MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA

The author of this present work was born at Varanasi on October 1, 1911, and has his school and college education from the C. H. School and B. H. U., Varanasi. He was fortunate enough to have the training in vocal music and Sitar under the guidance of Dr. S. N. Ratanjankar, who was the disciple of Pt.V. N. Bhatkhande and Ustad Allahuddin Khan, one of the best disciples of Ustad Wazir Khan, the great Veenkar of Rampur State, respectively for several years.

Sri Bandyopadhyaya had a teaching experience of nearly forty years and had been associated either as a member or an examiner with the Boards of Education and Universities that are having music as a subject. He is the author of several works on music which are acknowledged by the leading scholars and art critics of this age to be the authoritative works on the subject they cover.

	Proem	III-VI
Chapter One
	Evolution of Music	3
	The origin of instruments of music	6
	How to produce music from instruments	8
	Musical instruments of ancient India	9
	Main types of musical instruments	12
	Purpose of the instruments of music	13
	Culture of music	14
Chapter Two
	Susira-vadya or Vayuja-the wind instruments. Aerophones	16
	History of the wind instruments	16
	Flute and its species	18
	Three main types of flutes	19
	Direct flute	19
	Transverse flute	19
	Vertical flute	19
	Sankha or Conch	20
	Srnga	20
	Murali	20
	Turva, Turi,Bheri and Karna	23
	Pungi	23
	Rausana-chauki	24
	Nauvata	25
	Sahanai	26
	Nagasvaram	28
	Algoza	29
	Good qualities of a flutist	30
	Conclusion	30
Chapter Three
	Tata-Vadya or Nakhaja group of instruments Chordophones	2
	History of stringed instruments	32
	Vina and its species	32
	Tantu-vadya : The Ravaba group of instruments	34
	Vina group of instruments
	Ekatara and Dotara	34
	Tanapura	35
	Vina	37
	Saraswati and Rudra Vina	39
	Techniques of Vina	40
	Good qualities of a Vina player	40
	Gotuvadya	41
	Vichitra Vina	42
	Surabahara	43
	Sitara	45
	Ravaba group of instruments Ravaba	49
	Surasrngara	51
	Saroda	53
	Tantu-vadya (Vitata group) Bowed type of instruments	56
	Vitatavadya	56
	Sarinda, Chikara, Dada and Charatara	56
	Sarangi	57
	Esaraja	61
	Dilaruva	62
	Tausa	63
	Mandra Bahara	64
	Violin	65
	Viola	67
Chapter Four
	Avanaddha-Vadya : Charmaja-Membranophones	68
	History of the Drum species	68
	Damaru	70
	Khole	71
	Pakhawaja	72
	Tabala and Banya	74
	Duffa and Duffali	77
	Ghata	78
	Jaya Dhaka, Dhaka, Dholaki and Dholaka	79
	Kanjira	80
	Fundamentals of Drum varieties	80
Chapter Five
	Ghana-vadya : Lauhaja. The instruments
	of percussion. Autophones	83
	Jala-taranga	84
	Kastha-taranga	85
	Nala-taranga	86
	Karatala Manjira	87
	Conclusion	88
	Glossary	93
	Index	99
	Errata	101