instrumental music

Rudra Veena A string instrument with two large gourds. Saaz-E-Kashmiri A stringed instrument belonging to the bowed variety used in Kashmir as an accompaniment to the singing. Santoor A stringed instrument of Persian origin having 100 strings of wire and is played with two sticks. It was also...

Agappai kinnari Instrument consisting of a bamboo stem attached to a half-cut coconut shell. This was covered with skin. One or two strings ran over the bamboo finger-board. Ancient Naga Vina A stringed instrument with frets made in the shape of a serpent. Ancient sarangi An earlier model of...

violin history The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello...