The jal tarang (Hindi: जलतरंग) is a melodic percussion instrument that originates from the Indian subcontinent.

The earliest mention of the jal tarang is found in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra, as playing on musical glasses filled with water.

[1] Jal tarang was also mentioned in the medieval Sangeet Parijaat text, which categorized the instrument under Ghan-Vadya (idiophonic instruments in which sound is produced by striking a surface, also called concussion idiophones.)

The SangeetSaar text considers 22 bowls to be a complete jal tarang and 15 to be of mediocre status.

The player softly hits the edges of the bowls with a wooden stick to produce sound.