Indian Instruments

 Before diving into Indian instruments we have to first find the definition of the word instruments, A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.

 Indian instruments are instruments most commonly used in Indian classical music; There are two groups of Indian classical music instruments North Indian instruments and south Indian instruments as it is suggested by the name north Indian instruments are instruments that are usually used in north Indian classical music and south Indian instruments are the ones used in south Indian classical music. I would be covering north Indian instruments in this blog

 Sitar- The Sitar is probably the most famous traditional Indian stringed instrument in the West. The body of the instrument is calabash shaped, and indeed calabash gourds are used in its construction.  It can have between eighteen and twenty-one strings, six or seven of which run over the curved frets on the neck. The remainder of the strings run beneath the frets and resonate sympathetically with the fretted strings. There are tuning pegs on the head for the fretted strings and along the sides of the neck for the sympathetic strings. The strings are plucked with a metal plectrum called a mizraab. Tabla- The Tabla is the most popular musical instrument in North India and consists of a pair of wooden hand drums with goatskin heads stretched taut. It can be played alone or together with other instruments, and the one drum, the Bayan, is slightly bigger than the other producing a deeper bass sound. The smaller one, called the Dahina, is used to create treble notes. The...