Various String Instruments
It is really worthwhile to discover the world of Indian string instruments: Most of them have a unique sound particularly rich in overtones thanks to their sympathetic strings. Some are played with unusual techniques to produce the typical sliding melody movements. We carry a wide variety of plucked instruments as well as swarmandals and santoors.
You can find our Special Offers for String Instruments here.
SAROD
The sarod with its fretless metal fingerboard is one of the most important melody instruments of classical North Indian music.
- Sarod Kanailal Premium – our recommendation for best concert quality
- Sarod Kanailal Standard – great choice for beginners
- Dorod Kanailal / 7/8 Sarod – small sarod-dotar hybrid with full sound; suitable for travel, for children and playing in D tuning
DHRUPAD
Dhrupad instruments have a sophisticated construction, a deep, majestic sound and are very rare nowadays.
- Surbahar P. & Brothers – concert quality bass sitar
- Rudra Veena / Been Miraj – stick zither with frets
- Vichitra Veena Miraj – stick zither with slide
- Sursringar / Sursingar Naba Kumar Kanji – bass sarod
SOUTH INDIA
The saraswati veena is the South Indian equivalent of the North Indian sitar.
- Saraswati Veena – long-necked lute
- Saraswati Veena Sunadavinodini – semi-acoustic long-necked lute with frets, VEGAN
BOX ZITHER
A box-shaped resonator and separate strings for each note are typical for these instruments.
- Santoor Paloma – Indian hammered dulcimer
- Swarmandal / Surmandal Paloma – fretless Indian zither
FOLK & CHANT
Many Indian folk instruments are easy to play, small, simple and without sympathetic strings.
- Ektar / Gopi Yantra – Baul instrument
- Tumbi – melody instrument from Punjab