Indian Music and Instruments

Shehnai, Nadaswaram, and Flute are all wind instruments that require air to produce sound. The Sitar is a string instrument (plucked) with strings and a gourd resonator, making it the only non-wind instrument in the list.

Bismillah Khan was a legendary Indian musician who popularized the shehnai, a traditional wind instrument. He was one of the first to bring the shehnai to the classical stage and received the Bharat Ratna for his contributions. The flute, sarod, and sitar are different Indian instruments played by other renowned musicians.

Ustad Bismillah Khan was the legendary shehnai maestro who brought the instrument to global prominence and became a cultural icon of India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna for his contributions to Indian classical music. The other options are famous musicians but not shehnai players - Alla Rakha (tabla), Amjad Ali Khan (sarod), and Vishwamohan Bhat (slide guitar).

Pt. Ravi Shankar was the legendary sitar maestro who popularized Indian classical music globally. He was George Harrison's mentor and performed at Woodstock. The sitar is a plucked string instrument essential to Hindustani classical music.

Mridangam is a classical percussion instrument from South India, used in Carnatic music as the primary rhythmic accompaniment. Tanpura, Sitar, and Veena are all string instruments, not percussion instruments.

Ustad Alla Rakha (1919-2000) was a legendary tabla virtuoso who popularized the instrument globally through his solo performances and collaborations, especially with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Bismillah Khan was famous for shehnai.

Shruti Adhikari is recognized as India's first female santoor player. The santoor is a traditional Indian folk instrument from Kashmir, and women breaking into this male-dominated domain marks a significant cultural milestone.

Pt. Ravi Shankar was internationally renowned as the world's greatest sitar player, credited with popularizing Indian classical music globally. He influenced the Beatles and collaborated with Western musicians like Yehudi Menuhin and Philip Glass.

Sitar, guitar, and tanpura are all musical instruments that produce sound through the vibration of strings. A violin is also a stringed instrument, whereas the other options are percussion (mridanga), brass (trumpet), or reed (harmonium) instruments.

Sitar, guitar, and tanpura are all stringed musical instruments. The violin is also a stringed instrument.

Amjad Ali Khan is a renowned Indian classical musician who plays the sarod.

Amjad Ali Khan is a world-renowned Indian classical musician known for playing the sarod.

Dadra is a rhythmic cycle or tala used in Indian classical and semi-classical music. It consists of six beats.