This document provides an overview of the different types of musical instruments used in classical, folk, and tribal music of India. It classifies instruments into four categories: chordophones, membranophones, idiophones, and aerophones. Examples are given for the most popular instruments from each category, including the sitar, tabla, bells, and harmonium. Brief descriptions and notable artists are included to illustrate each instrument.

1. PRESENTATION
ON DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF INDIA
BY
GOPI SHAH (PARIKH)
MUSIC TEACHER
www.udgamschool.com

2. THERE ARE MANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
USED IN CLASSICAL , FOLK & TRIBAL MUSIC.
THEY ARE CLASSIFIED IN FOUR CATEGORIES.

4. THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
1 CHORDOPHONES--------(TANTU VADYA) -----------(A) PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS
(VITAT VADYA)--------------(B) BOW INSTRUMENTS
2 MEMRANOPHONE-------(AVNADDHA VADYA)----- MADE OUT OF LEATHER SKIN
3 IDIOPHONES--------------(GHAN VADYA)--------------MADE OUT OF SOLID THINGS
4 AEROPHONES-------------(SHUSHIR VADYA)-----------WIND INSTRUMENTS

5. CHORDOPHONES-
TANTU VADYA—VITAT VADYA
Instruments that produce sound
from a vibrating string stretched
between two points which is
bowed, struck or plucked.

6. POPULAR CHORDOPHONES OF INDIA
(A) PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS
1 SITAR
2 SANTOO
3 SAROD
4 MOHAN VEENA
5 VEENA
(B) BOW INSTRUMENTS
1 SARANGI
2 VIOLINE
3 DILRUBA

7. SITAR
Most popular indian inastrument in the world.

8. LATE. PT. RAVI SHANKAR

9. SANTOOR

10. PT. SHIV KUMAR SHARMA

11. SAROD

12. USTAD AMZAD ALI KHAN
VIRASAT OF MUSIC

13. MOHAN VEENA

14. PT. VISHWA MOHAN BHATT
CREATION OF MUSIC

15. VEENA…
SOUTHINDIAN
INSTRUMENT
Saraswati Veena
Rudra Veena
Vichitra Veena

16. PANDIT S. D. BATISH

17. BOW INSTRUMENTS
SARANGI

18. USTAD SULTAN KHAN

19. VIOLIN

20. DR. SMT. N. RAJAM

21. DILRUBA-----ESARAJ

22. USTAD RANBIR SINGHJI

23. MEMRANOPHONES-----AVNADDHA VADYA
A musical percussion instrument; usually consists
of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched
across each end.
A thin pliable sheet or skin of various kinds: "a membrane to
prevent water seepage".

24. POPULAR MEMRANOPHONE INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA
1 TABLA
2 PAKHAWAJ
3 DHOL
4 MRUDANGANM

25. TABLA

26. USTAD ZAKHIR HUSSAIN

27. PAKHAWAJ

28. PT. BHAWANI SHANKAR

29. DHOL

30. BHANGARA DHOL

31. MRUDANGAM

32. PAZHANI SUBRAMANYA PILLAI

33. IDIOPHONES-----GHAN VADYA
Instruments made of naturally
sonorous material not needing
additional tension to create sound.

34. POPULAR IDEOPHONE INSTRUMENTS
1 BELLS
2 GONG
3 MANJEERA
4 GHUGHARA

35. BELLS

36. GONG

37. MANJEERA

38. GHUNGHARU

39. AEROPHONES
Any of a class of musical
instruments in which a
vibrating mass of air produces
the initial sound.

40. POPULAR AEROPHONES OF INDIA
1 HARMONIUM
2 FLUTE
3 SHAHENAI
4 NADSWARAM
5 SHANKH

41. HARMONIUM
MEHMOOD DHAULPURI

42. FLUTE
PT. HARIPRASAD CHAURASSIA

43. SHAHENAI
LATE USTAD BISMILLA KHAN

44. NADASWARAM
Sheik Chinna Moulana

45. SHANKH