List of musical instruments
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments.
Percussion instruments
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Idiophones
| Instrument | Picture | Classification | H-S Number | Origin | Common classification | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme siren | File:Hudsons The ACME City Patent Whistle (13187381764).jpg | aerophones | 112.122 | England. Developed and patented in 1895. Acme is the trade name of J Hudson & Co of Birmingham, England. It was sometimes known as "the cyclist's road clearer" | unpitched percussion | whistle |
| Afoxé | File:Abe agbe afoxe.jpg | idiophones | 112.122 | Edo (Nigeria), Brazil. Afro Brazilian musical instrument. | unpitched percussion | bell |
| Agogô | File:Modern-Agogo.jpg | idiophones | 111.242 | Yoruba | unpitched percussion | bell |
| Agung | File:Agung 08.jpg | idiophones | 111.241.2 | Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines | unpitched percussion | slit drum |
| Agung a tamlang | File:Agung a Tamlang.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | Philippines Maguindanao | unpitched percussion | slit drum |
| Portative Air horn | File:Italian Gas Horn.JPG | aerophones | 423 | United States | noise-makers | air horn |
| Alarm | File:Old-style fire alarm horn.jpg | aerophones | noise-makers | |||
| Angklung | File:Eight-pitch Angklung, Mitchell Park, Milwaukee.jpg | idiophones | 111.232 | Indonesia | pitched percussion | |
Anvil
|
File:Hemmoor -Oldtimer Ausstellung - dängeln - 2018 by-RaBoe 16.jpg | idiophones | Anvil is an unconventional musical instrument | unpitched percussion | anvil | |
| Apito | File:SambaWhistle.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.11 | Brazil, Also known as samba whistle | unpitched percussion | whistle |
| Array mbira | File:Arraymbiraplayed.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Axatse | File:Axatse.JPG | Idiophone | 454.456 | Ghana | Unpitched | |
| Babendil | File:Babendil 01.jpg | idiophones | 111.242.1 | Philippines | unpitched percussion | |
| Bak | File:Bak EthnM.jpg | idiophones | 111.12 | Korea | ||
| Bamboo slit drum | idiophones | 111.24 | Africa, Asia | unpitched percussion | slit drum | |
| Balafon | File:Balafoon.jpg | idiophones | 111.212 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal | pitched percussion | keyboard |
| Batá drum | File:Bata drums.jpg | idiophones | 211.242.12 | Cuba, Nigeria, Yoruba | ||
| Bell | File:CAMPA1965.JPG | aerophones | 412.132 | China, similar to a percussion versions of a whistle | noise-makers | bell |
| Bell tree | File:Belltree.svg | idiophones | 111.242.221 | |||
| Bianzhong | File:Bianzhong.jpg | Idiophone | China | |||
| Binzasara | File:Binzasara 2.jpg | Idiophone | Japan | |||
| Boatswain's call | File:Silbato.jpg | aerophones | Traditional to navies | unpitched percussion | whistle | |
| Bonang | File:Bonang barung and panerus. STSI Surakarta.jpg | Idiophone | Indonesia | Percussion instrument | Gong | |
| Bones | Idiophone | 111.11 | ||||
| Boomwhacker | File:Boomwhaker diatonic playing.jpg | Idiophone | US | Pitched | Plastic percussion tubes | |
| Bungkaka | File:Bungkaka.JPG | Idiophone | 111.231 | Philippines | percussion instrument | |
| Cabasa | File:Cabasa.jpg | idiophones | 112.122 | Africa | percussion | |
| Cajón | File:Leon-Mobley-Dec-31-04.jpg | idiophones | 111.2 | Peru | unpitched percussion | box drum |
| Cajón de rumba | File:Mahogany Supertumba by 63rd Street Percussion.jpg | Idiophone | 111.24 | Cuba | Unpitched | |
| Calung | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Xylofoon van bamboe met vijftien toetsen onderdeel van tjalung-ensemble TMnr 1029-11a.jpg | idiophones | 111.232 | indonesia | ||
| Carillon | File:Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount-Royal 8126.jpg | idiophones | 111.242.2 | Low Countries | pitched percussion | bell |
| Castanets (Palillos) | File:Castanets.jpg | idiophones | 111.141 | Spain | unpitched percussion | |
| Catá | File:Catá (1980s-90s) used by Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría - Smithsonian Museum (2013-03-16 14.06.04 by Tyffer Y) clip.jpg | idiophones | 111.231 | Cuba | ||
| Caxirola | File:Carlinhos Brown com Caxirolas.jpg | idiophones | Brazil | unpitched percussion | ||
| Caxixi | File:Caxixi.jpg | idiophones | 111.141 | West Africa, Brazil | ||
| Chácaras | File:Chakara.JPG | idiophones | Canary Islands | unpitched percussion | ||
| Chengila | File:Chengila at District Heritage Museum, Palakkad DSC 3840 (cropped).jpg | idiophones | Indian | |||
| Chime bar | File:Bar chime.JPG | idiophones | 111.221 | |||
| Chocalho | File:Chocalho small.jpg | idiophones | 112.112 | |||
| Chimes | File:Chimes at XULA.jpg | idiophones | 412.132 | pitched percussion | bell | |
| Chimta | idiophones | South Asia | ||||
| Ching | idiophones | 111.142 | Cambodia and Thailand | cymbals | ||
| Clapstick | File:Clapsticks.JPG | idiophones | Australia | unpitched percussion | clave sticks | |
| Clash cymbals | File:Chinese New Year Seattle 2007 - 25.jpg | idiophones | 111.142 | unpitched | ||
| Claves | File:Claves.jpg | idiophones | 111.11 | Australia | unpitched percussion | clave sticks |
| Cowbell | File:Koebel.jpg | idiophones | 111.242 | Switzerland | unpitched percussion | bell |
| Crotales | File:Crotales1.jpg | idiophones | 111.22 | pitched percussion | cymbal | |
| Cymbal | File:Bellotti Cymbal.JPG | idiophones | Romania | unpitched percussion | bell | |
| Cymbals | File:Stagg cymbals.jpg | idiophones | United States | unpitched percussion | bells | |
| Daxophone | File:Daxophone.jpg | idiophones | 132.1 | Germany | Pitched | |
| Drum kit | File:3D printed drums - CES 2014 (2014-01-08 11.36.59 by tales of a wandering youkai).jpg | idiophones and membranophones | 1/2 | North American | percussion | drum |
| Egg shaker | File:Ganza 10cm.JPG | Idiophones | 112.13 | |||
| Ekwe | File:Ekwe.jpg | Idiophones | Nigeria | unpitched percussion | silt drum | |
| Erikundi | File:Hn caxixi baqueta vadero.jpg | idiophones | 111.141 | Latin America | unpitched percussion | maracas |
| Ferrinho | idiophones | Cape Verde | unpitched percussion | |||
| Firecracker | File:Firecracker String.jpg | pyrophones | unpitched percussion | |||
| Flapamba | File:Flapamba (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | idiophones | 111.212 | USA | percussion | |
| Flexatone | File:Flexatone Apr2005.jpg | idiophones | 112.12 | pitched percussion | ||
| Gabbang | File:Philippine Gabbang.jpg | idiophones | Philippine | percussion | ||
| Gambang | File:Gambang at Muzium Negeri Terengganu 20240227 103036.jpg | idiophones | Indonesian | percussion | ||
| Gandingan | File:Gandingan 01.jpg | idiophones | Philippines | |||
| Gangsa | File:Gamelan of Bali 200507-1.jpg | idiophones | Indonesia | percussion | Metallophone | |
| Ganzá | File:Ganzá.jpg | idiophones | 112 | Brazil | percussion | |
| Gendèr | File:Traditional indonesian instrument being played at the indonesian embassy.jpg | idiophones | 111.222 | indonesia | ||
| Genggong | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mondharp van bamboe TMnr A-979.jpg | idiophones | 111.21 | indonesia | ||
| Ghatam | File:Ghatam.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | India | unpitched percussion | |
| Ghungroo | File:Ghungroo.jpg | idiophones | India | unpitched percussion | ||
| Glockenspiel | File:Glockenspiel.jpg | idiophones | 111.212 | France/Germany | pitched percussion | keyboard |
| Gogona | File:গগণা.JPG | idiophones | 121.22 | India | ||
| Gong | File:Gong.jpg | idiophones | 111.241.1 | |||
| Gong ageng | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong (gamelan instrument) Kempul TMnr 4423-2.jpg | idiophones | 111.241 | Indonesia | ||
| Gonguê | File:Gonguê.jpg | idiophones | 111.242 | Brazil | ||
| Guayo | File:Güayo (5093952811).jpg | idiophones | 112.23 | Cuban | ||
| Güira | File:Guira from Dominican Repub.jpg | Idiophone | 112.23 | Dominican Republic | ||
| Güiro | File:Modern fibreglass guiro.jpeg | idiophones | 112.23 | Cuba, Panama | unpitched percussion | |
| Handbells | File:Hand bells hung from stand (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | idiophones | 111.242.222 | England, North America | pitched percussion | |
| Handchime | File:Hand Chimes.jpg | Idiophone | 111.231 | |||
| Handpan | idiophones | 111.24 | pitched percussion | steelpan | ||
| Hang | File:Panart-freies-integrales-hang.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | pitched percussion | handpan | |
| Hi-hat | File:Hihat123.jpg | Idiophone | 111.142 | |||
| Hosho | Idiophone | 112.13 | Zimbabwe | |||
| Hyōshigi | File:Hyoshigi01.jpg | Idiophone | 111.11 | Japan | ||
| Jam block | File:Jam Block on white background.jpg | Idiophone | 111.2 | |||
| Jew's harp | Idiophone | 121.22 | ||||
| Kagul | Idiophone | 112.23 | Philippine | |||
| Kagura suzu | Idiophone | 211.11 | Japan | |||
| Kalimba | File:Kalimba - Royal Museum for Central Africa - DSC07085.JPG | idiophones | 122.1 | Zimbabwe | pitched percussion | Mbira [1] |
| Karinding | File:Karinding-West Javan je'ws harp.JPG | idiophones | Indonesia | |||
| Kayamb (Kayamba) | File:Kayamb dsc01292.jpg | idiophones | Africa | |||
| Kecer | Idiophone | 111.142 | indonesia | |||
| Kemanak | idiophones | Indonesia | unpitched percussion | |||
| Kempul | File:Traditional indonesian instruments04.jpg | idiophones | Indonesia | percussion | ||
| Kenong | Idiophone | 111.241.2 | indonesia | |||
| Khartal | File:Khartal1.jpg | idiophones | Mauritius, Réunion | cymbals | ||
| Klaxon | File:Taxi Horns for Gershwin's "American in Paris".jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | United States | noise-makers | air horn |
| Kouxian | File:5 Leaf Kouxian.jpg | idiophones | 121.2 | China | ||
| Krakeb | File:Qaraqib.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Kulintang | File:Kulintang 03.jpg | idiophones | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines | Xylophone | ||
| Kulintang a kayo | File:Kulintang a Kayo 01.jpg | idiophones | Philippines | xylophone | ||
| Kulintang a tiniok | File:Sarunay.jpg | idiophones | Philippines | metallophone | ||
| Lagguti | File:Laqqutu.jpg | idiophones | 111.2 | percussion | ||
| Lujon | File:Lujon (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | idiophone | 111.222 | USA | percussion | metallophone |
| Maraca | idiophones | 112.1 | Venezuela | unpitched percussion | ||
| Marching machine | File:Marching Machine.jpg | idiophones | percussion instrument | |||
| Marimba | File:Marimba-Antonko-AMC12.jpg | idiophones | 111.212 | Africa, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, & Costa Rica | pitched percussion | Xylophone |
| Mark tree | File:Meinl CH-12 Chimes.jpg | idiophones | 111.232 | United States | Unpitched | |
| Mbira | idiophones | 122.1 | Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe | pitched percussion | keyboard | |
| Metallophone | idiophones | 111.212 | Asia | pitched percussion | xylophone | |
| Mechanical music box | File:Komet in Siak.JPG | idiophones | 111 | pitched percussion | music box | |
| Mukkuri | File:Mukkuri.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Nail violin | File:Nail violin,Bohemia.jpg | idiophones | 131.2 | Sets of friction sticks | ||
| Noisemaker | File:Noisemakers.jpg | idiophones and aerophones | Noisemaker is a musical instrument which is not Used for music but rather for noisemaking | unpitched percussion | musical instrument | |
| Octa-Vibraphone | idiophones | United States | percussion | keyboard | ||
| Pahū Pounamu | idiophones | New Zealand, Traditional Maori Gong | tam-tam | |||
| Pattala | File:Pattala.JPG | idiophones | Burmese | |||
| Pat kon | File:Kong mon គងមន or Khong mon ฆ้องมอญ.jpg | idiophones | Burmese | |||
Piano (pianoforte)
|
chordophones | 314.122-4-8 | Italy | stringed instruments | keyboard
| |
| Pixiphone | Idiophone | 111.212 | England | |||
| Pong lang | Idiophone | 111.212 | Thailand | Percussion instrument | ||
| Qairaq (Kairak) | idiophones | 111.1 112.1 |
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | percussion | castanets | |
| Quadrangularis Reversum | idiophones | 111.212 | United States | percussion | xylophone | |
| Rainstick | aerophones | 112.1 | Mexico | noise makers | whip | |
| Rakatak | File:Rakatak.jpg | Idiophone | 234.345 | Ghana | ||
| Ranat ek | Idiophone | Thailand | ||||
| Ranat ek lek | File:Ranat ek lek.jpg | Idiophone | Thailand | |||
| Ranat thum | File:Ranat thum.jpg | Idiophone | Thailand | |||
| Ranat thum lek | File:Ranat thum lek.jpg | Idiophone | Thailand | |||
| Ratchet | File:Xerrac, Museu de la Música de Barcelona.jpg | idiophones | 111.222 | Also known as, Cog Rattle | noise-makers | ratchet |
| Reyong | File:Gamelan of Bali 200507-4.jpg | idiophones | indonesia | percussion | ||
| Sandpaper blocks | Idiophones | unpitched percussion | ||||
| Saron | Idiophones | 111.222 | Indonesia | |||
| Semantron | Idiophones | |||||
| Shekere | File:Shekere.jpg | idiophones | 112.122 | Yorubaland ,West Africa, Nigeria, Benin and Togo | percussion | |
| Shōko | File:Shoko.JPG | Idiophones | Japan | |||
| Singing Bowl | File:Nepalese singing bowl.JPG | idiophones | Himalayas | pitched percussion | ||
| Sistrum | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Sistrum voor het slaan van de maat tijdens kerkelijke gezangen TMnr 5203-2.jpg | idiophones | percussion | |||
| Slit drum | File:TamTam.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | slit drum | ||
| Spoon | idiophones | 111.14 | Greece, Russia, Turkey | unpitched percussion | ||
| Skrabalai | File:Skrabalai.gif | idiophones | 111.242.222 | Lithuania | ||
| Slenthem | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Metallofoon bestaande uit zeven toetsen en een onderstel onderdeel van gamelan Slendro TMnr 500-1.jpg | idiophones | 111.222 | Indonesia | Pitched | |
| Steelpan | File:Trespés, tixola e chave.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | Trinidad & Tobago | pitched percussion | drum |
| Steel tongue drum | File:Steel tongue drum pentatonic F 432.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | India, which is not a true slit drum but rather a steelpan | pitched percussion | drum |
| Talempong | File:Talempong - Sumatra Barat.jpg | idiophones | Indonesia | Percussion instrument | ||
| Tam-tam | File:Gong.jpg | idiophones | Traditional to Orchestra | unpitched percussion | gong | |
| Tambourine | File:Pandeiro new 30-09-07.jpg | idiophones | 211.311 | Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Iran, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates | unpitched percussion | frame drum |
| Tambourine de Bearn | File:Espartenhas - Campestral 2016 au Passage d'Agen (1).jpg | idiophones | 314.122 | Iberian peninsula | pitched percussion | string drum |
| Taxi horn | File:Horn (instrument).jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | noise makers | air horn | |
| Temple blocks | File:Modern Templeblocks.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | East Asia | slit drum | |
| Teponaztli | File:Teponaztli.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico | slit drum | |
| Thattai | File:Play instrument THATTAI.jpg | idiophones | India | |||
| Thongophone | File:From Scratch 923.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Tingsha | File:Tingsha.jpg | idiophones | 111.142 | Tibet | ||
| Trash Tube | File:Trash Tube in use.jpg | idiophones | United States | unpitched percussion | Güiro | |
| Triangle | File:Triangle 001.jpg | idiophones | 111.211 | Cajuns | unpitched percussion | triangle |
| Trīdeksnis | File:1850. gada Kurzemes trīdeksnis no Apriķiem ( BDM 7904).png | idiophones | 112.112 | Percussion instrument | ||
| Tubaphone | File:Viscount Bells (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | idiophones | 111.232 | |||
| Turkish crescent | File:Osmanischer Schellenbaum.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Txalaparta | File:Txalaparta performance.JPG | idiophones | 111.222 | Basque | unpitched percussion | |
| Udu | File:Udu.jpg | idiophones | Nigeria | |||
| Ulla | File:궁중음악 (국립고궁박물관 지하 1층) 운라.jpg | idiophones | korea | percussion | Gong | |
| Vibraphone | File:Vibraphone.jpg | idiophones | 111.222 | pitched percussion | Xylophone | |
| Vibraslap | File:Vibraslap1.jpg | idiophones | 112.12 | United States | ||
| Washboard | File:Vaskebrett.JPG | idiophones | United States | unpitched percussion | Cajuns | |
| Whamola | File:20060614 - claypool playing the whamola.jpg | chordohones | 311.122 | United States. Similar to percussion versions of Bladder fiddle | pitched percussion | string drum |
| Whip | File:Ludwig Slapstick.JPG | aerophones | 411 | noise makers | whip | |
Whistle
|
File:Pea Whistle.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.11 | fipple flutes | whistle | |
| Wind chime | File:Windchimes 02.jpg | idiophones | × | The Wind chime is a musical instrument that is played by the Wind | unpitched percussion | chimes |
| Wind machine | File:Ravensburg Konzerthaus Historische Klangerzeuger Windmaschine.jpg | Idiophone | 13 | |||
| Wood block | File:TubularWoodBlock.jpg | idiophones | 111.24 | unpitched percussion | drum | |
| Wooden fish | File:Guanghuasi muyu.JPG | idiophones | 111.24 | China | ||
| Wood scraper block | File:Wood-agogo.jpg | idiophones | ||||
| Xylophone | File:(Xylophone) Centro Histórico Quito.JPG | idiophones | 111.212 | pitched percussion | Xylophone | |
| Xylorimba | File:Xylorimba (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | idiophones | 111.212 | pitched | ||
| Yu | File:台南市孔廟文物收藏樂器.JPG | idiophones | China | percussion instrument | ||
| Zatula | Idiophone | 112.2 | Ukraine | Unpitched | ||
| Zhu | File:柷 Zhu.jpg | Idiophone | China | percussion instrument | ||
| Zill | idiophones | 111.142 | Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey | unpitched percussion | cymbals |
Membranophones
| Instrument | Picture | Classification | H-S Number | Origin | Common classification | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adufe | File:Vea.adufe.png | membranophones | 211.311 | Portugal | percussion | Frame drum |
| Agida | membranophones | 201.212 | Suriname | percussion | bass drum | |
| Alfaia | File:Music instrument alfaia.jpg | membranophones | 211.212.1 | Brazil | percussion | |
| Apinti | membranophones | 211.212 | Suriname | percussion | tenor drum | |
| Arobapá | membranophones | 211.21 | Cuba | percussion | drum | |
| Ashiko | File:Ashiko.jpg | membranophones | 211.251.1 | Yoruba | percussion | djembe |
| Atabaque | File:Atabaque (confeccionado por Pancho Piñones).JPG | membranophones | 211.221.1 | Brazil | percussion | |
| Atumpan | File:La paire de tambours d'atumpan (vu avec les symboles).jpg | Membranophone | 211.221.1 | Ghana | ||
| Baboula | membranophones | 211.221.1 | Grenada | percussion | barrel drum | |
| Balaban | membranophones | 211.311 | Montserrat | percussion | frame drum | |
| Balsié | membranophones | 2 | Dominican Republic | percussion | drum | |
| Bamboula | File:Bamboula-drum.jpg | membranophones | 211.211.2 | Haiti | percussion | drum |
| Bangu | File:Bangu (Drum), Tengwangge (Prince of Teng Pavilion) (31393523212).jpg | membranophones | Chinese | percussion | frame drum | |
| Bara | membranophones | 211.11 | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali | percussion | ||
| Barrel drum | membranophones | 211.222 | Cuba | percussion | barrel drum | |
| Barriles -buleador (large) -primo -repicador -subidor (small) |
membranophones | 211.221.2 | Puerto Rico | percussion | barrel drum | |
| Bass drum | File:Bass drum.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | percussion | bass drum | |
| Bedug | File:Bedug at Istiqlal Mosque.jpg | membranophones | 211.212.1 | Indonesia | percussion | |
| Bendir | File:Bendir.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | North Africa | ||
| Bodhrán | File:Bodhran.jpg | membranophones | 211.321 | Ireland, Scotland | percussion | frame drum |
| Bongo drums | File:Bongos Meinl HB100-NT.jpg | membranophones | 211.251.2 | Cuba | percussion | drum |
| Boobam | membranophones | 211.211.1 | United States | percussion | tom-tom | |
| Bougarabou | File:Bougarabou der Firma www.djembe-shop com.jpg | Membranophone | 211.261.2 | West Africa | ||
| Bubon | File:Ukrainian bubon.jpg | Membranophone | 232.311 | Ukraine | ||
| Buhay | File:Бугай (музичний інструмент).jpg | Membranophone | Ukraine | percussion | friction drum | |
| Buk | File:Korea-Gyeongbokgung-Guard.ceremony-14.jpg | Membranophone | 211.222.1 | Korea | ||
| Candombe
chico |
membranophones | 211.221.1 | Uruguay | percussion | conga | |
| Chenda (Chande)
Uruttu chenda Veekku chenda Acchan chenda |
File:Drum & stick.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | India | percussion | drum |
| Conga (Tumbadora)
ricardo (smallest) requinto quinto conga tumba supertumba (largest) |
File:Conga's 01.jpg | membranophones | 211.221.1 | Caribbean | percussion | drum |
| Cuíca | File:Cuica ArM.jpg | membranophones | 231.11 | Brazil | percussion | friction drum |
| Culo'e puya | File:Culepuyas.jpg | membranophones | Venezuela | percussion | drum | |
| Cultrun | File:Cultrun.png | membranophones | Chile | percussion |
drum | |
| Dabakan | File:Dabakan 2.jpg | membranophones | 211.261.2 | Philippines | percussion | goblet drum |
| Daf (Dap, Def) | File:Pair of dafs.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | Iran | percussion | frame drum |
| Damaru | File:Damaru.jpg | membranophones | 211.3 | India, Nepal, Tibet | percussion | drum |
| Damphu drum | File:Damfu nepal.jpg | membranophones | Nepal | |||
| Davul (dhol, tapan, atabal, tabl) | File:Mehter davul.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Middle East | percussion | bass drum |
| Dayereh | File:Daf-Khalaj.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | percussion | drum |
| Den-den daiko | File:Dendendaiko.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | bell |
| Dhak | File:Dhak at Dhakeshwari Temple.jpg | membranophones | Bangladesh, India | percussion | ||
| Dhimay (Dhimaya, Dhime) | membranophones | 211.212 | Nepal | percussion | drum | |
| Dhol | File:Dhol Tasha Player.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | Asia, India, Pakistan | percussion | bass drum |
| Dholak (Dholaki) | File:Dholak dhol drum, one of many percussion instruments of South Asia.jpg | membranophones | 211.222 | Asia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | percussion | barrel drum |
| Dimdi | membranophones | 211.311 | India | percussion | frame drum | |
| Djembe | File:Lenke djembe from Mali.jpeg | membranophones | 211.261.1 | West Africa, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal | percussion | goblet drum |
| Dollu | File:Dollu-kunitha.jpg | membranophones | 211.222.1 | India | percussion | frame drum |
| Dunun (Dundun, Doundoun) | File:Dundun.JPG | membranophones | 211.212.1 | West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal | percussion | drum |
| Fontomfrom | File:Fontomfrom-Orchester EthnM Berlin.jpg | membranophones | Ghana | |||
| Frame drum | File:Bebny szamańskie.jpg | membranophones | 211.3 | |||
| Friction drum | File:Rummelpott.jpg | membranophones | ||||
| Galgo | 211.242.1 | Korea | ||||
| Gran Cassa | membranophones | 211.212 | Italy | percussion | bass drum | |
| Gbedu | File:Drummers of traditional Gbedu drum in Yoruba land of Nigeria.jpg | membranophones | 1 | Yoruba | percussion | drum |
| Goblet drum | File:Goblet drum 01.jpg | membranophones | 211.26 | Egypt, Turkey, other Arab countries | percussion | drum |
| Goema | membranophones | South Africa | ||||
| Gong bass drum | File:Gong Drum (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | membranophones | percussion | |||
| Gudugudu | membranophones | 1 | Yoruba | percussion | Timpani | |
| Gumbe | membranophones | 211.311 | Jamaica, Sierra Leone | |||
| Hand-repique | File:Hand-repique.jpg | membranophones | 211.211.1 | Brazil | ||
| He-drum | File:He-drum.png | membranophones | Chinese | |||
| Hira-daiko | membranophones | 1 | Japan | percussion | drum | |
| Idakka | File:Edakka - Idakka - Edaykka.JPG | membranophones | 211.242.1 | Southern India | percussion | talking drum |
| Igba | File:Igba 1.jpg | Membranophone | ||||
| Ilimba drum | membranophones | 211.11 | Zimbabwe | percussion | gourd drum | |
| Ingoma
Shakwe Inyahura Igihumurizo |
membranophones | 211.212 | Rwanda | percussion | drum | |
| Janggu (Janggo, changgo) | membranophones | 211.242 | Korea | percussion | drum | |
| Jori | membranophones | South Asia | ||||
| Junjung | File:Serer Royal War Drum (Jung-Jung). 19th Century. Jung-Jung From The Kingdom of Sine (in modern day Senegal).jpg | membranophones | 2 | Gambia, Senegal | percussion | |
| Kakko | File:Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 357.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Kanjira | File:Kanjira.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | India | percussion | frame drum |
| Kebero | File:Äthiopien Kirchentrommel Linden-Museum 21084.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Ethiopia | percussion | |
| Kendang (Gendang) | File:Maen kendang.jpg | membranophones | 211.222 | Brunei, Malaysia and Philippines | percussion | drum |
| Khol (Mrdanga) | File:Mridanga 1.jpg | membranophones | 211.232 | India | percussion | drum |
| Klong khaek | File:Klong khaek.jpg | membranophones | Thailand | |||
| Klong yao | Membranophone | Thailand | ||||
| Kpanlogo | File:Kpanlogo public domain.jpg | Membranophone | 211.221.1 | Ghana | ||
| Krakebs | File:Qaraqib.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Algeria, Berbers, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia | percussion | |
| Kundu | File:Kundu drum, from Papua-New Guinea, 20th century.jpg | membranophones | 211.222.1 | papua | ||
| Kus | Membranophone | Persia | ||||
| Lambeg drum | File:Lambegdrumming.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | Ireland | percussion | bass drum |
| Lion's Roar | File:Lion’s Roar instrument.png | membranophones | 232.11 | |||
| Lytavry | File:Литаври українських козаків з 1576.jpg | membranophones | 211.11 | Ukrainian | ||
| Madhalam | File:Maddalam.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | India | percussion | mridangam |
| Madal | File:Nepali woman playing maadal.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | India, Nepal | percussion | drum |
| Maddale | File:Maddale.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | India | percussion | mridangam |
| Maktoum (maktoom, katem) | membranophones | 2 | Afro-Arab | percussion | drum | |
| Makuta | File:Makuta drummers.tif | membranophones | Cuba | |||
| Maram | membranophones | India | percussion | drum | ||
| Mardala | File:Odissi Mardala 5.jpg | membranophones | 211.222.1 | India | percussion | |
| Mazhar | File:Mazhar-egipcio.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | Egypt | percussion | Frame drum |
| Mirwas | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dubbelvellige cilindrische trom TMnr 1081-26.jpg | membranophones | Bahrain, Brunei, Indonesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | percussion | ||
| Morsing | File:JewsHarpCivilWar.jpg | membranophones | 111 | China | percussion | Jew's harp |
| Mridangam | File:Wiki-mridangam.jpg | membranophones | 211.212 | India | percussion | drum |
| Nagara | File:Nagara, MDMB 945.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Asia, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan | percussion | drum |
| Naqareh | File:Diplipito,Tbilisi1.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Azerbaijan, India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | percussion | drum |
| Ney | membranophones | 2 | Turkey, Persia, Syria, Middle East | woodwind | flute | |
| North Drums | File:Prof-pic-HardRockCasinoLV.jpg | membranophones | United States | |||
| O-daiko | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum | |
| Okedo-daiko | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum | |
| Octaban | File:Octobans.jpg | membranophones | 211.211.1 | United States | percussion | boobam |
| Ōtsuzumi | File:Japanese small hand drum,kotsudumi,katori-city,japan.JPG | membranophones | 211.242.1 | Japan | percussion | |
| Padayani thappu | File:Hand-thappu.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | India | percussion | frame drum |
| Pahu | File:Drum (pahu) LACMA M.2008.66.11.jpg | membranophones | Hawaii | |||
| Pakhavaj | membranophones | 211.212 | India | percussion | mridangam | |
| Pandeiro | File:Pandeiro.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | Brazil, Portugal | percussion | frame drum |
| Pandero | File:Pandeireta Galega.JPG | membranophones | 211.3 | Dominican | percussion | frame drum |
| Parai | File:Thaarai Thappattai.jpeg | membranophones | 211.311 | India | percussion | frame drum |
| Qilaut | membranophones | 2 | North American, Nunavut | percussion | ||
| Rebana | membranophones | 211.311 | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia | percussion | frame drum | |
| Resheto | membranophones | 232.311 | Ukrainian | |||
| Repinique | File:Repinique.JPG | Membranophone | 211.212.1 | Brazil | ||
| Sabar | File:Sabar-Lamb.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Gambia, Senegal | percussion | drum |
| Sambal | File:Indian drummer.JPG | membranophones | 2 | India | percussion | drum |
| Samphor | membranophones | 2 | Cambodia | percussion | barrel drum | |
| Shime-daiko Great scream |
File:Shime Daiko drum - Shime Taiko Trommel.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Skor daey | File:Khmer drum 01.jpg | membranophones | Cambodian | percussion | drum | |
| Skor yeam | File:Taphon Mon.jpg | membranophones | Cambodian | percussion | drum | |
| Snare drum | File:Caisse claire.jpg | membranophones | 211.212.11 | percussion | drum | |
| Surdo | File:Olodum-drummers.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Brazil | percussion | bass drum |
| Taarija | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Enkelvellige bekertrom van aardewerk TMnr 2439-33.jpg | membranophones | Moroccan | percussion | drum | |
| Tabla | File:Prop. Tabla.jpg | membranophones | 211.12 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | percussion | drum |
| Tabor | File:Blusa tocando el tamboril.jpg | membranophones | Catalonia | |||
| Taiko | File:Kodo mt.jpg | membranophones | 211.12 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Talking drum | File:TalkingDrum.jpg | membranophones | 211.241.2 | West Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Yoruba | percussion | drum |
| Taphon | File:Thai taphon.jpg | membranophones | 211.222.1 | Thailand | ||
| Tinya | File:Lombards Museum 169.JPG | membranophones | 2 | Perú | percussion | drum |
| Tsukeshime-daiko | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum | |
| Tamalin | membranophones | 211.311 | Ghana | |||
| Tambor huacana | idiophones or membranophones | 1/2 | Mexico | percussion | drum | |
| Tambori | File:Catalan Tamborí and Flabiol 20060418.JPG | membranophones | 1/2 | Andorra, Catalonia, Spain | percussion | drum |
| Tamborim | File:Tamborim.JPG | membranophones | 211.311 | Brazil | percussion | drum |
| Tambourine | File:Meinl CTA2B-BK Tambourine.jpg | membranophones | 211.311 | |||
| Tamborita calentana (Mexico) | membranophones | 1/2 | Mexico | percussion | drum | |
| Tambou bas a dé fas | membranophones | 211.212.2 | Guadeloupe | percussion | bass drum | |
| Tambou bas a yon fas | membranophones | 211.221-7 | Guadeloupe | percussion | bass drum | |
| Tan-tan | File:Tamtam2.JPG | membranophones | 2 | Brazil | percussion | drum |
| Taphon | File:Thai taphon.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Thailand | percussion | drum |
| Tar | membranophones | 211.311 | Saudi Arabia | percussion | frame drum | |
| Tbilat | File:Tbilat,Marokko2.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Morocco, Saudi Arabia | percussion | |
| Thavil | File:Thavilplayer.jpg | membranophones | 2 | India | percussion | drum |
| Thon and rammana | File:Thon-rammana.jpg | membranophones | percussion | drum | ||
| Timbal | File:Timbal.JPG | membranophones | 211.251.1 | Brazil | ||
| Timbales (Pailas) | File:Timbalesy HLTBR-1011 firmy Hayman.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Cuba | percussion | drum |
| Timpani (kettledrum) | File:Munich - Timpani player in an orchestra rehearsal - 5655.jpg | membranophones | 211.11-922 | percussion | drum | |
| Tom-tom drum | File:Tom-tom 12x8.jpg | membranophones | 211.212.1 | percussion | drum | |
| Tombak | File:TOM.BAK.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Iran | percussion | drum |
| Tsuzumi | File:Tsuzumi.jpg | membranophones | 1/2 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Tsuri-daiko | File:162 Museu de la Música, tsuridaiko, tambor japonès.jpg | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Unpitched Repique | File:Repique.JPG | membranophones | 2 | Brazil | percussion | drum |
| Uchiwa-daiko | File:Raging Asian Women 3 (810214966).jpg | membranophones | 2 | Japan | percussion | drum |
| Udukai | File:Udukkku.jpg | membranophones | India and Nepal | Percussion instrument | drum | |
| Urumi | File:1-urumi melam.jpg | membranophones | Tamil Nadu | Percussion instrument | drum | |
| Yuka | Membranophone | Congo | ||||
| Zabumba | File:Alfaias, zabumbas e surdo.JPG | membranophones | 211.212.1 | Brazil |
Other percussion instruments
- Celesta
- Crystallophone
- Glass Harmonica
- Glass harp
- Glasschord
- Hydraulophone
- Plasmaphone
- Pyrophone
- Quintephone
- Sea organ
- Shishi-odoshi (Japan)
- Suikinkutsu (Japanese water zither)
- Wobble board (Australia)
- Waterphone
Wind instruments (aerophones)
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| Instrument | Picture | Classification | H-S Number | Origin | Common classification | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accordina | File:Accordina-carrel.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | France | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Accordion | File:Estrella 24-bass accordion.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Europe | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Accordola | File:Melodicas.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | United States of America | free reed instruments | mouth organ |
| Air horn | File:LeslieS5T.jpg | aerophones | 423 | Plosive? | Trumpet | |
| Alboka | File:Alboka.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Basque Country | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Algaita | File:An algaita player, fulbeized Kapsiki.jpg | aerophones | Niger | reed instruments | ||
| Almpfeiferl | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Austria | woodwinds | flageolet, baroque recorder | |
| Alphorn | File:Alphorn player in Wallis.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.22 | Switzerland | woodwinds | natural trumpet |
| Alto horn | File:Yamaha Alto horn YAH-203.tif | aerophones | 423.232 | Belgium | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Animal vocalization | aerophones | sounds/vocal techniques | human voice | |||
| Arghul | File:Arghul Egypt Kopie.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Egypt, Syria, Turkey | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Askomandoura | File:Askomandoura pipes.jpg | aerophones | ||||
| Atenteben | aerophones | 422.2 | Ghana | woodwinds | flute | |
| Aulochrome | aerophones | 422.212 | Belgium | reed instruments | saxophone | |
| Aulos | File:Double aulos 14411 - 14412.jpg | aerophones | reed instruments | |||
| Aztec death whistle[2] | File:Arkaeology Aztec Death Whistle 2.jpg | aerophones | x | Mexico | aerophone | whistle |
| Bagpipe | File:Abraham Bloemaert - The Bagpiper - WGA02274.jpg | aerophones | 422 | Europe | reed instruments | bagpipe |
| Balaban | File:Balaban Azerbaijani.JPG | aerophones | 422.111.2 | Azerbaijan, Iran | reed instruments | oboe, duduk |
| Bandoneón | File:Buenos Aires - Bandoneon tango player - 7435.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Latin America | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Bansuri | File:Bansuri various scales.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | India | woodwinds | flute |
| Baritone horn | File:Baritonesaxhorn.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Baritone voice | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
| Bass voice | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
| Bassoon | File:FoxBassoon.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2–71 | Western Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
| Bawu | File:Bawuphoto.jpg | aerophones | 412.131 | China | free reed instruments | pitch pipe |
| Bayan | File:Jupiter bayan accordion.JPG | aerophones | 412.132 | Russia | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Bazooka | File:Bob Burns Bazooka.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.11 | Invented 1910s in USA. Name reused for WWII weapon that resembled this instrument. | brass instruments | trumpet or megaphone |
| Beatboxing | File:ZeDe in 2013.png | aerophones | 43 | vocal techniques | human voice | |
| Bifora | File:Piffero.jpg | aerophones | 422.11 | Italy (Sicily) | reed instruments | oboe |
| Birbynė | File:Birbyne front back.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Lithuania | reed instruments | oboe |
| Bleep censor | File:Bleep visual censor.gif | aerophones | vocal techniques | sound effect | ||
| Blul | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Greece | woodwinds | end-blown flute, kaval | |
| Blown bottle
|
File:Hand blown bottle in the Jardins d’Alfàbia.jpg | aerophones | 423.111.1 | North America | trumpets | conch |
Bombard
|
File:Young bombard player - watercolor.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | France | reed instruments | oboe |
| Buccina | File:Buccina 1.png | aerophones | 423.121.21 | Italy (Ancient Rome) | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Bucium | File:Rumänien. Landschaft, Bauten, Volksleben Buciumaș.jpg | aerophones | Romanian | alphorn | ||
| Bugle | File:Bugle-rhside-large-1-.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.22 | Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Bukkehorn | File:Bockhorn - SMV - X22 01.tif | aerophones | 421.221.42 | Norway, Sweden | fipple flutes | ocarina |
| Bullroarer | File:Bull roarers.jpg | aerophones | 41 | Ancient civilizations | noise makers | sirens |
| Calliope | File:Calliope - The Wonderful Operonicon (1874).jpg | aerophones | 421.222.3 | Western Europe/North America | fipple flutes | organ |
| Castrato | File:Bartolomeo Nazari - Portrait of Farinelli 1734 - Royal College of Music London.jpg | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | |
| Chalumeau | File:Chalumeau modern.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | France | reed instruments | clarinet |
Cimbasso
|
File:Cimbasso in Bb by Stowasser SCCHMM-95928 (white bg).jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Italy | brass instruments | trombone |
| Cimpoi | File:Cimpoi romanesc 1.jpg | aerophones | Romanian | Bagpiping | ||
Clarinets
|
File:Aflat clarinet 001.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Germany | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Clarytone | aerophones | 421.221.12 | South Africa, invented in 1991 | fipple flutes | tin whistle | |
| Concertina | File:Wheatstone English Concertina.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Europe | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Conch | File:Antique Japanese horagi (conch shell trumpet).JPG | aerophones | 423.111 | trumpets | conch | |
| Contrabassoon | File:Contrabassoon2.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2–71 | Western Europe | reed instruments | bassoon |
| Contraforte[3] | File:Contraforte.gif | aerophones | 422.112.2–71 | Germany | reed instruments | bassoon |
| Cornamuse | File:Cornamuse.jpg | aerophones | 422.111.2 | Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
| Cornet | aerophones | 423.232 | France | brass instruments | trumpet | |
| Pocket cornet | aerophones | 423.232 | Manufacture began USA in 1870s; used in Jazz and Dixieland music | brass instruments | trumpet | |
| Cornett | File:Three cornetts.jpg | aerophones | 423.2 | Northern Europe | natural trumpets | trumpet |
| Cornu | File:Cornu Aalen.JPG | aerophones | 423.121.21 | Italy (Ancient Rome) | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Corrugaphone | File:Whirlytube.png | aerophones | 411 | noise makers | whip | |
| Countertenor | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
| Cromorne | aerophones | 422.11 | France | reed instruments | oboe | |
Crumhorn
|
File:Moderne Krummhoerner.jpg | aerophones | 422.111.2 | Western Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
| Danso | File:Danso.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Korea | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Death growl | aerophones | 43 | England | vocal techniques | human voice | |
| Dentsivka | aerophones | 421.221-12 | Ukrainian | |||
| Didgeridoo | File:Iban Nikolai - Didgeridoo - Donostia.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.11 | Australia | natural trumpets | trumpet |
| Didjeribone | File:Charlie McMahon Sfinks.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.11 | natural trumpets | didgeridoo | |
| Diple (or dvojnice) | File:Sviranje dipli.JPG | aerophones | 422.21/22 | Croatia | reed instruments | bagpipe |
| Diwas | File:Diwas upce.jpg | aerophones | Philippines | bamboo wind instrument | ||
| Dizi | File:Diffenent sizes of Dizi.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | China | woodwinds | flute |
| Double bell euphonium | File:Arthur lehman.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | United States of America | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Doulophone/cuprophone | aerophones | 423.121.22 | United States | brass instruments | trumpet | |
| Duck call | aerophones | 423 | Plosive? | oboe | ||
| Duduk | File:Duduk (landscape).jpg | aerophones | 422.111.2 | Armenia | reed instruments | oboe |
| Dulcian | File:Dulcians Brussels.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Western Europe | reed instruments | bassoon |
| Dulzaina | File:Dulzaina.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Spain | reed instruments | oboe |
| Dung-Dkar | File:Shankha with rosette.jpg | aerophones | 423.111 | Tibet | trumpets | conch |
| Dvoyanka | File:Двоянка.jpg | aerophones | 4 | Bulgaria | flute | wood |
| Dzhamara | File:Bulgarian kaval in key of D, African blackwood.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Greece | woodwinds | end-blown flute, kaval |
| English horn | File:English Horn picture.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.-71 | Western Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
| Erkencho | File:Erkencho del norte.jpg | aerophones | Gran Chaco | |||
| Euphonium | File:Yamaha Euphonium YEP-621.tif | aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Fife | File:Fife-wooden, civil war era.jpeg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Portugal, Switzerland | woodwinds | flute |
| Firebird (trumpet) | File:Firebird trumpet clone 1.png | aerophones | 423.21/22 | Canada | brass instruments | trumpet, slide trumpet |
| Fiscorn | File:Fiscorn, fons Museu de la Música de Barcelona.jpg | aerophones | 423.231 | Spain | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Flabiol | File:Flabiol Sans.png | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Aragon, Balearic Islands, Spain | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Flageolet | aerophones | 421.221.12 | France | fipple flutes | recorder | |
| Flatt trumpet | File:SlideTrumpet2.jpg | aerophones | 423.21/22 | England | brass instruments | trumpet, slide trumpet |
| Flugelhorn | aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet | |
| Flumpet | File:RAJA FLUMPET.jpg | aerophones | 423.233 | United States | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Flutina | File:FlutinaCivilWar.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Europe | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Flute | aerophones | France | woodwinds | flute | ||
| Folgerphone | File:Folgerphone Nutt side.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | United States of America | reed instruments | clarinet |
| French horn | File:Yamaha Horn YHR-314II.tif | aerophones | 423.232 | Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Frula | File:Етнологија - фрула.jpg | aerophones | Southeast Europe | flute | ||
| Fujara | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Slovakia | fipple flutes | recorder | |
| Gaida | File:Greek Gaida Player.jpg | aerophones | 422 | Balkans, Southeast Europe | reed instruments | bagpipe |
| Gaita gastoreña | File:ElGastor-P1000412.JPG | aerophones | Andalusia | hornpipe | ||
| Garmon | File:Russkaya garmon.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Russia, Tatarstan | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Gbofe | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Congo | brass instruments | didgeridoo, natural horn | |
| Gemshorn | File:Gemshorn Alt.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.42 | Germany | fipple flutes | ocarina |
| Gingras | aerophones | Phoenicia, and possibly Caria | Unknown | flute | ||
| Gralla | File:Gaita nafarra.jpg | aerophones | 422.112 | Spain | reed instruments | oboe, shawm |
| Guan | File:Guanzi.jpg | aerophones | 422.111.2 | China | reed instruments | oboe |
| Hano | File:Nose flute on Sarawak.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Hawaii | woodwinds | nose flute |
| Harmoneon | File:Harmoneon cavagnolo.jpg | aerophones | 421.132 | France | free reed instruments | accordion |
Harmonica
|
File:16-hole chrom 10-hole diatonic.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Germany | free reed instruments | harmonica |
Heckelphone
|
File:Heckelphon Wilhelm Heckel.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Germany | reed instruments | oboe, English horn |
| Helicon | File:Soprano Helicon in B-flat MET DP-12679-041.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Europe | brass instruments | tuba |
| Hirtenschalmei | File:Hirtenschalmei.jpg | aerophones | 422.111 | |||
| Horagai | File:Horagai conch horn.JPG | aerophones | 423.111.2 | Japan | trumpets | conch |
| Horn | File:Ligawki.jpg | aerophones | 423.111.2 | The Horn is a brass instrument | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Hornophone | File:Nutty Noah Playing the Hornaphone.jpg | aerophones | 423.111.2 | percussion instrument | horn | Vehicle horn |
| Hosaphone | aerophones | 423.1 | natural trumpets | tube trumpet | ||
| Hotchiku | File:Yunghocchiku.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Japan | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Hulusi | File:Hu Lu Si.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | China | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Human Voice | File:Noto Emoji v2.034 1f3b6.svg | aerophones | 43 | The human voice is a musical instrument But It is not a visual object like a Guitar or a piano, it is the Sound produced by vocal cords of humans, which are produced by living things | vocal techniques | animal sound |
| Huemmelchen | File:Modern huemmelchen.jpg | aerophones | German | |||
| Hun | File:Hun (wind instrument).jpeg | aerophones | 421.221.42 | Korea | fipple flutes | ocarina |
| Inci | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Philippines | fipple flutes | tumpong | |
| Irish flute | File:IrishFlute.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Ireland | woodwinds | flute |
| Jazzophone | File:Jazzophone.jpg | aerophones | sax | |||
| Jug | File:Jugplayer.jpg | aerophones | 423.111.1 | North America | trumpets | conch |
| Kagurabue | File:Kagurabue.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Japan | woodwinds | flute |
| Kalaleng | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Philippines | woodwinds | nose flute | |
| Karnay | File:Pastimes of Central Asians. Musicians. A Man Playing a Karnay, a Long-necked Trumpet-like Instrument WDL10827.png | aerophones | 423.121 | Uzbekistan | ||
| Kaval | File:Kaval player.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Balkans, Anatolia, Central Asia | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Kazoo | File:2023 Kazoo (1).jpg | aerophones | – | United States | Woodwind | Whistle |
| Kèn bầu | File:Kenbau.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Vietnam | reed instruments | oboe, suona |
| Keyed bugle | File:Keyed Bugle in E (originally E-flat ) MET DT259988 white.jpg | aerophones | 423.21 | England | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Keyed trumpet | File:Keyedtrumpet.jpg | aerophones | 423.21 | England | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Khene | File:Khene.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Laos | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Khloy | File:Khloy.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Cambodia | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Khlui | File:Khluimouthpiece.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Thailand | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Komabue | File:Komabue fue.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Japan | woodwinds | flute |
| Kombu | aerophones | India | woodwinds | |||
| Koncovka | File:Finfajfilo, tuto.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Slovakia | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Kortholt | File:Kortholt.png | aerophones | 421 | Europe | capped reed | crumhorn |
| Koudi | File:Koudi.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | China | woodwinds | flute |
| Kuhlohorn | File:Johannes Kuhlo 1936.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Kuzhal | aerophones | India | reed instruments | |||
| Launeddas | File:Launeddas llengüeta.JPG | aerophones | 422.2 | Italy, Sardinia | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Lituus | File:Lavoix - Histoire de la musique, 1884 (page 67 crop).jpg | aerophones | 423.1 | Europe | natural trumpets | trumpet |
| Livenka | aerophones | 412.132 | Russia | free reed instruments | accordion | |
| Loophonium | File:Fritz Spiegel`s loophonium - geograph.org.uk - 3846440.jpg | aerophones | 4 | British | brass instrument | euphonium |
| Lur | File:DO-1896-Lurpar fra Radbjerg.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.22 | Denmark, Norway | natural trumpets | trumpet |
| Lusheng or Qeej | File:Miao musicians.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | China | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Martinshorn | File:Schalmei Martinstrompete 2.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Germany | free reed instruments | harmonica, accordion |
| Mangtong | aerophones | 412.132 | China | free reed instruments | harmonica, accordion | |
| Matófono | File:Matofono.JPG | aerophones | Río de la Plata | |||
| Mellophone | File:Yamaha Mellophone YMP-204MS.tiff | aerophones | 423.232 | Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Melodica | File:Melodica.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Italy/Germany | free reed instruments | reed organ |
| Melodeon | File:New Haven Melodeon, Mission Mill Museum.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | United States | free reed instruments | reed organ |
| Mezzo-soprano | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
| Mijwiz | File:Mijwiz.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Saudi Arabia | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Mizmar | File:La fête de la musique au centre culturel dEgypte (Paris) (7416610718) (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia | reed instruments | oboe |
| Mizwad | File:Mezoued.gif | aerophones | Saudi Arabia | reed instruments | bagpipe | |
| Moo box | File:Meuh box.JPG | aerophones | noise-makers | whistle | ||
| Musette de cour | File:Musette MIM 5262.jpg | aerophones | 422 | France | reed instruments | bagpipe |
| Nabal | File:Korea-Nabal-01.jpg | aerophones | ||||
| Nadaswaram | File:A depiction of Nadaswaram play 1.JPG | aerophones | 422.112.2 | South India | reed instruments | oboe, shehnai |
| Nafir | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Messingen hoorn gebruikt gedurende de islamitische vastenmaand TMnr 4438-1a.jpg | aerophones | 423.121 | north africa | Brass | |
| Nagak | File:Korea-Nagak-01.jpg | aerophones | 423.111 | Korea | trumpets | conch |
| Nai | File:Nai big.jpg | aerophones | 4 | Romania | pan flute | bamboo or reed |
| Native American flute | File:Native American Flute, Lakota Culture, 1935.jpg | aerophones | 421.23 | US | ||
| Natural trumpet | File:Natural Trumpet in D MET DP-12679-012.jpg | aerophones | 423.1 | Denmark, Norway | brass instruments | |
| Ncas | aerophones | 423.232 | Hmong people (China) | lip lute | conch | |
| Ney | File:Persian ney with 6 holes.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Iran | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Nguru | File:Nguru.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | New Zealand | woodwinds | nose flute |
| Nohkan | File:Nohkan.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Iran | woodwinds | flute |
| Nose flute | File:Nose Flute, from 4th National Cultural Assets Preservation Award ceremony, Republic of Chins (Taiwan).jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Polynesia, Africa, East Asia | woodwinds | nose flute |
| Nplooj | File:Baby banana tree developing the first leaf.JPG | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Hmong people (China) | woodwinds | leaf |
| Nulophone | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) | woodwinds | flute | |
| Oboes: | aerophones | 422.112-71 | Western Europe | reed instruments | oboe | |
Ocarina
|
aerophones | 421.221.42 | Italy | fipple flutes | ocarina | |
| Octavin | File:Octavin (AM 1998.60.162-1).jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Germany | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Ophicleide or Quinticlave | File:Ophicleide instruments, bass alto and soprano.png | aerophones | 423.21 | France | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Organ (music) | File:Beaune (21) Basilique Notre-Dame - Intérieur - Grandes-Orgues - 01.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | As a Keyboard Section, Not part of the woodwind section but woodwind in some older and Keyboard in others | woodwinds | set of flutes |
| Orthotonophonium | File:Orthotonophonium, MfM.Uni-Leipzig.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Germany | free reed aerophones | harmonium, reed organ |
| Paixiao | File:Paixiao of the Tang Dynasty - reproduction.jpg | aerophones | 421.112 | China | woodwinds | pan flute |
| Palendag or pulalu | File:Palendag.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Philippines | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Pan flute | File:Flute de Pan Des Salomon MHNT ETH AC NH 29 Roquemaurel.jpg | aerophones | 421.112 | South America | woodwinds | pan flute |
| Pasiyak or water whistle | File:2008. Свистулька.jpg | aerophones | 4 | Philippines | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Pavri | File:Pavri.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | India | woodwinds | flute |
| Pibgorn | File:Welshbagpipe.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Wales | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Picco pipe | File:Piccopipe.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Western Europe | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Piccolo | File:Piccolo.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Western Europe | woodwinds | flute |
| Piccolo trumpet | File:Yamaha Piccolo trumpet YTR-9835.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Western Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Pifilca | File:Pifilka.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.22 | Mapuche people | flute | |
| Pipe organ (diaphone pipes) | Diaphone pipe | aerophones | 412.132 | free reed instruments | reed organ/recorder | |
| Pipe organ (flue pipes) | Flue pipes | aerophones | 421.221.11 | fipple flutes | recorder | |
| Pipe organ (free reed pipes) | aerophones | 412.132 | free reed instruments | reed organ | ||
| Pipe organ (reed pipes) | File:Henriette-Orgel.JPG | aerophones | 422.112 | reed instruments | organ | |
| Piri | aerophones | Korean | ||||
| Pitch pipe | File:PitchPipes.JPG | aerophones | 412.131 | free reed instruments | pitch pipe | |
| Pku | File:Pku in D alt.jpg | aerophones | Armenian | |||
| Ploy | File:Ploy.jpg | aerophones | Cambodian | |||
| Pocket trumpet | File:Pocket Trumpet.png | aerophones | 423.232 | United States of America | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Post horn | File:Posthorn-echt.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.22 | Western Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Pu | File:Starr-161216-0708-Prosopis pallida-Dwight blowing pu conch shell-Honokanaia-Kahoolawe (32086637970) (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 423.111 | Polynesia | trumpets | conch |
| Pump organ or reed organ or harmonium | File:John Church and Co. reed organ.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | free reed instruments | reed organ | |
| Pungi | File:Beeninstrument.jpg | aerophones | 422.22 | Indian | ||
| Pūtōrino | aerophones | 432.232 | New Zealand | woodwinds/ brass instruments | flute/ trumpet | |
| Quena | File:Quena01.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | South America | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Raj | aerophones | 412.132 | Hmong people (China) | free reed instruments | harmonica | |
| Rackett | File:BaroqueRackett.jpg | aerophones | 422.111.2 | Western Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
| Ralé-poussé | aerophones | Réunion | free reed instruments | accordion | ||
| Rauschpfeife | File:Rausch SopAlt1.JPG | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Europe | reed instruments | oboe |
Recorder
|
File:VariousRecorderFlutes.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Germany | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Reed contrabass | File:MIMEd 1706. Contrebasse à anche (reed contrabass) by J. Albert, Brussels c. 1880-1900.png | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Belgium | reed instruments | oboe |
| Rhaita (ghaita) | File:JOUEUR GHAYTA 043 (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Northern Africa | reed instruments | oboe |
| Rih | File:(The rustic Pipes of Russia) - Clarke Edward Daniel - 1810.jpg | aerophones | 421.211.2 | |||
| Robero | aerophones | 422.2 | Spain | reed instruments | clarinet | |
| Roman tuba | File:Villa romana di San Vincenzino, antiquarium, strumenti musicali romani 06 tuba.jpg | aerophones | 423.121.11 | Etruscan | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Rondador | File:Rondador.jpg | aerophones | 421.112.11 | Ecuador | ||
Rothphones
|
File:Rothphone.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Italy | reed instruments | sarrusophone |
| Ryuteki | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Japan | woodwinds | flute | |
| Sac de gemecs | File:Sac de gemecs, fons del Museu de la Música de Barcelona.jpg | aerophones | Andorra, Catalonia | bagpipe | ||
Sackbut
|
File:MIMEd 6111. Tenor sackbut in A, Monk model.png | aerophones | 423.22 | France | brass instruments | trombone |
| Saenghwang | File:Saenghwang.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Korea | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Saratovskaya garmonika | File:Саратовская Гармоника.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Russia | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Sarrusophones | aerophones | 422.112.2 | France | reed instruments | oboe | |
| Saxophones | aerophones | 422.212 | Belgium | reed instruments | clarinet | |
| Saxhorn | File:Saxhornbasse.jpg | aerophones | 423.231 | Belgium | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Saxotromba | File:Saxtromba bass.jpg | aerophones | 423.231 | Belgium | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Saxtuba | File:Saxtuba.jpg | aerophones | 423.231 | Belgium | brass instruments | trumpet |
| Scat singing | aerophones | 43 | vocal techniques | human voice | ||
| Schwyzerörgeli | File:Accordeon 100.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Switzerland | free reed instruments | accordion |
| Serpent | File:Manifattura italiana, Serpentone, fine sec. XVIII. Museo Civico di Modena, foto P. Terzi.jpg | aerophones | 423.21 | France | brass instruments | trumpet, cornett |
| Shakuhachi | File:Shakuhachi-2.png | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Japan | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Shankha | File:Śankh MET DP353270.jpg | aerophones | 423.111 | India | trumpets | conch |
| Shawm | File:Salmaj.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Switzerland | reed instruments | oboe |
| Shehnai | File:Shehnai.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | North India | reed instruments | oboe |
| Sheng | File:Sheng MET DP216617.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | China | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Shinobue | File:Shinobue 3types.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Japan | woodwinds | flute |
| Shofar | File:Frank-oil-shofar (14088680963).jpg | aerophones | 423.121.21 | Levant | natural trumpets | trumpet |
| Shō | File:Gifujyou5846.JPG | aerophones | 412.132 | Japan | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Shvi | File:Shvi.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Armenia | fipple flutes | recorder |
Siku
|
File:Zampoña.jpg | aerophones | 421.112 | Bolivia/Peru | woodwinds | pan flute |
| Siren | File:Bundesarchiv B 422 Bild-0010, Sirene.jpg | aerophones | 41 | Scotland | noise makers | siren |
Slide trumpet
|
File:Slide Trumpet in E MET DP-12679-095.jpg | aerophones | 423.21/22 | Europe | brass instruments | trumpet |
Slide whistle
|
File:Flauta d'èmbol.jpg | aerophones | 421.121.312 | England | fipple flutes | whistle |
| Sneng | File:Sneng ស្នែង in front of water buffalo horn (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 422.212 | Cambodia | reed instruments | hornpipe |
| Sodina | File:Sodina Flute of Madagascar.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Madagascar | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Sompoton | File:Sandakan Sabah Sompoton-01.jpg | aerophones | Malaysia | mouth organ | ||
| Sopila | File:Sopile.JPG | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Croatia | reed instruments | oboe |
| Sopilka | File:Sopilka-Prima-2023-Shaul.jpg | aerophones | 421.111-12 | Ukrainian | Woodwind | |
| Soprano | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
| Sorna | File:Sornay.jpeg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Iran | reed instruments | oboe |
| Sousaphone | File:Yamaha Sousaphone YSH-411.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | United States | brass instruments | trumpet, tuba |
| Spilåpipa | File:Spilapipa.jpg | aerophones | Sweden | |||
| Sralai | File:Sralai player - Siem Reap.jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Cambodia | reed instruments | oboe |
| Sudrophone | File:MIMEd 3828. Baritone sudrophone in C-Bb (crop).jpg | aerophones | 423.21 | France | brass instruments | trumpet, ophicleide |
| Suling | File:Suling bambu (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Indonesia/Philippines | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
Suona
|
File:虎丘庙会(一).jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | China | reed instruments | oboe |
| Superbone | File:MIMEd 3596. Holton TR-395 Superbone (white).png | aerophones | 423.22 | Canada | brass instruments | trombone |
| Svirel | File:Dudki (RNMM).jpg | aerophones | ||||
| Swordblade | aerophones | 411 | noise makers | whip | ||
| Symphonic organ | File:Vox Maris.JPG | aerophones | 421.221.11 | Western Europe | other | set of flutes |
| Tabor pipe | File:Cantiga pipe and tabor.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Western Europe | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Taepyeongso | File:태평소 (1) (cropped).JPG | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Korea | reed instruments | oboe, suona, |
| Tarka | aerophones | 4 | Bolivia | |||
| Tárogató | File:Tarogato.jpg | aerophones | 422.112-71 | Central Europe | reed instruments | oboe, suona |
| Telenka | aerophones | 421.111-1 | Ukrainian | |||
| Tenor | aerophones | 43 | vocal registers | human voice | ||
Tenora
|
File:Josep Coll i Ferrando.JPG | aerophones | 422.112 | Spain | reed instruments | oboe, shawm |
| Throat singing | aerophones | 43 | vocal techniques | human voice | ||
| Tin whistle | File:Tin Whistles.jpg | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Celtic | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Toasting | aerophones | 43 | vocal technique | human voice | ||
| Tonette | File:Tonette.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | North America | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Trembita | File:Hutsul - Ivano-Frankivsk region.jpg | aerophones | 423.121-12 | Ukrainian | woodwind | alpine horn |
| Trikiti | aerophones | 412.132 | Spain | free reed instruments | accordion | |
| Trombones | aerophones | 423.22 | Western Europe | brass instruments | trombone | |
| Tromboon | aerophones | 422.112.2 | United States | reed instruments | bassoon, trombone | |
| Trompeta china | File:Trompeta china, Santiago de Cuba (cropped).jpg | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Cuba | reed instruments | oboe, suona |
| Truba | aerophones | 422.121-1 | Ukrainian | |||
Trumpets
|
File:Yamaha Trumpet YTR-8335LA crop.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | brass instruments | trumpet | |
Tuba
|
aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet | |
Tubax
|
File:B-flatSubcontrabassTubax.jpg | aerophones | 422.212 | Germany | woodwinds | saxophone |
| Tube trumpet | aerophones | 423.1 | natural trumpets | trumpet | ||
| Tumpong | File:TumpongPhilippines.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Philippines | woodwinds | end-blown flute |
| Tungso | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Korea | woodwinds | end-blown flute | |
| Tutek | File:Tutek (cropped).JPG | aerophones | 4 | Azerbaijan | woodwinds | flute |
| Txistu | aerophones | 421.221.12 | Spain | fipple flutes | recorder | |
| Uilleann pipes | File:UilleannPipes.jpg | aerophones | 422 | Ireland | reed instruments | bagpipe |
| Venova | File:Venova.jpg | aerophones | 422.2 | Japan | woodwinds | saxophone |
| Venu | aerophones | 421.121.12 | South India | woodwinds | flute | |
| Vibrandoneon | File:Vibrandoneone a bottoni.jpg | aerophones | 412.132 | Italy/Germany | free reed instruments | reed organ |
| Vienna horn | File:Viennese horn.jpg | aerophones | 423.232 | Austria | brass instruments | trumpet, French horn |
| Vocal percussion | aerophones | 43 | vocal techniques | human voice | ||
| Vuvuzela | aerophones | 423.121.22 | South-Africa | natural trumpets | trumpet | |
| Wagner tuba | aerophones | 423.232 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet | |
| Washint | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Ethiopia | woodwinds | end-blown flute | |
| Western concert flutes | aerophones | 421.121.12 | Western Europe | woodwinds | flute | |
| Whistling | aerophones | 31 | vocal techniques | animal sound, human voice | ||
| Willow flute | aerophones | 421.221.11 | Scandinavia | fipple flutes | recorder | |
| Xaphoon | aerophones | 422.2 | Hawaii | woodwinds | clarinet | |
| Xeremia | aerophones | Balearic Islands | bagpipe | |||
| Xiao | aerophones | 421.111.12 | China | woodwinds | end-blown flute | |
| Xun | aerophones | 421.221.42 | China | fipple flutes | ocarina | |
| Yodeling | aerophones | 43 | Yodeling is a form of singing, not a musical instrument | vocal techniques | human voice | |
| Yotar | aerophones | 4 | Persia | woodwinds | flute | |
| Yu | File:Imperial Encyclopaedia - Music - pic498 - 二十四簧竽小樣圖.png | aerophones | 412.132 | China | free reed instruments | harmonica |
| Zhaleika | File:Zjalejka.png | aerophones | 422.2 | Russia | reed instruments | clarinet |
| Zubivka | aerophones | 421.111-12 | Ukrainian | |||
| Zufolo | File:Piccopipe.jpg | aerophones | 421.111.12 | Italy | fipple flutes | recorder |
| Zugtrompete | File:SlideTrumpet2.jpg | aerophones | 423.21/22 | Germany | brass instruments | trumpet, slide trumpet |
| Zukra | File:Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14351817795).jpg | aerophones | ||||
| Zurna | aerophones | 422.112.2 | Turkey | reed instruments | oboe |
Stringed instruments (chordophones)
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| Instrument | Picture | Classification | H-S Number | Origin | Common classification | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adungu | File:Three Adungu Harps.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Uganda | stringed instruments | |
| Aeolian harp | File:BloomfieldAeolianHarp.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Germany | stringed instruments | |
| Ajaeng | File:산조아쟁 Sanjo ajaeng.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | |
| Akkordolia | File:Akkordolia from top.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Austria, Germany | stringed instruments | |
| Algerian mandole | File:Mandole Algerien.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Algeria | stringed instruments | |
| Angélique | File:Angélique Bonnard-Robert .jpeg | chordophones | 321.321 | stringed instruments | ||
| Appalachian dulcimer | File:Dulcimer (UP).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Germany, United States | stringed instruments | |
| Arbajo | File:Prakash Gandharva playing the arbajo आरबाजो (cropped).png | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Nepal | stringed instruments | |
| Archlute | File:Sallas.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Armónico | File:Armonico.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Cuba | stringed instruments | |
| Arpeggione | File:Arpeggione MET DP217179.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Austria | stringed instruments | |
| Autoharp | File:Autoharp today.jpg | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Bağlama | File:Tamburasaz-Baglamasaz.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kurdistan, Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan | stringed instruments | |
| Bajo sexto | File:Bajo sexto.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Balalaika | File:3 string prim balalaika.png | chordophones | 321.321 | Russia | stringed instruments | |
| Bandola | File:Bandolallanera.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Colombia, Venezuela | stringed instruments | |
| Bandolin | File:BANDOLIN TACHIRENSE.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Ecuador | stringed instruments | |
| Bandolón | File:Bandolón player 1901 (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Bandura | File:Chernihiv-style bandura.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Ukraine | stringed instruments | |
| Bandora | File:Bandora.gif | chordophones | 321.321 | England | stringed instruments | |
| Bandurria | File:Original bandurria.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Aragon, Philippines, Spain | stringed instruments | |
| Banhu | File:Banhu.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | China | stringed instruments | |
Banjo
|
File:Bluegrass banjo.png | chordophones | 3 | North America | stringed instruments | |
| Banjo ukulele | File:Banjo Ukulele.JPG | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Barbat | File:Barbat.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Armenia, Iran | stringed instruments | |
| Baryton | File:Baryton after Brussels.JPG | chordophones | 3 | England | stringed instruments | |
| Basolia | File:Basy 20st Pokuttja NMNAPU.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-71 | Ukrainian and Polish | stringed instruments | |
| Bazantar | File:Bazantar.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Begena | File:Begena, Ethiopia, wood, leather, skin, bowel strings, iron nails - Linden-Museum - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC03896.jpg | chordophones | 321.2 | stringed instruments | ||
| Berimbau | File:Hn 3berimbau.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Brazil | stringed instruments | |
| Bipa | File:Bipa (Korean musical instrument).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | |
| Biwa | File:Gifujyou5848.JPG | chordophones | 321.321 | Japan | stringed instruments | |
| Bordonua | File:National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka - Bordonua - Puerto Rico - Collected in 2008.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Puerto Rico | stringed instruments | |
| Bouzouki | File:Bouzouki tetrachordo.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Greece | stringed instruments | |
| Bowed psaltery | chordophones | Bowed string instrument | ||||
| Bulbul tarang | File:THE KAMLESH Bulbul Tarang TKB-29.jpg | chordophones | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Bunker Touch Guitar | File:The Dave Bunker "Touch Guitar" Concept.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | stringed instruments | ||
| Buzuq | File:Buzuk - Collection des instruments de musique du Baron d'Erlanger (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Saudi Arabia | stringed instruments | |
| Byzaanchy | File:Byzaanchy made by Kang-Xuler Saya side view.gif | chordophones | Bowed string instrument | |||
| Calabrian lira | File:IMAG1951.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-71 | Byzantine Empire | Necked bowl lutes | |
| Carimba | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | ||
| Cavaquinho | File:Vea.cavaquinho.png | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Cekuntrung | File:Cekuntrung.jpg | chordophones | Indonesia | stringed instruments | ||
| Cello (violoncello) | File:Cello study.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Çeng | File:Turkey.Konya024.jpg | chordophones | 322.12 | Ottoman | stringed instruments | |
| Cetara | chordophones | 111.224-4 | stringed instruments | |||
| Chakhe | File:Chakhe.jpg | chordophones | 314.122 | Cambodia AND Thailand | stringed instruments | |
| Chapman stick | File:10 string Chapman Stick.jpg | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Charangos | File:Charango instrumap.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, | stringed instruments | |
| Chikara | File:Horniman instruments 20.jpg | chordophones | 3 | india | stringed instruments | |
| Chitarra battente | File:Chitarra battente (2).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Italy | stringed instruments | |
| Chitarra Italiana | File:Chitarra-italiana.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | stringed instruments | ||
| Choghur | File:Çoğur.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Azerbaijan | stringed instruments | |
| Chuniri | File:Chuniri,Tbilisi1.jpg | chordophones | Georgia | Bowed stringed instruments | ||
| Çifteli | chordophones | 321.321-5 |
Albanian || stringed instruments || | |||
| Cimbalom | File:Cimbalom (from Emil Richards Collection).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Central and Eastern Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Cimboa | File:Cimboa.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Cape Verde | stringed instruments | |
| Citole | File:Citole-BritishMuseum-bgw.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Cittern | File:MuseuMusicaBCN 8845.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | England, Scotland, Switzerland | stringed instruments | |
| Clavichord | File:Hillclavichord.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Clavinet | File:Clavinet c.jpg | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Cobza | File:Kobza 001.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Romanian | stringed instruments | |
Concheras
|
chordophones | 321.321-6 | Mexico | stringed instruments | charango, mandolin, Mexican vihuela, guitar | |
| Contra-Drone Harpa | chordophones | × | Sweden | chordophone | nyckelharpa | |
| Contraguitar | File:Kontragitarre noBG.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Crwth (Crowd) | File:Crwth-in-case.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Wales | stringed instruments | |
| Cuatro | File:Velazquez Cuatro Venezuelo.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Latin America | stringed instruments | |
| Cümbüş | File:TurkishMandolinBanjo.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Turkey | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn bầu | File:Vietnamese musical instrument Dan bau 2 (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn đáy | File:Đàn đáy Việt Nam..jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn gáo | File:Dangao.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn nguyệt | File:Dan nguyet.png | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn tam thập lục | File:Hồng Tông màu Nhà hàng Ảnh bìa Facebook (1) (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn tranh | File:Ps 1404537182 195.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn tre | File:Ðàn Tre.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Đàn tứ | File:Đàn tứ.jpg | chordophones | Vietnamese | stringed instruments | ||
| Đàn tỳ bà | File:Tỳ bà.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Vietnam | stringed instruments | |
| Diddley bow | File:DiddleyBow.jpg | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Dihu | File:Dadihu.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Dilruba | File:Dilruba boy.jpg | chordophones |
India || stringed instruments || | |||
| Dombra | File:Kazakh Dombra2.png | chordophones | 321.321 | Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tatarstan, Uzbekistan | stringed instruments | |
| Domra | File:Домра эксп. цеха фабрики Луначарского, 1970-е.JPG | chordophones | 321.321 | Russia | stringed instruments | |
| Doshpuluur | chordophones | 321.322 | Tuva | stringed instruments | ||
| Dotara | File:Lukobadya dotara.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Bangladesh | stringed instruments | |
Double bass
|
File:Kozobas.jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Dreadnought (guitar type) | File:HD28 (R.Waller).jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Dulcimer | chordophones | 3 | England | stringed instruments | ||
| Dutar | chordophones | 321.322 | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | stringed instruments | ||
| Duxianqin | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Ektara | chordophones | 33-5 | India, Pakistan | stringed instruments | ||
| Epigonion | File:A modern reconstruction of a epigonion (trigonon), Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology.jpg | chordophones | 321.3 | Greece | stringed instruments | |
| Erhu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Erxian | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Esraj | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Fiddle | File:FIDDLES! - Jay Haide, Joseph Collingwood, Salve Håkedal, Stefano Scarampella, Stefano Conia.jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Gadulka | File:Gdulka-bow copy.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-71 | Ukrainian | stringed instruments | |
| Gaohu | File:Gaohu 1.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Gayageum | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | ||
| Geomungo | File:거문고 (Geomungo).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | |
| Ghaychak | File:Ghaychak.jpg | chordophones | Bowed string instrument | |||
| Ghijak | File:2GhichakGurminj.jpg | chordophones | Bowed string instrument | |||
| Gittern | File:Wartburg-Laute.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Goje | File:Goje.jpg | chordophones | West Africa | Bowed string instrument | ||
| Gottuvadhyam | File:Ravikiran 25 A (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Gue | File:Charlie Bynum's rendition of the Shetland Gue- Donated to the Shetland Museum and Archives, 2014 2014-07-20 15-06.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
Guitars:
|
File:GuitareClassique5.png | chordophones | 3 | Spain, et al | stringed instruments | |
| Guitarra de golpe | File:My guitarra de golpe.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Guitarra panzona | File:Guitarra panzona.png | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Guitarra séptima | File:Guitarra septima (seven string guitar) MET DP331200.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Guitarro | File:Guitarro.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Andalusia, Aragon, Spain | stringed instruments | |
| Guitolão | File:Guitolao-1.jpg | chordophones | Portugal | stringed instruments | ||
| Guntang | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Buisciter met één snaar TMnr 1330-130.jpg | chordophones | 312.11 | Indonesia | Tube zither | |
| Gusli | File:Gusli (RNMM) 5.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Russia | stringed instruments | |
| Guqin | File:ZhongNiShi.jpg | chordophones | 312.22 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Guzheng | File:Guzheng 2020 by Glenn Francis.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Haegeum | File:Traditional Korean string instrument, Haegeum.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | |
| Hammered dulcimer | File:Hammered dulcimer.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Austria, England, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, United States | stringed instruments | |
| Hardanger fiddle | File:FeleHel (2).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Norway | stringed instruments | |
| Harp | File:Celtic harp dsc05425.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Worldwide | stringed instruments | |
| Harpejji | File:Harpejji.jpg | chordophones | electric stringed musical instrument | |||
| Harp guitar | File:Guitare harpe.jpg | chordophones | 3 | France | stringed instruments | |
| Harpsichord | File:ClavecinRuckers&Taskin.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Hasapi | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met twee snaren TMnr 1772-176.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Indonesia | stringed instruments | |
| Huapanguera | File:Huapanguera.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Huluhu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Huobosi | File:Huobosi.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Huqin | File:Família d'instruments huqin.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Hurdy-gurdy | File:Louvet Drehleier.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Austria, Belarus, Czechia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine | stringed instruments | |
| Icelandic fiddle (fiðla) | File:Fiðla.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Iceland | stringed instruments | |
| Ichigenkin | File:Yakumo-goto.tif | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Igil | chordophones | 321.321 | Tuva | stringed instruments | ||
| Imzad | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met 1 snaar TMnr 2760-74.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Inanga | File:Inanga,traditional Rwandan instrument during the introduction wedding in Kigali, Rwanda.jpg | chordophones | 315.1 | trough zither | ||
| Irish bouzouki | File:Ashbury Irish Bouzouki Front.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Greece, Ireland | stringed instruments | |
| Janzi | chordophones | 3 | Uganda | stringed instruments | ||
| Jarana huasteca | File:Jarana huasteca.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
Jarana jarocha
|
File:Jarana primera.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Jetigen | File:Zhetygen.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Kazakhstan | stringed instruments | |
| Jiaohu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Kabosy | chordophones | 3 | Madagascar | stringed instruments | ||
| Kacapi | File:Kacapi-suling-full.jpg | chordophones | Indonesia | stringed instruments | ||
| Kamancha (kamancheh) | chordophones | 3 | Persia | stringed instruments | ||
| Kannel | File:Kromaatiline klaverivabriku kannel.jpg | chordophones | 314.122-5 | Estonia | stringed instruments | |
| Kanklės | File:Įvairias aukštaičių ir žemaičių kanklės (LNM).jpg | chordophones | 314.122 | Lithuania | Plucked string instrument | |
| Kantele | File:Five string kanteles.jpg | chordophones | 314.122-5 | Finland | stringed instruments | |
| Kemenche | chordophones | 3 | Turkey | stringed instruments | ||
| Kendara | File:Kendara, traditional instrument from Odisha.jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71 | Indian | stringed instruments | |
| Khim | File:Kim Thai Instrument.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Thailand/Cambodia | stringed instruments | hammered dulcimer, cimbalom |
| Khushtar | File:Khushtar.jpg | chordophones | Chinese | stringed instruments | ||
| Kissar | File:Kissar.JPG | chordophones | 123.5 | |||
| Kobza | chordophones | 3 | Ukraine | stringed instruments | ||
| Kobyz | File:Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14351816715).jpg | chordophones | Kazakhstan | stringed instruments | ||
| Kokle | chordophones | 314.122-5 | Latvia | stringed instruments | ||
| Kokyū | File:JapaneseKokyu.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Japan | stringed instruments | huqin, rebab |
| Komuz (kopuz, qomuz) | File:Kopuz.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Hungary, Khakassia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | stringed instruments | |
| Kontra | File:Haromhuros bracsa.png | chordophones | Hungary | stringed instruments | ||
| Kora | File:Kora DSC 0355.JPG | chordophones | 3 | West Africa | stringed instruments | |
| Koto | File:Japanese Koto.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Japan | stringed instruments | |
| Kozobas | File:Kozobas (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71+111.2 | Ukraine | stringed instruments | |
| Krachappi | File:Khrueang Mahori Piphat (1929, p. 21).jpg | chordophones | Thailand | stringed instruments | ||
| Krar | File:Krar Linden-Museum F55878.jpg | chordophones | Ethiopia and Eritrea | stringed instruments | ||
| Kubing | File:Kubing.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Philippines | stringed instruments | |
| Kudyapi (faglong, fegereng, fuglung, hegelong, kadlong, kutiyapi) | File:Kutiyapi (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Philippines | stringed instruments | |
| Kulibit | File:Kolitong Kalinga Bamboo three holesG.jpg | chordophones | 312.11 | Philippines | Tube zither | |
| Kurdish tanbur | File:Tambur.jpg | chordophones | Plucked string instrument | |||
| Kwitra | File:Kwitra 01.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Algeria | stringed instruments | lute, chitarra Italiana |
| Langeleik | chordophones | 3 | Norway | stringed instruments | ||
| Langspil | File:Langspil.jpg | chordophones | 314.1 | Iceland | stringed instruments | |
| Laouto | File:Laghouto.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Greece | stringed instruments | |
| Laruan | File:La ruan.png | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | cello, ruan |
| Laúd | File:Laúd español.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Cuba, Philippines, Spain | stringed instruments | |
| Lavta | File:Lavta front.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Armenia, Greece, Turkey | stringed instruments | |
| Leiqin | File:Blind street musician playing 擂琴 (9451424508) (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Leona | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | ||
| Lesiba | File:Lesiba quill.JPG | chordophones | 311.121.222 | South Africa and Lesotho | stringed instruments | |
| Lijerica | File:Lirica Dalmacija EMZ 300109.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-71 | Croatia | stringed instruments | |
| Lirone | File:Lira da gamba.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Italy | stringed instruments | |
| Liuqin | File:Liuqin.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Lokanga | chordophones | 3 | Madagascar | stringed instruments | violin | |
| Lute | File:Lute (by Princess Ruto, 2013-02-11).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Lute guitar | File:Gitarrenlaute.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Germany | stringed instruments | |
| Lyra (Cretan) | File:Cretan lyra.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Greece | stringed instruments | |
| Lyra (Byzantine) | File:Gdulka-bow copy.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Byzantine Empire | stringed instruments | |
| Lyre | File:Lyre (PSF).png | chordophones | 321.2 | England, Greece | stringed instruments | |
| Maghreb rebab | File:Rabab Meknes.jpg | chordophones | 321.71 | bowed string instrument | ||
| Maguhu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Mandobass | File:Gibson Mandobass and Melody Maiden (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Mandola | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | |||
| Mandolin | File:Mandolin1.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 or 321.322-6 | Bashkortostan, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela | stringed instruments | |
| Mandolute | File:Weymann Mandolute front.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Mandora (gallichon) | File:Mandora MET DP168838.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Central Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Mandore | File:Mandora MET 138001.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | France | stringed instruments | |
| Marovany | chordophones | 3 | Madagascar | stringed instruments | ||
| Marxophone | File:Marxophone.JPG | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Masenqo | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met 1 snaar TMnr 2997-19a.jpg | chordophones | 321.311 | stringed instruments | ||
| Mejoranera (mejorana) | File:Mejorana Panamá.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Panama | stringed instruments | |
| Mexican vihuela | File:Vihuela Mexicana 001.JPG | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Mi gyaung | File:Mi-gyaung.jpg | chordophones | Burmese | String instrument plucked | ||
| Mohan veena | File:Mohan Veena (4).jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Moraharpa | File:Moraharpa.jpg | chordophones | Sweden | stringed instruments | ||
| Morin khuur | chordophones | 3 | Mongolia, Tuva | stringed instruments | ||
| Musical bow | File:MusicalBow.gif | chordophones | 3 | South Africa | stringed instruments | |
| Mvet | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Stokciter met 3 snaren TMnr 2538-1.jpg | chordophones | Gabon | stringed instruments | ||
| Ngombi | File:182 Museu de la Música, el Bosc.jpg | chordophones | Gabon | stringed instruments | ||
| Nyckelharpa | File:Nyckelharpa 0930 (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71 | Sweden | stringed instruments | |
| Octobass | File:Octobasse Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Eric Chappell 1.jpg | chordophones | 3 | France | stringed instruments | |
| Oud | File:Ūd MET DP340079.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-6 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Kurdistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey | stringed instruments | |
| Pamiri rubab | File:Pamir Rubab.jpg | chordophones | Tajikistan | stringed instruments | ||
| Panduri | File:Georgia 2011 052 (5681237150).jpg | chordophones | Georgian | Plucked string instrument | ||
| Pantalon | File:Pantaleon-Clavier (Nachbau).jpg | chordophones | string instrument | |||
| Paqin | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
Piano (pianoforte)
|
File:SteinwayWelte1919.jpg | chordophones | 314.122-4-8 | Italy | stringed instruments | |
| Phandar | File:Vainakhish Phandar.jpg | chordophones | Chechnya | stringed instruments | Plucked | |
| Philomel | File:Philomel.jpeg | chordophones | Germany | stringed instruments | ||
| Phin | File:Pinaŭo.jpg | chordophones | Thailand | stringed instruments | ||
| Pipa | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Piwancha | chordophones | 3 | Nepal | stringed instruments | ||
| Pochette | File:Pochette MET DP225415.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Portuguese guitar | File:Portuguese guitar.png | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Psaltery | chordophones | 3 | Greece | stringed instruments | ||
| Psalmodicon | File:Psalmodikon, Gagnef, Dalarna, Sverige 1.JPG | chordophones | Scandinavia | stringed instruments | ||
| Qanbūs | File:Qanbus Ahmad Al-Tashi.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Yemen | stringed instruments | |
| Qanun | File:Qānūn - MET 89.4.330.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Armenia, Egypt, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Turkey | stringed instruments | |
| Qinqin | File:Qinqin.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Rabeca | File:Nelson da Rabeca Senado 4 (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 3 | Brazil | stringed instruments | rebec |
| Rabel | File:Galician rabel.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Rajão | File:Rajao in Porto.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Ravanahatha | File:Ravanahatha from Udaipur.jpg | chordophones | 4 | Sri Lanka, India | stringed instruments | |
| Rawap | File:Rawap1.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Rebab | File:Rebab late 19th century, Algerian or Moroccan.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Afghanistan | stringed instruments | |
| Rebec | File:Rebec fiddle.jpg | chordophones | 321.21-71 | Italy, Switzerland | stringed instruments | |
| Requinto jarocho | File:Guitarra de son o requinto jarocho de cuatro cuerdas 01.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Mexico | stringed instruments | |
| Rubab | File:RubabPamiri9strings.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan | stringed instruments | |
Ruan
|
File:Picture of Ruanjian.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Rudra vina | File:Asad Ali Khan.jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Salo | File:องค์ประกอบสะล้อและคันชัก.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Thailand | stringed instruments | |
| Sallameh | chordophones | 3 | Iran | stringed instruments | ||
| Sanshin | File:Sanshin.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Okinawa | stringed instruments | |
| Santoor | File:Santur Hand Position.jpg | chordophones | 314.122-4 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Santur | File:Persian Classical Santur.jpg | chordophones | 314.122 | Iran | stringed instruments | |
| Sanxian | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Sapeh | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Langhalsluit met twee snaren TMnr 1384-1.jpg | chordophones | Indonesian | stringed instruments | ||
| Sarangi | File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Sarangi.jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Šargija | File:Zlata Haraminčić i Nuraga Džabija Gajretova priredba 1906. godina Sarajevo (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia | stringed instruments | |
| Sarod | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Sataer | chordophones | Chinese | stringed instruments | |||
| Saung | File:Saung-Gauk.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Burma | stringed instruments | |
| Saw duang | File:Saw duang.jpg | chordophones | Thailand | stringed instruments | ||
| Saw sam sai | File:Sō Sām Sāi, Thailand, 19th century.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Thailand | stringed instruments | |
| Saw u | File:Saw u.jpg | chordophones | Thailand | Bowed stringed instruments | ||
| Scheitholt | File:Scheitholt instrument.jpg | chordophones | German | stringed instrument | ||
| Se | File:Se MET DP218945.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Seni rebab | File:Indian Rabab.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Seul | chordophones | 3 | Korea | stringed instruments | ||
| Seperewa | File:Seperewa.jpg | chordophones | 323-5 | Ghana | stringed instruments | |
| Setar | File:Setar.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Azerbaijan, Iran | stringed instruments | lute |
| Shamisen | chordophones | 3 | Japan | stringed instruments | ||
| Sihu | File:OFB-Qin2DiSihu.JPG | chordophones | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Sintir (guembri, gimbri, hejhouj) | File:Moroccan Sintir Front.png | chordophones | 3 | Algeria, Morocco | stringed instruments | |
| Sitar | chordophones | 321.321 | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Sitarla | File:Sitarla (cropped).png | chordophones | 3 | Japan | stringed instruments | |
| Soku | File:Soku.JPG | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Streichmelodion | File:Streichmelodion (cropped).jpg | chordophones | 314.122 | Brno | stringed instruments | |
| Suka | File:Suka bilgorajska.jpg | chordophones | Polish | stringed instruments | ||
| Surbahar | chordophones | 321.321 | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Swarmandal | File:MME Pien. cytra 12.08.17.jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | autoharp, board zither, box zither, psaltery, qanun |
| Taishōgoto | File:Taishogoto.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Japan | stringed instruments | citar |
| Talharpa | File:Talharpa, by Charlie Bynum, Silver Spoon Music, NL 2014.jpg | chordophones | stringed instruments | |||
| Tamburica | chordophones | 321.321 | Croatia/Serbia | stringed instruments | ||
| Tambur | File:Tambur in AKM.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Iran, Kurdistan, Turkey | stringed instruments | |
| Tanggetang | File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Buisciter van bamboe TMnr 1027-5.jpg | chordophones | 312.11 | 312.11 | Tube zither | |
| Tanpura | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | ||
| Tar | chordophones | 3 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kurdistan, | stringed instruments | ||
| Taus | File:Taūs (mayuri) - MET MI89.4.163.jpg | chordophones | ||||
| Tea chest bass | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | ||
| Tembor | File:Uyghur tambur.jpg | chordophones | Chinese | stringed instruments | ||
| Tembûr | chordophones | 3 | curdo-persiano | stringed instruments | ||
| Theorbo | chordophones | 321.321 | Europe | stringed instruments | ||
| Timple | chordophones | 3 | Canary Islands | stringed instruments | ||
| Tiple | chordophones | 321.322 | Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain | stringed instruments | ||
| Torban | File:Tor-bor2.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-5 | Ukrainian | stringed instruments | |
| Tovshuur | File:Topshuur.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Altai, Khakassia, Mongolia, Tuva | stringed instruments | |
Tres
|
File:Trescubano.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Cuba | stringed instruments | |
| Tricordia | File:Tricordia.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | stringed instruments | ||
| Tro | File:Khmer instruments 04.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Cambodia | stringed instruments | |
| Tromba marina | File:Tromba marina.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-71 | European | stringed instruments | |
| Trumpet marine (marine trumpet, nun's fiddle) | File:Tromba marina, Southern Germany, left 1700s, right late 1500s - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC03270.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Tsymbaly | File:Cimbalom small 001.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Ukraine, Belarus | stringed instruments | cimbalom, hammered dulcimer |
| Tuhu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Tumbi | File:Thumbi 2.jpg | chordophones | Punjab region | stringed instruments | ||
| Tungna | File:Nepalese instrument.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Nepal | stringed instruments plucked | |
| Tzouras | File:Tzouras.jpg | chordophones | 321.321 | Greece | stringed instruments | bouzouki |
Ukulele
|
chordophones | 321.322 | Portugal/Hawaii | stringed instruments | ||
| Ukelin | File:Ukelin, distributed by Manufacturers' Advertising Co. - front.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Umuduri | File:Instrument musical traditionnel Burundais.jpg | chordophones | 311.111 | stringed instruments | ||
| Ütőgardon | chordophones | 321.322 | ||||
| Valiha | File:Valiha - SMV - F544 01.tif | chordophones | 3 | Madagascar | stringed instruments | |
| Veena | File:Veena.png | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Vertical viola (and other members of the violin octet family) | File:Cmh8tet.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Vichitra veena | File:2024-03-22 Vichitra Veena in Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune.jpg | chordophones | 3 | India | stringed instruments | |
| Vielle | File:Vielle Tenor de John Pringle.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Western Europe | stringed instruments | |
| Vihuela | File:Vihuela - SMV - X5252 01.tif | chordophones | 3 | Spain | stringed instruments | |
Viol (viola de gamba)
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chordophones | 321.322-71 | Spain | stringed instruments | ||
| Viola | File:Violaamore.jpg | chordophones | 321.322-71 | stringed instruments | ||
| Viola amarantina | File:Violaamaratina.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Viola bastarda | File:Viola bastarda.png | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Viola beiroa | File:Viola beiroa.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Viola caipira | File:Brazdaviola.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Brazil | stringed instruments | |
| Viola d'amore | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | |||
| Viola da terra | File:Viola da terra.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Azores, Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Viola de arame | File:Viola de arame.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Madeira, Portugal | stringed instruments | |
| Viola de cocho | File:Violadecocho.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Brazil | stringed instruments | |
| Viola organista | File:Geigenwerk Praetorius.jpg | chordophones | 3 | Italy (Da Vinci) | stringed instruments | |
| Viola profonda (tenor violin, violotta) | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | |||
| Violin | chordophones | 321.322-71 | Italy and Western Europe | stringed instruments | ||
| Violinzither | File:5-Akkord-Violinzither.jpg | chordophones | 314.122-71 | stringed instruments | ||
| Violone | File:Violone MET MUS114Aleft.jpg | chordophones | 3 | stringed instruments | ||
| Walaycho | File:Walaycho.jpg | chordophones | 321.321-5 | Bolivia, Peru | stringed instruments | |
| Waldzither | File:Hamburger waldzither.jpg | chordophones | 321.322 | Germany | stringed instruments | |
| Washtub bass | File:Washtub-bass-Kianti-Ecolove.png | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Whamola | File:20060614 - claypool playing the whamola.jpg | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | |
| Wheelharp | chordophones | 3 | United States | stringed instruments | viola organista | |
| Xalam/Khalam | File:Molo, African lute.jpg | chordophones | 3 | West Africa | stringed instruments | |
| Yatga | File:Mongolian yatga front view.JPG | chordophones | Mongolian | stringed instruments | Box zither | |
| Yaybahar | File:Yaybahar.jpg | chordophones | Turkey | acoustic musical instrument | ||
| Yaylı tambur | chordophones | 3 | Turkey | stringed instruments | ||
| Yanggeum | File:Yanggeum.jpg | chordophones | Korea | stringed instruments | ||
| Yangqin | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Yazh | File:2024-03-22 Burmis Swam, Villadi Yaaz, Villadi Naadmandal in Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune.jpg | chordophones |
322.11 ||||stringed instruments || | |||
| Yazheng | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ajaeng | |
| Yehu | File:Dangao.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Yelatáj chos woley | chordophones | 3 | Argentina | stringed instruments | Musical bow | |
| Yueqin | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Zhongruan | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Zhonghu | File:Zhonghuplayer.jpg | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | |
| Zhu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Zhengni | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
| Zhuihu | chordophones | 3 | China | stringed instruments | ||
Zither
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chordophones | 314.122 | Belarus, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, | stringed instruments |
Keyboard instruments
- Chromatic button accordion
- Diatonic button accordion
- Free bass accordion
- Schrammel accordion
- Steirische Harmonika
- Square piano
- Player piano
- Honky Tonk
- Harpsichord
- Reed organ
- Hammond organ
- Electronic organ
- Virginals
- Synthesizer
- Electronic keyboard
- Keyboard
Electronic instruments (electrophones)
- AlphaSphere
- Audiocubes
- Bass pedals
- Continuum Fingerboard
- Croix Sonore
- Denis d'or
- Dubreq stylophone
- Drum machine
- Electric guitar
- Electronic keyboard
- Electronic organ
- EWI
- Fingerboard synthesizer
- Hammond organ
- Keyboard
- Keytar
- Kraakdoos (or cracklebox)
- Laser harp
- Mellotron
- MIDI controller
- Moog synthesizer
- Omnichord
- Ondes Martenot
- Otamatone
- Personal computer (when used in conjunction with a software synthesizer and DAW)
- Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument)
- Sampler
- Skoog
- Synclavier
- Synthesizer
- Teleharmonium
- Tenori-on
- Theremin
- trautonium
- Turntablism
- Turntable
Other instruments
- Pyrophone
- Waterphone (ocean harp)
See also
- List of medieval musical instruments
- Fictional music#Fictional musical instruments
- List of folk music traditions
- List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number