PROJECT

IN
MAPEH – III
Submitted by:
Arianne May Amosin
Angelics - III

Submitted to:
Ms. Rhoma Grace Vulcan
MAPEH Teacher

INDIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 SITAR

Sitar is the most popular stringed instrument of India and has

been in use for about 700 years. It is fashioned from a seasoned
gourd and teakwood and has twenty mental frets with six or
seven playing strings and nineteen sympathetic strings below.

 SAROD
Sarod is another popular stringed instrument. The body is carved
from a single piece of well-seasoned teakwood and the belly
covered with goat skin.

 SARANGI

The name derives from Sau Rangi meaning 100 colours. Sarangi
is played with a bow and has four main strings and as many as
forty resonant strings. It is generally used to accompany singers
but can also be a solo instrument.

 TANPURA

Tanpura is a four or five stringed instrument which gives the

essential drone background to all Indian music.

 ESRAJ

Esraj is played with a bow and has many strings. It is one of the
major instruments of North India.

 SANTOOR
Santoor is a North Indian instrument originating from Kashmir.
It has more than a hundred strings which run across a hollow
rectangular box and the strings are struck by a pair of slim
carved walnut mallets.

 VICHITRA VEENA

Vichitra Veena is a comparatively recent addition to the Veena

family. It is a fretless stringed instrument with four main strings,
three drones and rhythm strings and eleven to thirteen resonating
strings.
 TABLA

Tabla is the overall term for two drums, which are played as
accompaniment to North Indian music and dance.
 PAKHAWAJ

Pakhawaj is a long bodied wooden drum with both ends covered

in skin and is the most traditional drum of North India.