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Harmonium
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Harmonium
belongs to the family of free-reed aerophones. It is
a small, tabletop size, organ with bellows at the
back that is pumped by one hand while the other hand
plays the keyboard. A standard Harmonium has a
wooden box known as body, handles to move the
instrument, bellows, keys, stops (main and drone),
reeds, reed board, coupler and scale changer. Today
it is widely used in all forms of Indian music be it
classical, Hindustani, devotional or film music.
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Tabla Pair's
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Tabla is
basically a set of two drums known as Dayan (right) or
the Tabla and the Bayan (left) or the Duggi. Dayan or
tabla is a cylindrical, wooden drum made of black wood
and played with the right hand and Bayan or duggi- the
left hand drum is made of metal, wood, or ceramic has
slightly conical and bowl shape. There is a black spot
on both the drums near the centre of the head. Known as
siyahi, this black raised area is usually made of rice,
glue, graphite, and iron fillings. The siyahi is
essential to the sound of the tabla. The sound is
generated by beating the upper most surface of drums
with hands.
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Dholak
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Dholak also
known as dholki is a barrel shaped hand drum that is
widely used in folk and popular music in India. It
is a double-headed drum (hollow inside) with the bass
head on one side and the treble head on the other. The
larger side provides the bass and the smaller side the
tenor.We are providing you both the Traditional Dholak
with simple thread lacing that is tuned with the help of
metal rings around the head and the Modern dholak with
metal turnbuckles that are easily adjusted for desired
tone.
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Sarod
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Sarod The modern
sarod is made of wood with one end being rounded and
covered with parchment. Its overall shape is like a
pendulum- pointed and thin on top, at the peg box, and
full and round at the bottom, the resonator. The body or
shell of the sarod is carved from a single block of
wood, preferably teak, but tun and sagwan are also used.
It has three parts; peg box, fingerboard and resonator.
This fretless instrument played with a triangular
plectrum cut out of coconut shell and laminated with
shellac.
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Sitar
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Sitar is one of
the most popular classical instruments comes under the
category of a chordophone in the lute family. Sitar has
neck crafted from toon or teakwood and a resonator
carved from a large seasoned gourd. The modern sitar has
seven strings and sixteen to twenty –two frets that are
adjusted to alter the pitch. A normal Sitar usually has
Kunti, Drone Strings, Tumba, Tar, Dandi, Parda, Gulu,
Tuning beads, Kaddu. It is played with a wire plectrum,
known as mizrab, that is usually worn on the index
finger of the right hand.
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Thanpura
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Tanpura or
Tambura, a long-necked drone lute is a chordophones from
the lute family of instruments. It is a four or six
stringed fretless instrument with a long hollow neck and
rounded body. In Hindustani classical music tanpura come
in different sizes, the bigger one is known as "males"
and smaller one as "females". There are three main
styles of designing a Tanpura: Miraj Style, Tanjore
Style and Tamburi. It is played with fingers by plunking
the strings in successive manner.
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Flute
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The
Indian Bamboo Flute also known as bansuri or murali is
one of the oldest musical instruments of India,
developed independently of the Western flute. This wind
instrument is a simple cylindrical tube made of bamboo
of uniform bore with number of holes. The flutes made in
India are of different kinds and their lengths and
number of holes varies. The flute is handled in oblique
position and air is blown with upper lip into the main
hole. Thumbs are used to hold the flute in position
while the fingers are used to manipulate the finger
holes. Different octaves are produced by covering the
holes with the fingers.
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Ghungroo
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Ghungroos are
small brass bells. It is a musical accessory used by
dancers of all classical dances. Number of bells are
attatched to a srting or tied to cotton cord, velvet pad
or leather strap to form a ghungroo. These bells are
made of brass and have small iron balls inside which add
quite a lot of weight to them. When tied to the feet
Ghungroos emphasize the rhythmic aspects of the dance
and allow complex footwork to be heard by the audience.
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Khartaals
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Khartal or
Kartal is an ancient instrument mainly used in
devotional songs in India. It falls under the class of
idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine
properties of vibrator and resonator. Kartal comprises
two similar shaped wooden pieces that are approximately
eight to twelve inches long and two to three inches
wide. Small metal jingles or pieces are mounted to the
wooden frames that produce rhythmic sound when struck
together.
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Indian musical instruments like any other attribute represents
India’s diversity. Most of the Indian musical instruments have
evolved over centuries and has a unique history behind their
evolution. Some instruments were developed in the country while some
others came from foreign lands but, transformed and developed by
skilled Indian artists with the passage of time.
The main varieties of instruments in use are String instruments –
played by the fingernail or plectrum worn on finger, these are
mainly accompaniments. Wind instruments – practiced from ancient
times these are played by mouth. Percussion instruments - played by
being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped these are perhaps the oldest
form of musical instruments. Some percussion instruments play not
only rhythm, but also melody and harmony. Rhythm instruments – easy
to handle and easy to play these are mainly used in devotional songs
and music compositions.
We are presenting an extensive collection of Indian Musical
Instruments like sitar, tabla, Dholak, Flute etc. designed for
beginners as well as professionals. Feel free to learn and practice
Indian Classical Music with ready availability of the desired
instruments with us. We always welcome your queries and orders on
Indian Musical Instruments. |
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