet Research on Indian & Pakistani music
- Indian Instruments - Chandrakantha.com's extensive treatment on the musical instruments of India
