Wind Instruments Exponents
Harmonium Shri Purushottam Walawalkar, Appa Jalgaonkar, Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Flute TR Mahalingam, Hariprasad Chaurasiya, N. Ramani, Pannalal Ghosh
Shehnai Daya Shankar, Bismillah Khan, Ali Ahmad Hussain
Nadaswaram Rajaratanam Pillai, Sheikh Chinnamaula, Neeruswami Pillai
Famous Percussion Instruments and their Exponents
Percussion Exponents
Instruments
Ghatam TH Vinayakram, EM Subramaniam
Kanjra Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai
Tabla Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan, Allah Rakha, Pt Kishan Maharaj, Sandeep
Das, Ustaad Shafaat Ahmad Khan, Pt Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Pakhawaj Totaram Sharma, Gopaldas, Ramshankar Pagaldas, Pt Ayodhya
Prasad
Mridangam SV Rajarao, KV Prasad, Palghat Mani Iyer, Palghat Raghu, Karaikudi
R Mani
Famous String Instruments and their Exponents
String Exponents
Instruments
Guitar Braj Bhushan Kabra
Mandolin S Balamurali Krishna, Nagen Dey, Khagen Dey, U Srinivas
Rudra Veena Asad Ali Khan
Piano V Balsara
Been Asad Ali Khan
Vichitra Veena Abdul Aziz Khan, Ahmed Raja Khan
Mohan Veena Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhat
Santoor Bhajan Sopori, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Tarun Bhattacharya
Sarangi Abdul Latif Khan, Ustad Binda Khan, Ramesh Mishra, Sultan Khan, Pt
Ram Narayan, Shakoor Khan
Sitar Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pt Ravi Shankar, Shujaat Hussain Khan, Shahid
Parvez Khan, Anushka Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Mustaq Ali Khan,
Budhaditya Mukherjee
Sarod Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Allaudin Khan, Bahadur Khan, Zarin S Sharma,
Sharan Rani, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
Violin Lalgudi Jayaram, VG Jog, M Chandrasekharan, NR Murlidharan, MS
Gopalakrishnan
Instruments Name of the Instrument
Percussion Mridangam
Instrument
Drums
Xylophone
Snare Drum
Tabla
Triangle
Cymbal
Bass Drum
Maracas
Chimes
Tambourine
Timpani
Marimba
Keyboard Instruments
These kinds of instruments make use of keys to give out sounds. Various forms of
keyboard instruments are:
Instruments Name of the Instrument
Keyboard Instruments Harmonium
Celeste
Piano
Claviola
Pipe organ
Accordion
Harpsichord
Organ
Harmonica
Synthesiser
Brass/Wind Instruments
Wind or brass instruments are instruments that make sound through a tubular sound
resonator. Some of the top brass/wind instruments are listed below:
Instruments Name of the Instrument
Brass/Wind Instruments Flute
Mouth Organ
Piccolo
Trombone
Euphonium
Oboe
Bassoon
Trumpet
Saxophone
Tuba
Bassoon
French Horn
Cornet
Clarinet
String Instruments
String instruments are instruments that produce sound through the vibrations of
strings. Some of the most popular string instruments are:
Instruments Name of the Instrument
String Instruments Guitar
Violin
Cello
Harp
Sitar
Veena
Mandolin
Viola
Lute
Banjo
Ukulele
Important Musical Instruments and their Exponents
Instrument Description Indian Exponents
Harmonium Harmonium is a keyboard Shri Purushottam Walawalkar, Appa
instrument that blows sounds Jalgaonkar, Jnan Prakash Ghosh
through reeds.
Flute Flute is a wind instrument, TR Mahalingam, Hariprasad Chaurasiya, N.
and makes sound through air Ramani, Pannalal Ghosh
vibrations.
Tabla Similar to drums, Tabla is a Zakir Hussain, Sabir Khan, Allah Rakha, Pt
common percussion Kishan Maharaj, Sandeep Das, Ustaad
instrument played in Asia. Shafaat Ahmad Khan, Pt Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Sitar Used in Hindustani classical Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pt Ravi Shankar, Shujaat
music, Sitar is a plucked Hussain Khan, Shahid Parvez Khan, Anushka
string instrument. Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Mustaq Ali Khan,
Budhaditya Mukherjee
Guitar A six-stringed frettled Braj Bhushan Kabra
instrument, guitar is a
famous international string
instrument.