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![CLASSIFICATION:
Stringed Instruments
Wind Instruments
Percussion Instruments
Ghana Vadya [idiophones]
Tantu Vadya [chordophones]
Sushir Vadya [aerophones]
Avanaddha Vadya [membranophones]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2-1mape2indianmusicalinstruments-160313191449/85/Indian-Musical-Instruments-2-320.jpg)
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- 2. CLASSIFICATION: Stringed Instruments Wind Instruments PercussionInstruments Ghana Vadya [idiophones] Tantu Vadya [chordophones] Sushir Vadya [aerophones] Avanaddha Vadya [membranophones]
- 3. Tantu Vadya: Plucked Instruments Stringedmusical instruments played by quickly pulling and releasing strings with a finger or plectrum (pick) Bowed Instruments Stringed musical instruments played with a wooden rod with horsehair tightly stretched between the two ends
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- 6. Long neck lute(wood) 24 frets (metal) 2 resonators 4 metal and 3 drone strings Used in Carnatic Classical music as a solo instrument VEENA
- 7. SITAR Balanced between the player's left foot and right knee SITAR Long-neckedstring instrument Has 7 main strings (2 drone strings) Most well-known Indian instrument Has 17 strings (usual) Plucked with a wire plectrum (Mizrab) Has 11 sympathetic strings lying under the frets Has frets that are metal rods, bent into crescents Main resonator is usually made of a gourd; additional resonator attached to the neck
- 8. SAROD An instrument whichis derived from the Rabab (Afghanistan) Has a metal fingerboard with NO frets A taut membrane which covers the resonator Has 8-10 main strings; 12-15 resonant strings Played with a plectrum/ pick made of coconut shell (java) SAROD
- 9. TANPURA Resembles to Sitar HasNO frets Has 4 strings Known for its very rich sound A drone instrument
- 10. One of themost ancient forms Has only 1 metal string Made up of wood Used for Kirtan chanting E K T A R A
- 11. S A N T O O RA hammered dulcimerw/c is struck w/ light wooden mallets 24 or >100 strings Typical sizes tend to be around 80 Has a vibrant tone Ako si Renz, mwah!!
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- 13. Has a Sitar-likeneck Has 20 metal frets Dilruba (northern variation) ESRAJ
- 14. SARANGI Has 3-4 mainplaying strings and 36 resonant/ sympathetic strings Has NO frets or fingerboard; strings float in the air Pitch is determined by sliding the fingernail against the string rather than pressing it against a fingerboard Resembles the tone of the human voice SARANGI
- 15. Sushir Vadya: Shehnai Harmonium Bamboo Flute Bansuri– 6-hole bamboo flute Venu – 8-hole bamboo flute
- 16. SHEHNAIDouble-reed wind instrument With awidening tube towards lower end Has 7 upper holes for playing and lower holes for tuning Persian “Sheh” (King) and “Nai” (Flute) to mean King’s Flute Created by improving the Pungi - used by snake charmers SHEHNAI
- 17. Uses air toplay music - a bellow Keys are similar to that of a piano Played with one hand HARMONIUM Bellow with the other
- 18. BAMBOO FLUTE BANSURI Hindustani (NorthIndian) system 6-7 holes for flexibility and correctness of pitch VENU Carnatic (South Indian) system 8 holes
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- 20. TABLA Small wooden righthand drum (Dayan) - high-pitch Larger metal left hand drum (Bayan) - low-pitch Has large black spot on each of the playing surfaces to create the bell-like timbre Uses the base of the palm and fingers Used for the accompaniment of north Indian Classical music (Hindustani) A pair of drums
- 21. Double-sided barrel drum Playedwith two wooden sticks Hung over the neck with a strap made up of woven cloth DHOL membrane is simple but left one has special coating
- 22. North Indian versionof the Mridangam One side of the drum is larger than the other A double-ended drum Used for Odissi and Kathak dancing Played with the different parts of the hand PAKHAWAJ
- 23. (SREE)KHOL Also called asMridang Has a body made of clay Small head on right side Larger head on left side
- 24. Almost the samewith Dhol DHAK Hung over the shoulder on sideways with a strap Played with two wooden sticks
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- 26. MANJIRA A rhythmic instrument usedfor folk music Cymbals are metal and tied with a cotton lace Played by banging on each other in a particular way Used in devotional music
- 27. Made up ofa series of China bowls of varying sizes Arranged in semi-circle, and performer sits in the middle Filled with varying levels of water w/c defines the pitch Water xylophone JALTARANG Largest bowl is to the left; whereas the smallest to his right Played by banging the bowls w/ 2 light & thin bamboo sticks
- 28. Also known asAnkle Bells May be held, or worn on wrists Made of small metallic bells Used in dance (Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Kathak) Start out with 50 bells (novice) GHUNGROO
- 29. GHATAM A large claypot with a narrow opening Played by striking Pitch is raised or lowered by opening or closing the hole with the stomach Made mainly of clay baked with brass or copper filings with a small amount of iron filings
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