#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Sitar India; plucked string instrument with a long neck music-world-instruments Tabla India; pair of hand drums music-world-instruments Tanpura India; stringed instrument that plays a steady drone music-world-instruments Sarod India; plucked fretless string instrument music-world-instruments Erhu China; two-stringed bowed instrument music-world-instruments Pipa China; plucked lute with four strings music-world-instruments Guzheng China; long plucked zither music-world-instruments Gong Southeast Asia and China; hanging metal disc struck with a mallet music-world-instruments Gamelan Indonesia; ensemble of tuned gongs and metal instruments music-world-instruments Koto Japan; long zither with 13 strings music-world-instruments Shamisen Japan; three-stringed plucked instrument music-world-instruments Shakuhachi Japan; bamboo flute music-world-instruments Taiko Japan; big drums music-world-instruments Gayageum Korea; plucked zither music-world-instruments Didgeridoo Australia; long wooden wind instrument of Aboriginal peoples music-world-instruments Djembe West Africa; goblet-shaped hand drum music-world-instruments Kora West Africa; 21-stringed instrument with a gourd body music-world-instruments Balafon West Africa; wooden xylophone with gourd resonators music-world-instruments Mbira (thumb piano) Southern Africa; metal tines plucked with thumbs music-world-instruments Talking drum West Africa; hourglass-shaped drum that can imitate speech music-world-instruments Shekere West Africa; gourd with beads around it music-world-instruments Oud Middle East; pear-shaped plucked lute music-world-instruments Darbuka Middle East; goblet drum music-world-instruments Ney Middle East; end-blown reed flute music-world-instruments Qanun Middle East; plucked zither with many strings music-world-instruments Bagpipes Scotland; wind instrument with a bag and drones music-world-instruments Uilleann pipes Ireland; bagpipes played with bellows music-world-instruments Bodhran Ireland; frame drum played with a stick music-world-instruments Tin whistle Ireland; simple six-hole flute music-world-instruments Fiddle Violin used in folk music music-world-instruments Accordion Europe; instrument with bellows and keys or buttons music-world-instruments Balalaika Russia; triangular three-stringed lute music-world-instruments Hurdy-gurdy Europe; string instrument played by turning a crank music-world-instruments Alphorn Switzerland; very long wooden horn music-world-instruments Zither Alps and Europe; flat stringed instrument music-world-instruments Bouzouki Greece; long-necked plucked lute music-world-instruments Mandolin Italy; small plucked instrument with paired strings music-world-instruments Castanets Spain; wooden clappers music-world-instruments Flamenco guitar Spain; guitar used in flamenco music music-world-instruments Maracas Latin America and Caribbean; shaken rattles music-world-instruments Guiro Caribbean and Latin America; notched gourd scraped with a stick music-world-instruments Conga Cuba; tall narrow drum music-world-instruments Bongos Cuba; pair of small hand drums music-world-instruments Steelpan (steel drum) Trinidad and Tobago; tuned drum made from an oil barrel music-world-instruments Cuatro Puerto Rico and Venezuela; small four-stringed guitar music-world-instruments Charango Andes; small guitar-like instrument, traditionally with an armadillo-shell body music-world-instruments Pan flute (zampona) Andes; tubes tied together and blown across the tops music-world-instruments Quena Andes; notched end-blown flute music-world-instruments Marimba Central America and Africa; wooden xylophone with resonators music-world-instruments Ukulele Hawaii; small four-stringed guitar music-world-instruments Banjo United States; round-bodied string instrument with African roots music-world-instruments Dobro United States; guitar with a metal resonator music-world-instruments Native American flute North America; wooden flute with a soft, airy sound music-world-instruments Powwow drum North America; large drum played by a group music-world-instruments Harp Played in many places; plucked strings in a triangular frame music-world-instruments Lyre Ancient Greece; small harp-like instrument music-world-instruments Hang drum Switzerland, invented in 2000; steel instrument played with hands music-world-instruments Theremin Russia, invented in the 1920s; electronic instrument played without touching music-world-instruments Cajon Peru; box-shaped drum you sit on music-world-instruments Berimbau Brazil; bow-shaped single-string instrument music-world-instruments Bandoneon Argentina and Germany; button accordion used in tango music-world-instruments Duduk Armenia; double-reed wooden flute music-world-instruments Kalimba Africa; modern name for a thumb piano music-world-instruments