Each musical instrument is unique in all the features that help the people to identify them. Since people are interested in the matters concerning music, a brief look into the special features of the major musical instruments will be a boon to the lovers of music. The ethnic instruments are identifiable by their unique features.

    * The two ended covered sides help to identify Indian Tabla Drums from the similar kind of instruments. The covered sides have the syahi at the centre. This is an inner circle and it is this that helps people to identify tabla easily.

    * A bodhran has a wooden body with one end covered and another end opened. This makes it get a different look. The main identifying feature is the stick that comes along with them and which is used for beating on it to get the sound. The stick generally has two ends.

    * If you plan to buy oud, understand that it is not having a fretted neck as other stringed instruments. The back is not flat like guitar rather it is bowl-like. The oval or circular sound holes generally come around three in number.

Before you are going to buy an instrument for your own, it is always advisable to get a clear idea of each one of them. As the sound produced vary in each of them, so are their characteristics. The variations can be minute but they have a great influence on the end result produced.