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Lady playing pulluvan veena

Saraswati veena player

Indian tribal drummer

Indian musical instruments can be broadly classified according to the Hornbostel– Sachs system into four categories:

chordophones (string instruments), aerophones (wind instruments), membranophones (drums) and idiophones (non-drum percussion instruments).

Chordophones Plucked strings

Painting of a woman with a sitar

Bulbul Tarang

Tumbi

Dotar, Dotora,

Tuntuna

or Dotara

Magadi Veena

Ektara

Hansa Veena

Getchu

Mohan Veena

Vadyam or Jhallari Gopichand or Gopiyantra or Khamak Gottuvadhyam or Chitravina Katho Sarod

Nakula Veena Nanduni Pamiri rubab Rudra Veena Sagar Veena Saraswati Veena Vichitra Veena Yazh

Sitar

Ranjan Veena

Surbahar

Rubab

Surshringar

(instrument)

Swarabat

Triveni Veena

Swarmandal Tambura Tritantri Veena

Bowed strings

Tribal fiddle instruments called "Dhodro Banam" used by Santhal people in Eastern India.

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Chikara Dilruba Ektara violin Esraj Kamaicha Kingri (string instrument) Mayuri Vina or Taus Onavillu Behala (violin type) Pena (musical instrument) Pulluvan Veena - one stringed violin Ravanahatha Sarangi

Classical Sarangi Sarinda Tar Shehnai Villu Paatu - arched bow instrument

Other string instruments Gethu or Jhallari a struck tanpura Gubguba or Jamuku - aka khamak Pulluvan kutam Santoor - Hammered dulcimer

Aerophones Single reed Pepa

Pungi or Been

Snake charmer playing pungi

Bansuri player at fort Jodhpur

Indian Harmonium

Double reed Kuzhal Mukhavina Nadaswaram Shehnai Sundari Tangmuri Alghoza - double flute Bansuri

Venu (Carnatic flute) Pullanguzhal Mashak Titti Sruti upanga

Free reed Gogona Morsing

Free reed and bellows Shruti box Harmonium (hand-pumped)

Brass Bigul - see Bugle

Ekkalam Karnal Kombu (instrument) Ramsinga Kahal Nagfani Turi Tutari

Membranophones Hand drums

Learning to play tabla

Tumbaknaer, drum from Jammu and Kashmir for accompanying devotionals

Chenda (top) and Chande (below) are different drums

Chande of Yakshagana

Dhad

Pakhavaj

Damru

Pakhavaj Jori - Sikh

Dimadi

instrument similar to

Dhol Dholak Dholki Duggi Ghat singhari or Gada

Tabla Panchamukha vadyam Pung cholom Shuddha Madalam or Maddalam Tabala / Tabl / Chameli goblet drum

Singari

Tabla

Ghumot

Tabla Tarang - set of

Gummeta Kanjira

Tablas Tamte

Khol

Thanthi Panai

Kinpar and

Thimila

Dhopar

Tumbak, Tumbaknari,

(Tribal

Tumbaknaer

Drums) Madal

Tumdak' Udukku

Maddale Maram Mizhavu Mridangam Naal

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 drum without jingles Patayani thappu - medium frame drum played with hands

Stick and hand drums Chenda Davul Dhak

Dhimay Dhol Dholi Dollu Idakka Thavil Udukai Urumi (drum)

Stick drums Chande Davul Kachhi Dhol 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 Timki Urumee

Idiophones

Jaltarang

Chimta - fire tong with brass jingles Chengila - metal disc Elathalam Geger - brass vessel Ghanti - Northern india bell Ghatam and Matkam (Earthenware pot drum) Ghungroo Khartal or Chiplya

Manjeera or jhanj or taal Nut - clay pot Sankarjang - lithophone Thali - metal plate Thattukazhi mannai Yakshagana bells

Melodic Jal tarang, ceramic bowls with water Kanch tarang, a type of glass harp Kashtha tarang, a type of xylophone

Electronic Electronic tanpura Talameter

Sound samples Sound Samples of Indian Instruments (non-commercial page) Courtesy of www.superbrass.com (Links in that page not working 2019-02-05)

External links Ātodya (instrumental music) , Tata (stringed instruments) , Suṣira (hollow instruments) and Puṣkara (covered instruments, drums) , chapters of the Nāṭyaśāstra

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