music of india

• India


  Largest country in South Asia
• Melismatic vocals


  The most notable characteristic of Indian vocal music
• Main divisions of Indian music

  • Carnatic
  • Hindustani
• Kajri


  Indian folk song
• Tambura


  Indian lute
• Tabla


  Small drums
• Dholak


  Barrel-shaped drum
• Dumroo


  Hourglass-shaped drum
• Ghungroos


  Small brass bells
• Manjeera


  Small cymbals
• Mridangam


  Used in vocal and dance performances
• Khol


  Two-sided drum
• Pakhawaj


  Two-headed drum
• Kartals


  Made of wooden blocks with holes for the fingers
• Bansuri


  Playfulness of the Hindu God, Krishna
• Harmonium


  Small-sized organ, free-reed organ
• Shehnai


  Instrument borrowed from the Muslims
• Sarangi


  Forty strings with a hollow body
• Sarod


  Used in Hindustani music, similar to the Western lute
• Tanpura


  Fundamental music instrument, drone effect
• Veena


  Used in Carnatic music, a classical plucked stringed instrument