The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.217

c11.217

All these drums are tuned by braces and by means of the resinous composition already mentioned being applied to them. Both tabla and bahya are considered as instruments of chamber music, and their sound is consequently soft and subdued, very different to that of the kettledrums employed in the Nahabet described elsewhere. Sometimes wooden drums, called Pakhwaj—in appearance similar to the bahya—are used. The name Pakhwaj is occasionally applied to the mridang. The drum to the left of the plate is the Tabla, that to the right the Bahya.