- Abc List Musical Instruments
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This is a list of musical instrument know around the world. We will over time be adding sound files plus a short history of each instrument
| Instrument | Sound File | History |
| Accordion | Click to hear an accordion | |
| Acoustic bass guitar | ||
| Acoustic guitar | Click to hear a Acoustic Guitar | |
| Acoustic bass guitar | Click to hear a Acoustic Bass Guitar | |
| Aeolian Harp | ||
| Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum) | ||
| Agung (Philippine gong) | ||
| Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle) | ||
| Ajaeng | ||
| Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe) | ||
| Alphorn | Click to hear a Alphorn | |
| Alpine bell | ||
| Alto clarinet | ||
| Alto flute | ||
| Alto horn | ||
| Alto sarrusophone | ||
| Alto saxophone | ||
| Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle) | Click to hear an Angklung | |
| Appalachian dulcimer | Click to hear an Appalachian dulcimer | |
| Archlute | (Spanish archilaúd, Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian Архилютня) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600) | |
| Arghul (Arabic double pipe) | Click to hear an Arghul | |
| 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) | Click to hear an Balalaika | |
| Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru) | ||
| Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina) | ||
| Bandurria (Spanish / Latin American plucked lute) | ||
| Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Banjo | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Bass Guitar | |
| Bass sarrusophone | ||
| Bass saxophone | ||
| Bass / baritone oboe | ||
| Basse a Pistons (French Euphonium) | ||
| Basse Cor | ||
| Basset clarinet | ||
| Basset horn | ||
| Bassoon | Click to hear a 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) | ||
| Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells) | ||
| Castanets | ||
| Cavaco (Spanish guitar) | ||
| Cavaquinho (Portuguese guitar) | ||
| Caxixi (Brazilian idiophone) | ||
| Celesta (idiophone) invented 1886 in Paris by Auguste Mustel. | Click to hear a Celesta | |
| Cello | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Bb 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 | Click to hear a Cymbals | |
| 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 | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Electric Guitar | |
| Electric organ | Click to hear a Electric Organ | |
| Electric piano | ||
| Electronic: | ||
| English Horn/ Cor Anglais (French tenor Oboe) | ||
| Erhu (Chinese violin) | ||
| Erxian (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Euphonium | Click to hear a Euphonium | |
| Fangxiang (Chinese metallophone) | ||
| Fiddle | ||
| Finger Cymbals | ||
| Fingerboard synthesizer | ||
| Fiscarmonica (Italian Accordian) | ||
| Flageolets | ||
| Flugelhorn | ||
| Flute | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Glockenspiel | |
| Gong | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Harp | |
| Harp guitar | ||
| Harpsichord | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Hunting Horn | |
| Huqin (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Hurdy Gurdy | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Japanese Bamboo Flute | |
| Jew’s harp | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Oboe | |
| Oboe d’amore | ||
| Oboe da caccia | ||
| Ocarina | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Pipe Organ | Organ History |
| Overtone guitar | ||
| Paixiao (Chinese flute) | ||
| Palendang (Philippine flute) | ||
| Pan pipes | ||
| Pastoral pipes | ||
| Piano | Click to hear a piano | Piano History |
| 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 | Click to hear a Ratchet | |
| Rattle | ||
| Rebab (Arabic bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Rebec (15th/ 16th century rebab) | ||
| Recorder (Descant) | Click to hear a 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) | Click to hear a Sitar | |
| Sleigh Bells | Click to hear a Sleigh Bells | |
| Slide guitar | ||
| Slide whistle | ||
| Slit drum | ||
| Snare Drum | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Tenor Sax | |
| 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 | Click to hear a Triangle | |
| Tro u (Cambodian bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Tromba marina (European stringed instrument) | ||
| Trombone | Click to hear a Trombone | |
| Tromboon/ babone | ||
| Trompeta china (Cuban suona) | ||
| Trumpet | ||
| Trumpet Bb | Click to hear a Bb Trumpet | |
| Tsampouna (Greek bagpipe) | ||
| Tsuri-daiko (Japanese hanging drum) | ||
| Tuba | Click to hear a 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 | Click to hear a Vibraphone/ vibraharp | |
| Vichitra veena (Indian stringed instrument) | ||
| Vielle (French hurdy gurdy) | ||
| Vihuela (Spanish 2-string guitar) | ||
| Viola | Click to hear a Viola | |
| Viola d’amore | ||
| Viola da gamba | ||
| Viola organista | ||
| Violin | Click to hear a Violin | |
| Violotta | ||
| Vladimirsky Rozhok | ||
| Volinka (Russian bagpipes) | ||
| Wagner Tuba | ||
| Washboard | ||
| Washint (Ethiopian flute) | ||
| Washtub bass | ||
| Welsh pipes | ||
| Whip | Click to hear a Whip | |
| Whistle | Click to hear a Whistle | |
| Willow flute | ||
| Wind Chimes | ||
| Xalam/ khalam (West African Banjo-like instrument) | ||
| Xiao (Chinese flute) | ||
| Xiaodihu (tenor erhu) | ||
| Xun (Chinese flute) | ||
| Xylophone | Click to hear a Xylophones | |
| 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 | Click to hear a Zither | |
| Zonghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) | ||
| Zufalo (Italian flute) | ||
| Zurna (Turkish serunai) |
Nabal – Straight brass horn, about 114 cm long, used in Korean nongak rural traditional music as well as daechwita (military processions). The nabal signals the beginning and end of nongak performances. Also known as napal.
Nagado-daiko – Long-bodied drum with a body made out of wood and cow-skin head. Also known as miya daiko (shrine drum) and odaiko (big drum). Japan.
Nai – Diatonic panpipes with a curved row of 20 pipes, of different lengths and diameters. The pipes are made out of wood bamboo or reed. Romania.
Nanga – 1. Small seven-string rectangular box-harp from Uganda. 2. Congolese arched harp.
Nangara – 1. A kettle drum from Rajasthan. India. 2. A 50 cm tall drum of the Teda people from northwest Chad played with sticks.
Nao – A pair of large cymbals. Variations: nao bo. China.
Naqqara – North African and Middle Eastern kettledrums played in pairs. The rounded part of a naqqara is made of baked clay. Name variations: naqqarat.
Naqus – North African and Middle Eastern percussion instrument that consists of small brass cymbals struck with iron sticks.
Narimono – Percussive musical instruments such as wooden blocks, bells and cymbals. Japan.
Native American flute – An end-blown block flute.
Abc List Musical Instruments
N’der – A solo Wolof long drum, with open bottom, used in a sabar drum set. Senegal.
Ndingidi – One stringed tube fiddle from Buganda. Uganda.
Ndomu – Efe Pygmy bow harp. Efés usually have five tuning pegs. Previously, the five strings were made out of vegetal material, but these days they are made out of imported metal wire. Democratic Republic of Congo
Ndongo – Eight-stringed bowl lyre of the Baganda. The body is made out of wood with the sound table made out of snake skin. Uganda.
Negarit – A large kettledrum, played with sticks. Ethiopia.
Nentsi – Canadian Inuit hand drum.
Ney – Middle Eastern flute. The Ney, which is probably the oldest pitched instrument known to man, is an oblique rim blown reed flute with five finger holes in front and one thumb hole in the back.
Instrument Starting With I
One of the principle instruments of classical Persian and Turkish music, the ney has a range of two and a half octaves. The upper end is covered by a short brass cylinder that is anchored in the tiny space between the upper incisives of the player. The sound is produced when a stream of air is directed by the tongue toward the opening of the instrument. In this way, sound is produced behind the upper teeth, inside the mouth that gives the ney a distinct timbre than that of the sound produced by the lips on the outside of the mouth.
Ney anban – Bagpipe from southern Iran with the body made out of goat skin. Also known as ney-hanbān, ney-anbun, ney ammbooni, nai-ambana hanbun, hanbuneh, nay-anban, Ney-anbon.
Ney hindi – Indian flute used in the Persian Gulf region of Iran.
Nga – Tibetan drum.
Nga chen – Large pan-like bass drums used by Tibetan monks in Buddhist rites. They are struck by large curved drumsticks.
Ngoni – A small traditional four-stringed lute in the form of a teardrop. The body is made of wood or calabash with goat skin head stretched over it. Also known as koni in Gambia. Mali.
Ngombi – A stringed instrument from the Baka forest people of southeast Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The strings are made from fibers that run the length of a bamboo stem. If a string breaks, another can be separated from the body of the instrument. It is also known as the arched harp.
Njarka – One-string fiddle made from a gourd, stringed with the tail-hair of a horse. Mali.
Njurkle – A one-stringed lute. Mali.
Nkaniká – Afro-Cuban bells.
Instrument Starting With F
Nkomo – Afro-Cuban abakuá drum, related to the ekomo drum from Calabar (Nigeria).
Nogo – Pellet drums with knotted thongs. Korea.
Instrument Starting With M
Nohkan – A bamboo transverse flute with a three octave range. Japan.
Northumbrian smallpipes – An English bellows-blown bagpipe with a small cylindrical closed-end chanter, and 3 or 4 drones.
Nsansi – A thumb piano from Mozambique. Also spelled sansi.
Numan khuur – Mongolian bow drum.
Nyanyero – A one-string gourd fiddle. There are similar instruments throughout West Africa, including the goje, goge, gonjey, gonje, njarka, n’ko, riti and nyanyeru. Gambia.
Musical Instrument Starting With C
Nyatiti – An 8-string lyre. The body is made out of carved wood covered in goat skin. Kenya.
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Nyunga nyunga – An mbira with fewer keys. Sometimes known as beginner’s mbira. Zimbabwe.
Nyckelharpa – Keyed fiddle used throughout Scandinavia and northern Germany. The modern nyckelharpa has 16 strings: three melodic, one drone and 12 sympathetic. It has 37 wooden keys arranged to slide under the strings. The player uses a short bow with the right hand and pushes the keys with the left.
All The Instruments Names
Musicians and groups that use the nyckelharpa include: Ampron Prunni (Finland), Ana Alcaide (Spain), Bazar Bla (Sweden), Bukkene Bruse (Norway), Dråm (Sweden), Olov Johansson (Sweden), Griselda Sanderson (Scotland), Peter Puma Hedlund (Sweden), Ranarim (Sweden), and Vasen (Sweden).