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Sitar - India
A plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Indian classical music, featuring a long neck and a gourd body. It has sympathetic strings that resonate with the played notes.
Djembe - West Africa
A rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originating from West Africa. It is a versatile drum that can produce a wide range of tones.
Cuatro - Venezuela
A small, four-stringed guitar originating from Venezuela. It is used in genres such as folk and joropo music.
Didgeridoo - Australia
A wind instrument traditionally made from hollowed-out eucalyptus wood. It is played with continuous respiratory technique called circular breathing.
Steelpan - Trinidad and Tobago
A musical instrument made from an oil barrel. It's played with mallets and is central to the music of Trinidad and Tobago, especially Calypso.
Oud - Middle East
A pear-shaped stringed instrument resembling a lute, used in traditional Middle Eastern music. It has a fretless neck and usually has 11 strings.
Balalaika - Russia
A Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden body and three strings that is typically played by strumming or plucking.
Uilleann Pipes - Ireland
A complex bagpipe setup, characterized by its rich and sweet tone, comprising of a bellows blown bag, chanter, drones, and regulators for harmonic accompaniment.
Erhu - China
A two-stringed bowed musical instrument, sometimes known as a Chinese violin, played vertically and used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras.
Gamelan - Indonesia
An ensemble of predominantly percussive instruments such as metallophones, drums, gongs, bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. It's central to the music of Java, Bali, and Lombok.
Ney - Turkey/Iran
An end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music. The ney is a reed flute and one of the oldest musical instruments still in use.
Koto - Japan
A traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument, similar to a zither, typically with 13 strings that are played seated on the floor.
Bodhrán - Ireland
An Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm. The body's depth ranges from a few inches to about a foot.
Kamancheh - Iran
A bowed string instrument with a long neck and a round body, known for its mournful and melodic tones, used in Persian classical music and related styles.
Tabla - India
A pair of drums consisting of a small right hand drum called dayan and a larger left hand drum called bayan, used primarily in Hindustani classical music and for accompaniment in other Indian music forms.
Bandoneón - Argentina/Germany
A type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay, essential for playing tango music. It is a free-reed instrument with a comprehensive and rich sound.
Mbira - Zimbabwe
An African musical instrument consisting of a wooden board with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs.
Hardanger fiddle - Norway
A traditional stringed instrument similar to a violin but with additional sympathetic strings that resonate under the influence of the four main strings. Used in Norwegian folk music.
Bagpipes - Scotland
A woodwind instrument with a bag made of animal skin or synthetic materials which is inflated by a blowpipe. Melodies are played on the chanter, while the drone pipes produce a constant tone.
Marimba - Central America
A percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with yarn or rubber mallets to produce musical tones. Often used in folk music and modern ensembles.
Charango - Bolivia/Peru
A small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo. It is a key instrument in the traditional music of the Andes.
Pandeiro - Brazil
A type of hand frame drum with metal jingles, similar to a tambourine. It is widely used in samba, choro, and other Brazilian music genres.
Guqin - China
A plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family. It has a rich history of ancient literature and philosophy and is often associated with scholars and sages.
Accordion - Germany/Italy
A portable free-reed instrument with a keyboard and bellows, producing sound by forcing air through reeds tuned to different pitches. It's used across a variety of genres from folk to classical.
Gayageum - Korea
A traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, though more modern versions have 21 or more strings. It is played by plucking with fingers, or with a bamboo stick.
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