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).
Lady playing pulluvan veena
Chordophones
Plucked strings
Painting of a woman with a sitar
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Bowed strings
Tribal fiddle instruments called "Dhodro Banam" used by Santhal people in Eastern India.
- 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
Aerophones
Single reed
Snake charmer playing pungi
Bansuri player at Mehrangarh Fort at Jodhpur.
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Indian Harmonium
Double reed
- Kuzhal
- Mukhavina
- Nadaswaram
- Shehnai
- Sundari
- Tangmuri
Bagpipes
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
Chande of Yakshagana
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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
Idiophones
- Chimta - fire tong with brass jingles
- Chengila - metal disc
- Elathalam
- Geger - brass vessel
- Ghanti - Northern Indian 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
- tabla ,
- 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)
See also
References
| Wind (Sushir) |  | |
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| Plucked Stringed (Tat) | ||
| Bowed Stringed (Vitat) | ||
| Membranous Percussion (Avanaddh) | ||
| Non-Membranous Percussion (Ghan) | ||
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