The most popular instrument in the second category is the Violin. Wind instruments used in South India are Flute, Nagaswaram, Ottu and Clarionet.
Bellowed instruments are harmonium and sruti-peti.
The Tambura player generally sits behind the main artist so that the artist may hear the drone constantly. It is played continuously throughout the length of an entire concert. The bowl is usually made from wood in the South and from a hollowed-out gourd in the North. In the center of this bowl lies a broad, grooved bridge made of bone or ivory. Just below the pegs is a thin plate perpendicular to the neck which has holes through which the strings pass.