Sitar - The Instrument
The sitar is a stringed instrument from India made from half a seasoned hollowed gourd and a long hollow neck of seasoned tun wood (red ceder or teak wood.
It has 20 movable frets with 6 or 7 metal playing strings on main bridge (jawari) and usually 12 or ...
Santoor
Santoor ~ the Instrument
The santoor is a 94 or 123 stringed instrument family of hammered dulcimer, indigenous to the Kashmir valley as a Indian folk instrument. "Shata-tantri-veena", or hundred stringed lute, it was know in our ancient times.
The santoor is made of maple or mulburry or walnut wood, shaped like a trapezoid, and the strings are high carbon spring steel. The santoor is played with a pa...
Sarod
The sarod is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (north Indian) classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound (contrast with the sweet, extremely rich texture of the sitar).
The tonal quality somewhat resembles the classical guitar, particularly at the lower notes, though in the higher ran...
Surbahar
The Surbahar (Hindi: ??? ????; also known as bass sitar) is a plucked string instrument used in the Hindustani classical music of North India. It is related to the better-known sitar but has a lower tone.
It is usually pitched two octaves below the standard sitar but as Indian classical music has no concept of absolute pitch, this may vary. The surbahar is over 130 cm (51 inches) long, uses a dried pump...
Tamboura (Tanpura)
The tambura (Devanagari: ???????) is a type of stringed instrument found in different versions in different places around the world; most are plucked lutes. The New Grove Dictionary of Music assigns the term to the Eastern European variety of the saz, and to the Indian fretless drone lute.
A tambura (South India) or tanpura (North India) is a long-necked Indian plucked string instrument. In its bodily shape it somewhat resembles the si...
Swarmandal
The swarmandal (Hindi: ?????????; Bengali: ????????) or Indian harp is an Indian stringed instrument. The swarmandal is an Indian zither that is today most commonly used as an accompanying instrument for Hindustani Classical music (the classical music of North India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) - especially for vocal music. Swara(notes) and Mandal ...
Veena
Veena (also spelled 'vina', Sanskrit: ???? (v???), Kannada????Malayalam: ???, Tamil: ????, Telugu: ???) is a plucked stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. There are several variations of the veena, which in its South Indian form is a member of the lute family. One who plays the veena is referred to as a vainika.
The design of the veena has evolved over the years, probably from the form seen in South Indian Medieval paintings and ...