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  2. List of Indian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    • Chikara • Dhantara • Dilruba • Ektara violin • Esraj • Kamaicha • Kingri (string instrument) • Mayuri Vina or Taus • Onavillu • Behala (violin type) • Pena (musical instrument) • Pinaka vina • Pulluvan Veena - one stringed violin • Ravanahatha • Sarangi • Classical Sarangi • Sarinda • Tar Shehnai • Taus • Villu Paatu - arched bow instrument

  3. Bansuri - Wikipedia

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    The flute (Venu or Vamsa) is mentioned in many Hindu texts on music and singing, as complementary to the human voice and Veena (vaani-veena-venu). [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The flute is however not called bansuri in the ancient, and is referred to by other names such as nadi , tunava in the Rigveda (3000–2500 BCE) and other Vedic texts of Hinduism , or ...

  4. Flute - Wikipedia

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    The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air.. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an ope

  5. Music of Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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    There is a thin and flexible band between the two thick attached tweezers of iron. Mushak Been or Bagpipe : The mashak (also known as mushak baja, masak, mishek, meshek, moshug, moshaq, moshuq, mashak bin, bin baji) is a type of bagpipe found in Northern India, Uttarakhand, Sudurpaschim Province (especially Baitadi and Darchula district) of ...

  6. Santal music - Wikipedia

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    The flute or Tiriwaw held a special place of importance. The Tirio is made from bamboo and has seven holes. The Santal flute, like the widespread Bansuri, has open holes which permit the player to bend the pitch. The Santal flute is associated with love. Many Santal musicians also play the Harmonium. Introduced by the British, the harmonium is ...

  7. Venu - Wikipedia

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    The venu [1] (Sanskrit: वेणु; vēṇu /मुरळि; muraļi) is one of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music. [2] It is an aerophone typically made from bamboo, that is a side blown wind instrument.

  8. Odissi music - Wikipedia

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    The traditional ensemble accompanying an Odissi music recital is said to be 'binā benu mardala' : Bina or Veena, Benu or Flute and the Mardala. These form the three primary classes of instruments described in the shastras : tat or stringed, susira or wind and anaddha or percussive. All three instruments have been depicted in the stone temples ...

  9. Flute ensemble - Wikipedia

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    The performers' love of the flute family eventually led to the formation of the National Flute Association. In turn, this led to an increase not only in music written for the flute and flute choir, but also to an increase in flute choirs. As the literature for the ensemble expanded, more flute choirs began to form. [4]