Volume 1 was the first volume to be featured
on all our products. It contains the main instruments used for classical
music in North India, as well as some popular folk instruments.
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A pair of 2 drums, dayan (the right hand
drum) and the bayan (the left hand drum). It’s the most important
rhythmic instrument in Hindustani classical music.
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This barrel drum was the traditional classical
percussion of North India before Tabla. It has two heads,
with the rear often coated in clay (masala) to lower
its pitch.
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This round-shaped barrel drum is mostly used
for folk music. Unlike Tabla or Pakhawaj, the masala
paste is applied inside the low-pitch skin.
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The Nagara, or Nagada, is essentially a kettle
drum, and its use is usually to accompany another instrument,
most often a reeded wind instrument, the Shehnai.
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The Sitar, perhaps the best known Indian
instrument, has usually 4 main strings, 2 chikari that are
hit to mark the base note (sa), and 13 sympathetics that vibrate
along.
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Sarod bears some resemblance with the Sitar,
but its head is covered by a thin goat skin that gives it
a sweeter sound. It also has a fretless metal neck.
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No need to introduce the Guitar, one of the
most popular instruments in the whole world. Indians also
use it in both classical and folk music.
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The Santoor is an Indian hammered dulcimer.
It is very much used in classical music, but also in folk
music, specially in Kashmir.
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The Sarangi is an Indian fiddle roughly the
size of a viola that is played sitting down like a cello.
It was the main accompaniment for vocal and dance performances.
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The Harmonium is a hand pumped reed organ
which is a recent import to Indian music. Its impact on most
Indian music styles has been great, turning up in many genres.
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The Bansuri is a bamboo traverse flute, similar
in its design to a modern concert flute. It is one of the
oldest music instruments, depicted in ancient scriptures.
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The Shehnai is a quadruple reed instrument
similar to a classical oboe. It is considered a very auspicious
instrument and therefore played on important occasions.
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Bols are rhythmic mnemonics that have been
used since ages to transmit rhythmic knowledge from master
to student in an oral way.
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In the same way, Sargam, the title given
to the collection of notes in India, is the way melodic compositions
have been shared from generations until now.
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The Manjeera or Manjira, also known as Tala,
are a small pair of cymbals that are played with the hands
to accompany folk or devotional music.
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The Tanpura is a drone stringed instrument,
similar in sound to a Sitar being played without fretting
any notes. This drone accompanies most classical concerts.
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