PRESENTATION ON DIFFERENT TYPES

OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSOF INDIA

BY GOPI SHAH (PARIKH)

MUSIC TEACHER www.udgamschool.com

THERE ARE MANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS USED IN CLASSICAL , FOLK & TRIBAL MUSIC.

THEY ARE CLASSIFIED IN FOUR CATEGORIES.

THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

1 CHORDOPHONES--------(TANTU VADYA) -----------(A) PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS (VITAT VADYA)--------------(B) BOW INSTRUMENTS

2 MEMRANOPHONE-------(AVNADDHA VADYA)----- MADE OUT OF LEATHER SKIN

3 IDIOPHONES--------------(GHAN VADYA)--------------MADE OUT OF SOLID THINGS

4 AEROPHONES-------------(SHUSHIR VADYA)-----------WIND INSTRUMENTS

CHORDOPHONES-

TANTU VADYA—VITAT VADYA

Instruments that produce sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points which is bowed, struck or plucked.

POPULAR CHORDOPHONES OF INDIA (A) PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS1 SITAR 2 SANTOO3 SAROD4 MOHAN VEENA5 VEENA

(B) BOW INSTRUMENTS

1 SARANGI2 VIOLINE3 DILRUBA

SITAR

Most popular indian inastrument in the world.

LATE. PT. RAVI SHANKAR

SANTOOR

PT. SHIV KUMAR SHARMA

SAROD

USTAD AMZAD ALI KHAN

VIRASAT OF MUSIC

MOHAN VEENA

PT. VISHWA MOHAN BHATT

CREATION OF MUSIC

VEENA…SOUTHINDIAN INSTRUMENT

Saraswati Veena

Rudra Veena 

Vichitra Veena

PANDIT S. D. BATISH

BOW INSTRUMENTS

SARANGI

USTAD SULTAN KHAN

VIOLIN

DR. SMT. N. RAJAM

DILRUBA-----ESARAJ

USTAD RANBIR SINGHJI

MEMRANOPHONES-----AVNADDHA VADYA

A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.

A thin pliable sheet or skin of various kinds: "a membrane to prevent water seepage".

POPULAR MEMRANOPHONE INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA

1 TABLA2 PAKHAWAJ3 DHOL4 MRUDANGANM

TABLA

USTAD ZAKHIR HUSSAIN

PAKHAWAJ

PT. BHAWANI SHANKAR

DHOL

BHANGARA DHOL

MRUDANGAM

PAZHANI SUBRAMANYA PILLAI

IDIOPHONES-----GHAN VADYA

Instruments made of naturally sonorous material not needing additional tension to create sound.

POPULAR IDEOPHONE INSTRUMENTS

1 BELLS2 GONG3 MANJEERA4 GHUGHARA

BELLS

GONG

MANJEERA

GHUNGHARU

AEROPHONES

Any of a class of musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produces the initial sound.

POPULAR AEROPHONES OF INDIA

1 HARMONIUM2 FLUTE3 SHAHENAI4 NADSWARAM5 SHANKH

HARMONIUM

MEHMOOD DHAULPURI

FLUTE

PT. HARIPRASAD CHAURASSIA

SHAHENAI

LATE USTAD BISMILLA KHAN

NADASWARAM

Sheik Chinna Moulana

SHANKH

THANKS