Instruments such as tabla, sarangi and sitar are used in this song. The string instruments include the guitar (both electrical), bass, sitar, tumbi, veena, violin and sarangi. Other instruments for accompaniment include the sarangi and the harmonium. The nautch party musicians historically played four instruments&colon; sarangi, tabla, manjeera and dholak. Then the musicians were asked what they play and they say sitar, sarangi and drums. They began to experiment a bit with Indian instruments, such as tabla and sarangi. Before the fairly recent introduction of the harmonium, qawwalis were usually accompanied by the sarangi. Sharma's hobbies include painting as well as playing the sarangi, a stringed musical instrument. Brij Narayan's son, Harsh Narayan, plays the "sarangi". Mattoo instead employed Narayan as a "sarangi" player. Ram Narayan Foundation in Mumbai awards scholarships to "sarangi" students. Narayan was born near Udaipur and learned to play the "sarangi" at an early age. Devotional songs are played by dhaddi jatha groups, with instruments like sarangi and dhadd drums. Narayan pondered giving up the "sarangi" and becoming a singer. Narayan's father later encouraged him to leave school and devote himself to playing the "sarangi".