Listening Game 5 - Guess The Sound Challenge | Guess The Indian Musical Instrument

Listening Game - Guess the Sound
Listen to the sounds and guess the 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! A great listening game for the entire family! 🙂
00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗩𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮 is among the oldest of Indian musical instruments. From the references to Vedic writings, it can date back to around the first millennium B.C. Temple sculptures from the 2nd century B.C. show a type of veena being played.
00:38 - 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗮 is the percussion instrument most commonly used in north Indian classical music.
00:58 - 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺 is an instrument that has its origins in the period of British rule in India. It is a modified version of the reed organ, with keys like the piano and bellows to pump air into the instrument. It is widely used as an accompaniment in Hindustani vocal music, in religious music across the states of Maharashtra and Punjab- Haryana, and in Qawwali music of the Islamic traditions.
01:18 - 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹 is a harp like instrument that is most commonly used as an accompaniment to Hindustani vocal music. The name originates frim ‘swara’ (note) and mandal (group), an indicator of the large number of notes it can produce.
01:38 - 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺 is a wind instrument made of wood and metal that is found in both classical and folk traditions in South India. The name is got from ‘Nada’ or pleasing sound and ‘Swaram’ meaning note.
01:58 - 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹 is a percussion instrument used for accompanying the nadaswaram, a wind instrument used in Hidu religious music and as a solo instrument in Carnatic music.
02:18 - 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶 is a fretless, bowed string instrument used in Hindustani classical music and folk traditions of north India.
02:38 - 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶 is a flute made of a single hollow shaft of bamboo. It has been extensively used in folk music. The flute can be a part of the musical orchestration for dance forms like Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.
02:58 - 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗱 is a lute-like stringed instrument, used mainly in Hindustani music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet, overtone-rich texture of the sitar, with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant, reverberant quality.
03:18 - 𝗨𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗮𝗶 is an hourglass shaped, membranous drum used in devotional and folk music throughout India.
03:38 - 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗿: The Santoor’s name comes from the name Shata- tantric, meaning a Veena of hundred strings. It consists of a hollow box with twenty five bridges, each having four strings resting on it. It is played with the help of two wooden mallets known as mezrabs. The santoor has traditionally been used in the music of the Kashmir valley as an accompaniment to Sufi music.
03:58 - 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗶 is made out of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end. Its sound is thought to create and maintain a sense of auspiciousness and sanctity and as a result, is widely used during marriages, processions and in temples in North India. The shehnai is similar to South India's nadaswaram.
04:18 - 𝗗𝗵𝗼𝗹 is a double-sided barrel drum played mostly as an accompanying instrument in regional music forms.
04:38 - 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶𝗿𝗮 is a small handheld drum that resembles a tambourine. It is a very versatile instrument that is used as the secondary percussion accompaniment by Carnatic Musicians.
04:58 - 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 used in Indian classical music is similar to the one used in Western classical traditions. The violin has evolved to become the principal accompaniment for Carnatic music, but is also extensively used as a solo instrument in both Carnatic and Hindustani styles. It is accompanied by the mridangam, tabla, and allied percussion instruments like the ghatam.
05:18 - 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗺 is an ancient percussion instrument in used Carnatic classical music. The ghatam consists of a clay pot reinforced with brass, copper and iron fillings. The ghatam is used in conjunction with the mridangam in Carnatic music. Instruments similar to the ghatam include the gharha of Punjab and the matka of Gujarat.
05:38 - 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 is a Carnatic percussion instrument. It is a tiny instrument held in the left hand, shaped like prongs with an additional metal stick running through the length of the instrument.
05:58 - 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗺 (or Mridangam) the main percussion instrument of the South indian or Carnatic form of music, and is used to accompany vocalists and all types of melodic instruments of south india. It is also used as an accompaniment for Bharatnatyam and other forms of Indian dance. The rhythm patterns in South Indian music are complex and mathematical, so mridangam players have to be really good with their numbers, but there are only six basic types of stroke. They are combined together to make some really fascinating combinations.
06:18 - 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗮 is a string instrument found in certain northern and western states of India. It is used as accompaniment for religious music of the Sikh tradition (Gurmat Sangeet).