List of musical instruments

Accordion
Acoustic bass guitar

Acoustic guitar

Acoustic bass guitar

Aeolian harp

Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum)

Agung/ agong (Philippine gong)

Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle)

Ajaeng

Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe)

Alphorn

Alpine bell

Alto clarinet

Alto flute

Alto horn

Alto sarrusophone

Alto saxophone

Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle)

Appalachian dulcimer

Archlute

Arghul (Arabic double pipe)

Arpa anottolini (Italian hooked harp)

Arpeggione (Italian six-string)

Array Mbira (African thumb piano)

Aru-ding (Philippine Jew’s harp)

Aulochrome (double soprano saxophone)

Babendil (Philippine gong)

Baglama/ saz (Turkish strings)

Balafon (xylophone from Ghana)

Balalaika (Central Asian 2 or 3 stringed guitar)

Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru)

Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina)

Bandurria (Spanish/ Latin American plucked lute)

Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Banjo

Barbat (Iranian plucked lute)

Baritone horn

Baritone sarrusophone

Baritone saxophone

Baroque Wooden Flute

Baryton (German Euphonium)

Bass Clarinet

Bass Drum

Bass flute

Bass guitar

Bass sarrusophone

Bass saxophone

Bass/ baritone oboe

Basse a Pistons (French Euphonium)

Basse Cor

Basset clarinet

Basset horn

Bassoon

Bawu (Chinese wind instrument)

Bayan (Russian Accordian)

Bazooka

Bell

Berimbao (Brazilian musical bow)

Bianqing (Chinese stone chimes)

Bianzhong (Chinese bells)

Bifora (Sicillian oboe)

Biniou (French bagpipe)

Biwa (Japanese short-necked lute)

Bock (German bagpipes)

Bodega (French bagpipe)

Bodhrán (Irish drum)

Boha (French bagpipe)

Bombarde

Bombardino (Spanish Euphonium)

Bongo drum

Border pipe/ lowland bagpipe

Bordonua (Puerto Rican bass guitar)

Bouzouki (Greek lute)

Brian Boru bagpipes

Bullroarer

Button accordian

Cabrette (French bagpipe)

Calliope (steam organ)

Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells)

Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells)

Castanets

Cavaco (Spanish guitar)

Cavaquinho (Portuguese guitar)

Caxixi (Brazilian idiophone)

Celesta (idiophone) invented 1886 in Paris by Auguste Mustel.

Cello

Ceng (Turkish harp)

Chabrette (French bagpipe)

Chapman stick (fretboard)

Charango (South American fretted lute)

Chenda (Indian drum)

Chi (Chinese Transverse Flute)

Chimes

Ching (Cambodian/ Thai finger cymbals)

Chitaronne (lower-toned lute)

Chitarra battebte (Italian guitar)

Chromatic accordian

Cigar box guitar

Cimbalom (Eastern European hammered dulcimer)

Cimbasso

Cimpoi (Romanian bagpipe)

Cittern (Renaissance lute)

Clapped hands

Clarinet

Clarinette d’amour

Classical guitar

Clavicembelo (Italian pianoforte)

Clavichord

Clavichord (European stringed keyboard)

Concertina

conch

Conga (Caribbean drum)

Contra-alto clarinet

Contra-alto flute

Contrabass á anche

Contrabass clarinet

Contrabass flute

Contrabass oboe

Contrabass Sarrusophone

Contrabass saxophone

Contrabassoon

Cornet/ Cornett/ Cornetto/ Zink

Cornish bagpipes

Cowbell

Croatian bagpipes

Cromorne

Crotales (Struck cymbals)

Crumhorn

Crwth (Welsh stringed instrument)

Cuatro (Latin American lute)

Cuíca (Brazilian drum)

Cymbals – crash, hi-hat, ride, splash, tom-toms, zil

Cymbalum (Western European hammered dulcimer)

Da’uli da’uli (Indonesian xylophone)

Dabakan (Philippine drum)

Dadihu (contrabass erhu)

Dahu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Daiko (Japanese drum)

Dankiyo (Turkish bagpipe)

Daraboukka (Syrian drum)

Darabukka (Arabic drum)

Darbuka (Greek drum)

Darvyra (Greek Duct Flute)

Denis d’or (ancient Czech chordophone)

Dhol (Iranian drum)

Dholak (North Indian hand drum)

Didgeridoo (Aboriginal Natural Trumpet)

Dihu (Chinese large bowed stringed instrument)

Diyingehu (contrabass gehu)

Djembe (West African hand drum)

Doedelzak (Dutch bagpipe)

Dombak (Iranian drum)

Domra (Russian mandolin)

Dotara (bass ektara)

Double Bass

Double contrabass flute

Doulophone/ cuprophone

Drum machine

Dubreq stylophone

Duct Flute

Dudelsack (German bagpipe)

Dudy (Czech bagpipes)

Duff (Islamic tambourine)

Dulcian (pre-1700’s Western European Bassoon)

Dulcimer (hammered zither)

Dulzaina (Spanish oboe)

Dumbelek (Turkish drum)

Dun dun (West African large talking drum)

Dutar (Central Asian lute)

Duxianqin (Chinese one-stringed zither)

Ektara (Indian one-string)

Electric guitar

Electric organ

Electric piano

Electronic:

English Horn/ Cor Anglais (French tenor Oboe)

Erhu (Chinese violin)

Erxian (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Euphonium

Fangxiang (Chinese metallophone)

Fiddle

Finger Cymbals

Fingerboard synthesizer

Fiscarmonica (Italian Accordian)

Flageolets

Flugelhorn

Flute

Folgerphone

French Horn

Gaida (Southern Balkan bagpipes)

Gaita (Portuguese & Spanish bagpipe)

Gajdy (Eastern European bagpipes)

Gambang (Indonesian xylophone)

Gan gan (West African small talking drum)

Gandingan (Philippine set of 4 hanging gongs)

Gandingan a kayo (Philippine xylophone)

Ganza (Brazilian rattle)

Gaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Gayageum (Korean zither)

Gehu (Chinese cello-like)

Gender (Indonesian brass xylophone)

Geomungo/ komungo (Korean zither)

Ghatam (Indian drum)

Glass marimba

Glasschord (crystallophone)

Glockenspiel

Gong

Gottuvadhyam (Indian 21-stringed guitar)

Great Highland bagpipe

Great Irish warpipes

Guan (Chinese pipe)

Gugin (Chinese bridgeless zither)

Guiro (South & Central American notched gourd that is scraped)

Guitar

Guitar 12 Strings

Guitarrón (Mexican large bass guitar)

Guqin (Chinese plucked zither)

Gusle/ gusla (Balkan guitar)

Gusli (Russian harp)

Guzheng (Chinese zither)

Hammered dulcimer

Handbells

Hang (steel hand drum)

Hardanger fiddle

Harmonica/ Mouth Organ

Harmonium/ reed organ

Harp

Harp guitar

Harpsichord

Heckelphone

Hegelong (Philippine fretted boat-lute)

Hélicon

Hichiriki (Japanese Oboe)

Hocchiku (Japanese flute)

Hooked harp

Horagai (Japanese conch)

Horn

Hosho (Zimbabwean rattle)

Hsaio (Chinese Duct Flute)

Huemmelchen (German smallpipes)

Huluhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Hun (Korean flute)

Hunting Horn

Huqin (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Hurdy Gurdy

Igil (Tuvan bowed instrument)

Inci (Philippine flute)

Ipu (Hawaiian rattle)

Irish bouzouki

Irish Uilleann (Indoor bagpipe)

Istarski mih (Croatian bagpipe)

Janggu (Korean drum)

Japanese Bamboo Flute/ Shakuhachi

Jew’s harp

Jew’s harp (plucked idiophone)

Jiaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Jinghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Jug

Kadlong (Philippine fretted boat-lute)

Kagul (Philippine slit drum)

Kangling (Tibetan serunai)

Kaval (Slovakian Duct Flute)

Kèn b?u (Vietnamese reed)

Kettle drum/ Timpani

Keyed Bugle

Keyed Trumpet

Khene (Northeast Thailand mouth organ)

Khim (Cambodian/ Thai hammered dulcimer)

Khloy (Cambodian flute)

Khol (South Indian drum)

Kissar (West African lyre)

Knatele (Finnish zither)

Kokyu (Japanese bowed instrument)

Komungo (Korean zither)

Kora (West African 21-string harp-lute)

Koto (Japanese zither)

Koudi (Chinese flute)

Koziol (Polish bagpipe)

Kubing (Philippine Jew’s harp)

Kulintang a kayo (Philippine xylophone)

Kulintang a putao/ kulintang a tiniok (Philippine metallophone)

Kulintang/ kolintang (Philippine gong group)

Kutiyapi (Philippine fretted boat-lute)

Kwa-yen (Chinese hanging drum)

Kwintangen kayo/ luntang (Philippine xylophone)

Lambeg (Irish drum)

Lancashire great-pipe

Langeleik (Norwegian stringed instrument)

Laruan (Chinese stringed instrument)

Lasso d’amore

Launeddas (Sardinian triple clarinet)

Leier (German hurdy gurdy)

Leiqin (Chinese bowed instrument)

Lirone

Lithophone (stone barred xylophone)

Lusheng (Chinese bamboo pipes)

Lute

Lyre

Magyar duda (Hungarian bagpipes)

Maguhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Malimba (xylophone from the Congo)

Mando-bass (bass mandolin)

Mandocello (large mandolin)

Mandola (US/ Canadian fretted stringed instrument)

Mandolin

Mangtong (Chinese bamboo pipes)

Maraca

Marimba

Marimbao (Brazilian stringed instrument)

Marinbaphone

Mbira/ Sanza/ Thumb Piano (African stringed instrument)

Mellophone

Mellotron (polyphonic keyboard)

Melodeon

Melodica

Metallophones (metal barred xylophone)

Mijwiz (Arabic double pipe)

Mittlealtersackpfeife (German medieval bagpipe)

Mizwad (Arabic bagpipe)

Mohan veena (Indian guitar)

Moodswinger (zither)

Morin khuur/ morin huur (Mongolian fiddle)

Mridangam (South Indian drum)

Muchosac (Belgian bagpipe)

Musette bressane (French bagpipe)

Musette de cour (French bagpipe)

Musette du centre (French bagpipe)

Musical bow

Musical Saw (wood cutting saw)

Nadaswaram (Indian wind instrument)

Naqara (Mongolian war drum)

Natural Trumpet

Nay (Syrian wooden flute)

Ney (Lebanese Flute)

Northumbrian smallpipes

Nose flute

Nyckelharpa (Swedish key harp)

Oboe

Oboe d’amore

Oboe da caccia

Ocarina

Octaban (cylinder drum)

Octapad (electronic drumpad)

Octave mandolin

Octavin

Octocontra-alto clarinet

Octocontrabass clarinet

Oliphant/ Cor d’Oliphant

Ondes martenot (electronic keyboard and slide)

Ophicleide

Organ - electric

Organ pipe

Overtone guitar

Paixiao (Chinese flute)

Palendang (Philippine flute)

Pan pipes

Pastoral pipes

Piano

Piccolo

Piccolo clarinet

Piccolo heckelphone

Piccolo oboe

Pipa (Chinese lute)

Pipe organ

Piva (Northern Italian bagpipe)

Psaltery (plucked zither)

Pulalu (Philippine flute)

Qanun (Turkish zither)

Quena (Andean flute)

Quinticlave (Ophicleide)

Racket

Rainstick

Raita (Moroccan serunai)

Rajao (Portuguese guitar)

Ranat ek elk (Thai metallophone)

Ranat thum lek (Thai metallophone)

Ratchet

Rattle

Rebab (Arabic bowed stringed instrument)

Rebec (15th/ 16th century rebab)

Recorder (Descant)

Reed contrabass

Reed Pipe

Riq/ riqq/ rik (Arabic tambourine)

Roman tuba

Ruan (Chinese plucked stringed instrument)

Rudra veena (Indian plucked stringed instrument)

Ryuteki (Japanese flute)

Sabar (Senegalese drum)

Sac de gemecs (Catalonian bagpipe)

Sackbutt (trombone family’s ancestor)

Säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe)

Saenghwang (Korean mouth organ)

Sallaneh (Iranian plucked stringed instrument)

Sampho (Cambodian barrel drum)

Sampler

Sang-auk (Burmese harp)

Santur (North Indian hammered zither)

Sanxian (Chinese lute)

Saraswati veena (South Indian lute)

Sarrusophone

Sarunay/ saronay/ sarunai/ saronai (Philippine metallophone)

Saung (Burmese harp)

Saw ou (Thai bowed stringed instrument)

Saw sam sai (Thai bowed stringed instrument)

Saxhorn

Saxonette

Saxophone

Schweizer sackpfeife (Swiss bagpipe)

Scottish smallpipes

Se (Chinese zither)

Serpent

Serunai (Islamic reed instrument)

Setar (Iranian lute)

Shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed instrument)

Shawm (Renaissance oboe)

Shekere (African rattle)

Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)

Shinobue (Japanese flute)

Shofar (Jewish horn)

Sihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Singing bowl/ rin gong (Himalayan standing bell)

Siren

Sitar (South Asian lute)

Sleigh Bells

Slide guitar

Slide whistle

Slit drum

Snare Drum

Sopranino clarinet

Sopranino saxophone

Soprano clarinet

Soprano mandolin

Soprano saxophone

soprillo

Sorna (Afghan serunai)

Sousaphone

Spoons

Sralai (Cambodian reed)

Steel drum

Steel guitar

Subcontrabass flute

Subcontrabass saxophone

Suling (Indonsian/Philippine flute)

Suona (Chinese serunai)

Synclavier

Synthesizer

Tabla (Indian/ Pakistani drum)

Tagutok (Philippine slit drum)

Taiko (Japanese drum)

Talking drum

Tambour (French drum)

Tambourine

Tamburitza (Croatian/ Serbian mandolin)

Tan-tan (Brazilian hand drum)

Taphon (Thai drum)

Tar (Persian lute)

Tárogató (Hungarian shawm)

Tea chest bass (skiffle bass)

Tenor horn

Tenor mandola (European/ UK fretted stringed instrument)

Tenor sarrusophone

Tenor saxophone

Tenoroon (tenor bassoon)

Teponaztli (Mexican wooden drum)

Thavil (Indian drum)

Theorbo (lower-toned lute)

Theremin (oscillator)

Timpani/ kettle drum

Timple (Canary Islands/ Murcia ukulele)

Tin whistle

Tjelempung/ Celempung (Javanese zither)

Tom-tom

Tonette (plastic recorder)

Torupill (Estonian bagpipe)

Transverse Flute (Traditional Flute)

Trekspill (Norwegian Accordian)

Tres (Cuban chordophone)

Triangle

Tro u (Cambodian bowed stringed instrument)

Tromba marina (European stringed instrument)

Trombone

Tromboon/ babone

Trompeta china (Cuban suona)

Trumpet

Trumpet Bb

Tsampouna (Greek bagpipe)

Tsuri-daiko (Japanese hanging drum)

Tuba

Tubular Bells

Tuhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Tulum (Turkish bagpipe)

Tumpong (Philippine flute)

Turntables

Ud/ oud (Arabic and Islamic lute)

Udu (African clay drum)

Ukulele (Hawaiian guitar)

Valiha (Indonesian and Madagascan zither)

Vertical flute

Vertical viola

Veuze (French bagpipe)

Vibraphone/ vibraharp

Vichitra veena (Indian stringed instrument)

Vielle (French hurdy gurdy)

Vihuela (Spanish 2-string guitar)

Viola

Viola d’amore

Viola da gamba

Viola organista

Violin

Violotta

Vladimirsky Rozhok

Volinka (Russian bagpipes)

Wagner Tuba

Washboard

Washint (Ethiopian flute)

Washtub bass

Welsh pipes

Whip

Whistle

Willow flute

Wind Chimes

Xalam/ khalam (West African Banjo-like instrument)

Xiao (Chinese flute)

Xiaodihu (tenor erhu)

Xun (Chinese flute)

Xylophone

Xylorimba (extended range xylophone)

Yang chi’in (Chinese zither)

Yang Chin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)

Yayli tanbur (Turkish lute)

Yazheng (Chinese zither)

Yehu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Yu (Chinese bamboo pipes)

Yueh Ch’in (Chinese lute)

Yun Lo (Chinese gong)

Zampogna (Italian bagpipe)

Zaqq (Maltese bagpipe)

Zhongdihu (bass erhu)

Zhuihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Zither

Zonghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)

Zufalo (Italian flute)

Zurna (Turkish serunai)

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