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Indian percussion
Zakir Hussain in performance
Indian tabla, consisting of two drums, baya (left) and daya, in the James Blades Collection.
A musician playing tabla.
Observe a Man Playing Tabla
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Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player and composer
Alla Rakha
Alla Rakha
Indian musician

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments