Saraswati Veena

The South Indian Saraswati Veena, used in Carnatic classical music, is a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shap (lute). It is a long-necked, pear-shaped lute, but instead of the lower gourd of the North Indian design, it has a pear-shaped wooden piece. However it, too, has 24 frets, four melody strings, and three drone strings, and is played similarly.

Mridanga

The Mridanga is two-headed drum played in Karnatak music of southern India. It is made of wood in an angular barrel shape, having an outline like an elongated hexagon. Thong hoops around each end of the drum, leather thong lacing, and small wooden dowels slipped under the lacings control the skin tension.

Panjabi Dhol

The Punjabi dhol is the symbol of Punjab celebration and happiness in Punjabi culture. On every occasion, a Punjabi gabru plays the musical instrument that is Punjabi dhol. The sound of Punjabi dhol brings joy and positivity to every soul that listens to it.

Sarangi

The sārangÄ« is a bowed, short-necked three-stringed instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, Sindhi folk music and Boro folk music (there known as the serja) – in Pakistan, South India and Bangladesh.

Folk Instruments

A folk instrument is developed by regional and tribal people. It usually doesn't have a known inventor. It can be made from wood, metal or other material. It is a part of folk music. The instruments can be percussion instruments, different types of flutes, the bow and different types of rythymic instruments. 

Tabla Set

A tabla set is a pair of drums - one large and other small, played with hands. The higher-pitched drum, played with the right hand, is also called the dayan. It is a single-headed drum usually of wood and has two truncated cones bulging at the centre. The bayan is played with the left hand and is smaller in size. It is made of copper or wood or bronze.

Harmonium

A harmonium, also called a "reed organ" or "pump organ", is a keyboard instrument that is a lot like an organ. It makes sound by blowing air through reeds, which are tuned to different pitches to make musical notes.

Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India.

Tanpura

The Tanpura is a plucked drone instrument used to accompany instrumental or vocal performances. The four strings are played open rather than being depressed to alter the note. This example is considerably smaller than the typical tambura. A very small version is sometimes known as a tamburi.

Sarod

Sarod, stringed musical instrument of the lute family that is common to the Hindustani music tradition of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.