Sentence examples for indian instrument from inspiring English sources

The tabla is an Indian instrument.

The sarangi is a bowed, short-necked Indian instrument whose greatest exponent, Ustad Sabri Khan, performed with Yehudi Menuhin.

He also played the arghul (an Egyptian instrument), the shehnai (an Indian instrument), and other reed, string, and percussion instruments.

But his ensemble was different then, not least because it included a sarod, an Indian instrument, which was central to the group's sound that night.

In addition to being one of the world's leading mathematicians, Bhargava is an accomplished musician; he plays the Indian instrument known as the tabla at a professional level.

Anoushka Shankar's father, Ravi, carried the velveteen sitar west in 1956; by the sixties, with a little help from George Harrison, the classical Indian instrument had become a pop staple.

Behind her, a chorus sang spiritual songs accompanied by traditional Indian instruments.

Coltrane approached him to ask for lessons, and began to incorporate Indian instruments into his jazz.

The popular Israeli band Sheva has incorporated Indian instruments and chordal structures into its music.

These include cylinder, conical, hourglass, and pot drums all Indian instruments.

He was one of the first Western composers to write for the sitar and other Indian instruments.