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Catalogue of the musical instruments exhibited in the Government Museum, Madras, 1931

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1CONTENTS

3Foreword.

4I.—Introduction …………………………………………….. 1

5II.—Classification ……………………………………………. 2

6III.—Evolution ………………………………………………. 3

7IV.—Place of Music in Indian Life …………………………… 4

8V.—Arrangement in the Gallery ……………………………… 6

9VI.—Description—

10 1. Instruments in general use—

11 A.—Stringed instruments—

12 (a) Concert class ……………………………………… 7

13 (b) Drone class ……………………………………….. 12

14 B.—Wind instruments—

15 (a) Concert instruments ………………………………. 14

16 (b) Temple instruments ……………………………….. 16

17 (c) Folk instruments ………………………………….. 17

18 C.—Percussion instruments—

19 (a) Concert drums …………………………………….. 18

20 (b) Temple drums ……………………………………… 20

21 (c) Other drums ……………………………………….. 21

22 (d) Gongs, cymbals and castanets ………………………. 21

23 D.—Miscellaneous instruments ………………………….. 22

24 2. Tribal instruments—

25 A.—Of the West Coast ………………………………….. 24

26 B.—Of the Kotas ……………………………………….. 25

27VII.—Plates I—IX.

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