Indian musical instruments
Lady playing pulluvan pattu
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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
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Painting of a woman with a sitar
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Bowed strings
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Tribal fiddle instruments called "Dhodro Banam" used by Santhal people in Eastern India.
- Chikara
- Dilruba
- Ektara violin
- Esraj
- Kamaicha
- Mayuri Vina or Taus
- Onavillu
- Behala(violin type)
- Pena or Bana
- Pulluvan pattu - one stringed violin
- Ravanahatha
- Folk sarangi
- Classical sarangi
- Sarinda
- Tar shehnai
Other string instruments
- Gethu or Jhallari
- Gubguba or Jamuku - Percussion string instrument
- Pulluvan kutam
- Santoor - Hammered chord box
Aerophones
Single reed
Snake charmer playing pungi
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Bansuri player at fort Jodhpur
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Indian Harmonium
Double reed
Flute
Bagpipes
Free reed
Free reed and bellows
Brass
Membranophones
Hand drums
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Chande of Yakshagana
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
Stick and hand drums
Stick drums
- 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
- Chimpta - fire tong with brass jingles
- Chengila - metal disc
- Elathalam
- Geger - brass vessel
- 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
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
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