These instruments are triangular or round kettle with leather at the lower side, and the strings vary on thickness, length and varies from one to eight. The strings are made of intestines of sheep or goat, but steel or nylon strings are popular these days. The instruments are played scratching the strings with nails or nakhi made of wood or bamboo. The important folk musical instruments which fall under this type are namely, Aktantri bina, Aktare, Ghuggumuggu, Jhumtar, Tungna, Tungma, Dongmen, Dhamken, Tamura, Tamang tungna, Tungeba, Premtal, Bhantey madal, Yalumber, Yakucha wavu, Bina, Hyanjing, Hyolmo tungna, and Tri-tantri bina. Many of these folk instruments are disappearing and rarely played by the people in Sikkim (Kandel, 2004; Subba, 1999).

These instruments are made of one to twelve numbers of strings, made of intestine, nylon or steel wire and played by rubbing with a bow made III horsetail or nylon strings. A variety of music is produced by rubbing on the strings on one hand and playing with fingers on the other. These folk musical instruments are namely, Kingruwa, Teentare sarangi, Dodra, Dhanusbaja, Dhanu sarangi, Nawnriya, Piwancha, Piwang, Mayura, Reuni, Sarangi, and Serenja. Many of these folk musical instruments are not in use today and are rarely seen in Sikkim (Subba, 1999; Kandel, 2004).