classification of musical instruments from india

• ghan

  • described as a non-membranous percussive instruments but with solid resonators
• ghatam

  • large, narrow mouthed earthenware water pot used as a percussion instrument in india
• khartal

  • an ancient instrument mainly used in devotionsl / folksongs
• in khartal the meaning of

  kara

  • hand

  tala

  • clapping
• manjeera

  • a traditional percussion instrument of bhatara india.
• avanaddh

  • described as a membranous percussive instruments
• nout or nuht

  • a small pot in kashmir as a percussion instrument
• dhol

  • a percussion instrument made of wood, brass, leather, cotton, parchment, and metal. this is found in west bengal
• dafli or daf

  • a handheld bass producing device, which is similar to drum or tabla.
• tabal

  • the most famous percussion instrument of north india
• sushir

  • is known as blown air
  • characterized by the use of air instuments
• shankh

  • a wind instrument made of conch shell
• bansuri

  • a sidebown edge aerophone or flute
• surpeti or swar pethi

  • an indian drone instrument
• shehnai

  • a reed instrument very similar to the western oboe
• tat

  • referred to as vina during the old civilization.
  • instruments in this are plucked or stringed instruments
• sitar

  • a stringed instrument of the lute family that is popular in the northern india
• gottuvadyam

  • a staple instrument of the karmatak music tradition of india
• gopichand and ektara

  • a regular string instrument of wandering bards abd minstrels of india an dis plucked with one finger
• rabab or rababah

  • arab fiddle
  • the earliest known bowed instrument
• vitat

  • a bowed stringed instruments
• banam

  • a single string wooden lute or fiddle is one of the ancient musical instruments of the santal tribe
• esraj

  • a stringed instrument made of wood , goat skin and horse hair
• chikara

  • a stringed instrument made of parchment, wood and steel
• sarangi

  • like the violin it is played with a bow