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India’s Pride… There Musical Instruments

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India’s Pride…There Musical Instruments

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• Instruments are made from materials found in the environment.

• Woods, metals, strings, bronze, bamboo and leaves are just some of the common materials use to create instrument.

• Asian country like India and the Philippines use wood, bronze, metal and bamboo.

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• The development of the characteristics of Indian music leads to the development of the Indian musical instrument.

• This instrument play a major role in characterizing Indian music.

• The sitar carries the melody.• The tabla provides the rhythmic

accompaniment.• Tambura produces drone.

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• India’s intricate musical system is accompanied by these three very important instruments:

»Tambura»Sitar»Tabla

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• The musical instruments of India are grouped based on their melodic and rhythmic functions.

1. Percussion instrument2. Melodic instrument

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• The melodic instrument are further subdivided into:

1. stringed or plucked (tat)2. bowed string (vitat)3. wind blown (sushir)4. membranous (avanadoh)5. non-membranous (ghan)

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Drums/Percussion

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Tabla Pair• Most common and popular

drum in Northern India• Pair of drums – one for the

left and one for the right.• Made of wood and has head

made of stretched animal skin.

• Both drums have black spots at the center that are made of manganese and iron dust.

• Played by means of tapping.

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Mridangam• Classical drum of

Southern India.• Literally means clay –

body, it was originally made of clay.

• Barrel shaped double – headed drums.

• Placed between the thighs of players.

• Used to perform the tala.

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String Instruments

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Veena• It is the most distinctive

instrument in Southern India.• It is carved from the single

block of jack wood which continues as a long fretted neck, wherein another resonator is attached.

• It has seven strings that function differently.

• Four strings are used to play the melody while the remaining three strings are used to play the drone.

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Tambura• The tambura is a drone that

are instrument that is made of jack wood.

• It consists of a long unfretted neck which has 4 to 6 tuning pegs inserted into the upper end of the resonator.

• It is essential to all classical performances especially in concert.

• It is held upright and place on the lap of the instrumentalist.

• The strings are plucked by the forefinger and middle finger.

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Sarangi• The sarangi is the most

popular stringed instrument that is used to accompany vocal music.

• It is shaped like a squashed guitar.

• It is made from a block of hollowed out wood and cover with parchment.

• It has no frets and is played with bow.

• It has a sympathetic vibrator that makes a harmonious sound.

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Sitar• The sitar is the most

popular stringed instrument in Northern India.

• It is made of ivory inlay, teakwood and seasoned gourds.

• It has a long neck with 20 metals frets and six to seven main strings.

• It is used for solo parts in composition.

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Sarod• The sarod is a

musical instrument that is smaller than the sitar.

• It is plucked with a piece of coconut shell.

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Wind Instrument

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Flute• Flute is one of the oldest

and most commonly used wind instruments in the Southern part of India.

• It is made of different materials like bamboo, ivory, ebony, sandalwood or metal.

• The South Indian flute is about fourteen inches long with eight finger holes of uniform size.

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Nagaswaran• It is a double reed

instrument with a conical bore that enlarges towards the end.

• It has seven finger holes with five additional holes drilled at the bottom that are used as controllers.

• The instrument are played in temples, procession, festivals and in marriage ceremonies.

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Prepared by:Elna C. Panopio