This professional Naal is a wooden two sided drum. The heads are placed and tuned by bolts.. The artist holds the Naal horizontally and it is played with both heads.
This professional quality Pakhwaj percussion instrument is used in the dhrupad style and is widely used as an accompaniment for various forms of music and dance performances.
The mridangam is a double sided drum. One side is very small and generates high pitched sounds and the other, wider, for low pitched sounds. Small size
The professional artist quality mridangam is a double sided drum. One side is very small and generates high pitched sounds and the other, wider, for low pitched sounds.