MUSICAL

INSTRUMENT
OF INDIA

GHAN
- Describe as a non-mebranous percussive instrument
But with solid resonators. It is one of the oldest classes of
instrument in india. It may also be a melodic instrument
Or instruments to keep tal.

Ghatam
- is a percussion instrument used in the Carnatic
music of South India. A variant played in Punjab and
known as gharha as is a part of Punjabi folk traditions.
Its analogue in Rajasthan is known as
the madga and pani mataqa ("water jug").
Kartal
- A khartal or kartal is a percussion instrument of India.
Khartal is an ancient instrument mainly used in
devotional / folk songs. It has derived its name from
Hindi words ‘kara’ means hand and ‘tala’ means
clapping. This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which
has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when
clapped together. It falls under the class of idiophones of
self-sounding instruments that combine properties of
vibrator and resonator.

Manjira
-Manjira (also spelled manjīrā or manjeera) is a
traditional percussion instrument from India. In its
simplest form, it consists of a pair of small hand cymbals.
It is also known as taal, jalra, khartàl, kartàl,
or gini.Manjiras are commonly played in folk and
devotional music. They are played in various religious
events and ceremonies in India and especially in bhajans.
Manjiras are ancient musical instruments. Manjiras can
be seen in many ancient temple pictures.
Nout
-The nout is the northern Indian equivalent to the
ghatam. Like the ghatam, the nout is a large clay pot. It is
used as a percussion instrument in the Kashmir area of
India.
Avanaddh
-Describe as a membranous percussive instrument. This
class of instrument typically comprise the drums.
Daf
- The daf (Persian: ‫ دف‬daf; Arabic: ْ‫ دُف‬duf) is a
large Middle Eastern frame drum used in popular and
classical music. The frame is usually made of hardwood
with many metal ringlets attached, and the membrane is
usually fish skin but other skin types such as cow, goat,
and horse are used.
Dhol
- Dhol (Hindi: ढोल, Punjabi: ਢੋਲ, Urdu: ‫ڈھول‬, Assames
e: ঢ োল, Gujarati: ઢઢઢ, Marathi: ढोल, Bengali: ঢ োল,
Kannada: ಡೊಳ್ಳು ) can refer to any one of a number
of similar types of double-headed drum widely used,
with regional variations, throughout the Indian
subcontinent.
Tabla
-The tabla[nb 1] is a membranophone percussion
instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent,
consisting of a pair of drums, used in traditional,
classical, popular and folk music

Sushir
 -also known as “blown air”. It is characterize by the use of
air to excite the various resonators.
Shankh
-A Shankha is a conch shell of ritual and religious
importance in Hinduism and Buddhism. It is the shell of
a large predatory sea snail, Turbinella pyrum, found in
the Indian Ocean.In Hindu mythology, the shankha is a
sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is
still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past
was used as a war trumpet.
Bansuri
- A bansuri is a side blown flute originating from
the Indian subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from
bamboo.It is one of the most common instruments in the
North Indian or Hindustani classical music
Surpeti
-A shruti box (sruti box or surpeti) is an instrument,
originating from the Indian subcontinent, that
traditionally works on a system of bellows. It is similar to
a harmonium and is used to provide a drone in a practice
session or concert of Indian classical music

Shehnai
-The shehnai is a musical instrument, originating from
the Indian subcontinent. It is made out of wood, with
a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell
at the other end.[1][2][3] Its sound is thought to create and
maintain a sense of auspiciousness and sanctity and, as
a result, is widely used during marriages, processions and
in temples although it is also played in concerts.
Tat
-referred to as vina during the old civilization ,
instruments in this class are plucked (stringed
instruments).
sitar
-The instrument flourished under the Mughals, and it is
named after a Persian instrument called
the setar (meaning three strings). The sitar flourished in
the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present
form in 18th-century India. It derives its distinctive
timbre and resonance from sympathetic
strings, bridge design, a long hollow neck and a gourd-
shaped resonance chamber.

Ektar
-Ektara (Hindi: एकतारा, Bengali: একতোরো, Punjabi: ਇਕ
ਤਾਰਾ; literally "one-string"is a one-string instrument most
oftenused in traditional
music from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, and Pakistan.In
origin the ektara was a regular string instrument of
wandering bards and minstrels from India and is plucked
with one finger. The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a
gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a
bamboo neck is inserted [1]

Gotuvadyam
-The chitravina (also known as chitra
veena, chitraveena, chitra vina, hanumad vina,
or mahanataka vina) is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute
in Carnatic music. Around the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, it started to be known by another
name, Gotuvadyam(often mis-spelt
as gottuvadyam, gottuvadhyam, kottuvadyam etc.),
which was bestowed upon it by Sakha Rama
Rao[1] from Tiruvidaimarudur, who was responsible for
bringing it back to the concert scene.
Rabab
Rubab, robab or rabab (Urdu: ‫رباب‬, Hindi: रुबाब, Azerbaija
ni: Rübab, Turkish: Rübab, Persian: ‫ ُرباب‬rubāb, Tajik and
Uzbek рубоб) is a lute-like musical instrument
originating from central Afghanistan.[1] The rubab is
mainly used
by Pashtun, Tajik, Turkish, Kashmiri, Baluch, Azerbaija
ni, and Iranian Kurdish classical musicians. Rubab is
one of the national musical instruments of
Afghanistan.[2] It has "proliferated throughout West,
Central, South and Southeast Asia
Gopichand
-This is familiar instrument of the ektar or ektara is also
known as gopiyantra or khamak is a very popular hindu
folk instrument of Bengal.
This familiar ektar instrument (a single string), is a
very popular hindu folk instrument of Bengal.
Vitat
-described as a bowed stringed instrument. This is one of
the oldest classifications of instruments and yet did not
occupy a place in classical indian music until the last few
centuries.

Esraj
 - Esraj (Punjabi: ਇਸਰਾਜ (Gurmukhi); modern variant of
the Dilruba (Punjabi: ਦਦਦਦਦਦਦ (Gurmukhi)) is
a Punjabi string instrument played with a bow. It is a
relatively recent instrument, being only about 300 years
old; primarily found in Punjab, where it is used in Sikh
music and Hindustani classical compositions, and
in West Bengal.
Banam
- Banam are mostly a single sting instruments but
two, three and four stringed Banam are also found in
some cases. Pena, Bana and Bena are some musical
instruments similar to the Banam. the 'banam'. Similar
to a lute or the short-necked Indian string instrument
known as 'sarangi', the Santhal 'banam' is a bowed
instrument that has both one-stringed and multi-stringed
variants.
Chikara
- The chikara is a bowed stringed musical
instrument from Bengal, India used to play indian folk
music. It is used by the tribal people
of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Sarangi
- is a bowed, short-necked string instrument from
the Indian subcontinent, which is used in Punjabi dhadi
music and Hindustani classical music
GHAN
GHATAM
KARTA
MANJIRA
NOUT
AVANADDH
DAF
DHOL TABLA
SUSHIR
SHANKH
BANSURI
SURPETI
SHEHNAI
TAT SITAR
GOTUVADYAM
EKTAR RABAB
GOPICHAND
VITAT BANAM
ESRAJ
CHRIKARA
SARANGI