List of Indian musical instruments
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
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Bowed strings
- 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
- Nepali Sarangi
- Classical Sarangi
- Sarinda
- Tar Shehnai
- Villu Paatu - arched bow instrument
Other string instruments
Aerophones
Single reed
Double reed
- Kuzhal
- Mukhavina
- Nadaswaram
- Shehnai
- Sundari
- Tangmuri
Flute
Bagpipes
Free reed
Free reed and bellows
Brass
- Bigul - see Bugle
- Ekkalam
- Karnal
- Kombu (instrument)
- Ramsinga
- Kahal
- Nagfani
- Turi
- Tutari
Membranophones
Hand drums
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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
Stick drums
Idiophones
- 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
External links
- Ātodya (instrumental music), Tata (stringed instruments), Suṣira (hollow instruments) and Puṣkara (covered instruments, drums), chapters of the Nāṭyaśāstra
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