All Indian musical instruments...

              Indian musical instruments like any other attribute represents India’s diversity. Most of the Indian musical instruments have evolved over centuries and has a unique history behind their evolution. Some instruments were developed in the country while some others came from foreign lands but, transformed and developed by skilled Indian artists with the passage of time.

The main varieties of instruments in use are String instruments – played by the fingernail or plectrum worn on finger, these are mainly accompaniments. Wind instruments – practiced from ancient times these are played by mouth. Percussion instruments - played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped these are perhaps the oldest form of musical instruments. Some percussion instruments play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony. Rhythm instruments – easy to handle and easy to play these are mainly used in devotional songs and music compositions.
We are presenting an extensive collection of Indian Musical Instruments like sitar, tabla, Dholak, Flute etc. designed for beginners as well as professionals. Feel free to learn and practice Indian Classical Music with ready availability of the desired instruments with us. We always welcome your queries and orders on Indian Musical Instruments.

Harmonium Harmonium belongs to the family of free-reed aerophones. It is a small, tabletop size, organ with bellows at the back that is pumped by one hand while the other hand plays the keyboard. A standard Harmonium has a wooden box known as body, handles to move the instrument, bellows, keys, stops (main and drone), reeds, reed board, coupler and scale changer. Today it is widely used in all forms of Indian music be it classical, Hindustani, devotional or film music. Tabla Pair's Tabla is basically a set of two drums known as Dayan (right) or the Tabla and the Bayan (left) or the Duggi. Dayan or tabla is a cylindrical, wooden drum made of black wood and played with the right hand and Bayan or duggi- the left hand drum is made of metal, wood, or ceramic has slightly conical and bowl shape. There is a black spot on both the drums near the centre of the head. Known as siyahi, this black raised area is usually made of rice, glue, graphite, and iron fillings. The siyahi is essential to the sound of the tabla.  The sound is generated by beating the upper most surface of drums with hands. Dholak Dholak also known as dholki is a barrel shaped hand drum that is widely used in folk and popular music in India.  It is a double-headed drum (hollow inside) with the bass head on one side and the treble head on the other. The larger side provides the bass and the smaller side the tenor.We are providing you both the Traditional Dholak with simple thread lacing that is tuned with the help of metal rings around the head and the Modern dholak with metal turnbuckles that are easily adjusted for desired tone. Sarod Sarod The modern sarod is made of wood with one end being rounded and covered with parchment. Its overall shape is like a pendulum- pointed and thin on top, at the peg box, and full and round at the bottom, the resonator. The body or shell of the sarod is carved from a single block of wood, preferably teak, but tun and sagwan are also used. It has three parts; peg box, fingerboard and resonator. This fretless instrument played with a triangular plectrum cut out of coconut shell and laminated with shellac. Sitar Sitar is one of the most popular classical instruments comes under the category of a chordophone in the lute family. Sitar has neck crafted from toon or teakwood and a resonator carved from a large seasoned gourd. The modern sitar has seven strings and sixteen to twenty –two frets that are adjusted to alter the pitch. A normal Sitar usually has Kunti, Drone Strings, Tumba, Tar, Dandi, Parda, Gulu, Tuning beads, Kaddu. It is played with a wire plectrum, known as mizrab, that is usually worn on the index finger of the right hand. Thanpura Tanpura or Tambura, a long-necked drone lute is a chordophones from the lute family of instruments. It is a four or six stringed fretless instrument with a long hollow neck and rounded body. In Hindustani classical music tanpura come in different sizes, the bigger one is known as "males" and smaller one as "females". There are three main styles of designing a Tanpura: Miraj Style, Tanjore Style and Tamburi. It is played with fingers by plunking the strings in successive manner.  Flute The Indian Bamboo Flute also known as bansuri or murali is one of the oldest musical instruments of India, developed independently of the Western flute. This wind instrument is a simple cylindrical tube made of bamboo of uniform bore with number of holes. The flutes made in India are of different kinds and their lengths and number of holes varies. The flute is handled in oblique position and air is blown with upper lip into the main hole. Thumbs are used to hold the flute in position while the fingers are used to manipulate the finger holes. Different octaves are produced by covering the holes with the fingers. Ghungroo Ghungroos are small brass bells. It is a musical accessory used by dancers of all classical dances. Number of bells are attatched to a srting or tied to cotton cord, velvet pad or leather strap to form a ghungroo. These bells are made of brass and have small iron balls inside which add quite a lot of weight to them. When tied to the feet Ghungroos emphasize the rhythmic aspects of the dance and allow complex footwork to be heard by the audience.  Khartaals Khartal or Kartal is an ancient instrument mainly used in devotional songs in India. It falls under the class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator. Kartal comprises two similar shaped wooden pieces that are approximately eight to twelve inches long and two to three inches wide. Small metal jingles or pieces are mounted to the wooden frames that produce rhythmic sound when struck together.