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  2. Tabla - Wikipedia

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    A demo of tabla playing. A tabla [nb 1] is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent.Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, [3] where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments and vocals, or as a part of larger ensembles.

  3. Khol - Wikipedia

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    The khol is a terracotta two-sided drum used in northern and eastern India for accompaniment with devotional music . It is also known as a mridanga (< Sanskrit mṛd + aṅga, lit. ' clay limb '), not to be confused with mridangam. It originates from the Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal, Assam and Manipur. The drum is played with palms and ...

  4. Kanjira - Wikipedia

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    In the 1880s, Manpoondia Pillai was a temple lantern-bearer who sought to study drumming. He modified the kanjira to a frame drum with a single pair of jingles and brought the instrument to a classical stage. [1] [2] [3] It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music (South Indian classical music) as a supporting instrument for the mridangam.

  5. Mridangam - Wikipedia

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    These two membranes are dissimilar in diameter to allow for the production of both bass and treble sounds from the same drum. The bass aperture is known as the thoppi or eda bhaaga and the smaller aperture is known as the valanthalai or bala bhaaga. The smaller membrane, when struck, produces higher pitched sounds with a metallic timbre.

  6. Tassa - Wikipedia

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    These drums disseminated to the Indian subcontinent with the Mughal migration, and from India spread worldwide with the Indian diaspora. The tassa drum proper is a conical or bowl-shaped nagaara- (aka nagada or nagaada) type drum which is played with a heavy bass drum called dhol, or simply "bass", and brass cymbals or metal shakers called ...

  7. Wikipedia:Free sound resources - Wikipedia

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    Music Sounds Description License Zapsplat: Yes Yes Sound effects library offering over 116,000 free sound effects and music. CC0 YourFreeSounds: Yes Yes Independent, unique sound library with royalty free & free sound effects - for video, sound design, music productions and more. CC0, CC BY Gfx Sounds: Yes Yes

  8. Dancing, drums and rituals: with zeal and joy, India ... - AOL

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    Huge crowds of devotees gathered across India this month to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi, marking the birth of the deity Ganesha, the elephant-headed, round-bellied god of ...

  9. Damaru - Wikipedia

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    A damaru (Sanskrit: डमरु, IAST: ḍamaru; Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ་ or རྔ་ཆུང) is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism.In Hinduism, the damaru is known as the instrument of the Hindu deity Shiva, associated with Tantric traditions.