Indian musical instruments
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Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified into four categories: string instruments (chordophones), wind instruments (aerophones), membranophnes and idiophones.
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Chordophones [edit]
Plucked [edit]
- 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
- Rubab, plucked rabaab (not to be confused with bowed rebab)
- Santoor
- Sarod
- Sitar
- Surbahar
- Surshringar
- Swarabat
- Swarmandal
- Tambura
- Tumbi
- Tuntuna
- Magadi Veena
- Mohan Veena
- Nakula Veena
- Nanduni - Two stringed lute
- Rudra Veena
- Saraswati Veena
- Vichitra Veena
- Yazh
Chord percussion:
- Gethu or Jhallari
- Gubguba
- Pulluvan kutam (pot with one string attached to it)
Bowed [edit]
- Chikara
- Dilruba
- Esraj
- Kamaicha
- Mayuri Vina or Taus
- Onavillu
- Pena or Bana
- Pulluvan pattu - one stringed violin
- Ravanahatha
- Folk sarangi
- Classical sarangi
- Sarinda
- Tar Shehnai
Aerophones [edit]
Single reed [edit]
Double reed [edit]
Flute [edit]
Bagpipes [edit]
Free reed [edit]
Free reed and bellow [edit]
Brass [edit]
Other wind instruments [edit]
Percussion instruments [edit]
Membranophones [edit]
Hand drums [edit]
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Hand frame drums [edit]
- 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
Stick and hand drums [edit]
Stick drums [edit]
- Chande
- Nagara - pair of kettledrums
- Pambai - unit of two cylindrical drums
- Parai thappu, halgi - 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
Idiophones [edit]
- Chimpta - fire tong with brass jingles
- Chengila
- Elathalam
- Geger - brass vessel
- Ghatam and Matkam (Earthenware pot drum)
- Ghungroo
- Khartal or Chiplya
- Manjeera or jhanj or taal
- Nut - clay pot
- Sankarjang - lithophone
- Thattukazhi mannai
Melodic [edit]
- 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
Electronic [edit]
- Electronic tanpura
- Talameter
Sound Samples [edit]
Sound Samples of Indian Instruments (non-commercial page) Courtesy of www.superbrass.com
