Double-headed barrel drum from India





Man playing the tabla in India. The tabla consists a pair of hand drums, of which one is conical (left) and the other cylindrical (right), and each is tuned to a different pitch. The tabla is often played to support Indian stringed instruments such as the sitar and the tanpura.








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