Indian musical instruments
Lady playing pulluvan pattu
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
Bowed strings
Tribal fiddle instruments called "Dhodro Banam" used by Santhal people in Eastern India.
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
Double reed
Flute
Bagpipes
Free reed
Free reed and bellow
Brass
Other wind instruments
Membranophones
Hand drums
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- Pakhavaj
- Pakhavaj jori - Sikh instrument similar to tabla
- Panchamukha vadyam
- Pung
- Shuddha madalam or Maddalam
- Tabala / tabl / chameli - goblet drum
- Tabla
- Tabla tarang - set of tablas
- Tamte
- Thanthi Panai
- Thimila
- Tumbak, tumbaknari, tumbaknaer
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Tumbaknaer, drum from Jammu and Kashmir for accompanying devotionals |
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
Jaltarang
Melodic
Electronic
Sound samples
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