List of Musical Instruments

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Accordion||Acoustic bass guitar ||Acoustic guitar||Acoustic bass guitar ||Aeolian Harp ||Agung a Tamlang (Philippine slit drum) ||Agung (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 nottolini (Italian hooked harp) ||Arpeggione (Italian six-string) ||Array Mbira (African thumb piano) ||Aru-ding or kubing (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 shaped like a flute) ||Bayan (Russian Accordion) ||Bazooka (telescopic brass tubing) ||Bell ||Berimbau (Brazilian musical bow) ||Bianqing (Chinese stone chimes) ||Bianzhong (Chinese bronze bells ) ||Bifora (Sicilian 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)||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) ||Chitarrone (lower-toned lute) ||Chitarra battente (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 (seashell horn) ||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 ||Jiaohu (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)