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Instruments Around the World
Traditional instruments and where they come from.
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- SitarInstrumentIndia; plucked string instrument with a long neck
- TablaInstrumentIndia; pair of hand drums
- TanpuraInstrumentIndia; stringed instrument that plays a steady drone
- SarodInstrumentIndia; plucked fretless string instrument
- ErhuInstrumentChina; two-stringed bowed instrument
- PipaInstrumentChina; plucked lute with four strings
- GuzhengInstrumentChina; long plucked zither
- GongInstrumentSoutheast Asia and China; hanging metal disc struck with a mallet
- GamelanInstrumentIndonesia; ensemble of tuned gongs and metal instruments
- KotoInstrumentJapan; long zither with 13 strings
- ShamisenInstrumentJapan; three-stringed plucked instrument
- ShakuhachiInstrumentJapan; bamboo flute
- TaikoInstrumentJapan; big drums
- GayageumInstrumentKorea; plucked zither
- DidgeridooInstrumentAustralia; long wooden wind instrument of Aboriginal peoples
- DjembeInstrumentWest Africa; goblet-shaped hand drum
- KoraInstrumentWest Africa; 21-stringed instrument with a gourd body
- BalafonInstrumentWest Africa; wooden xylophone with gourd resonators
- Mbira (thumb piano)InstrumentSouthern Africa; metal tines plucked with thumbs
- Talking drumInstrumentWest Africa; hourglass-shaped drum that can imitate speech
- ShekereInstrumentWest Africa; gourd with beads around it
- OudInstrumentMiddle East; pear-shaped plucked lute
- DarbukaInstrumentMiddle East; goblet drum
- NeyInstrumentMiddle East; end-blown reed flute
- QanunInstrumentMiddle East; plucked zither with many strings
- BagpipesInstrumentScotland; wind instrument with a bag and drones
- Uilleann pipesInstrumentIreland; bagpipes played with bellows
- BodhranInstrumentIreland; frame drum played with a stick
- Tin whistleInstrumentIreland; simple six-hole flute
- FiddleInstrumentViolin used in folk music
- AccordionInstrumentEurope; instrument with bellows and keys or buttons
- BalalaikaInstrumentRussia; triangular three-stringed lute
- Hurdy-gurdyInstrumentEurope; string instrument played by turning a crank
- AlphornInstrumentSwitzerland; very long wooden horn
- ZitherInstrumentAlps and Europe; flat stringed instrument
- BouzoukiInstrumentGreece; long-necked plucked lute
- MandolinInstrumentItaly; small plucked instrument with paired strings
- CastanetsInstrumentSpain; wooden clappers
- Flamenco guitarInstrumentSpain; guitar used in flamenco music
- MaracasInstrumentLatin America and Caribbean; shaken rattles
- GuiroInstrumentCaribbean and Latin America; notched gourd scraped with a stick
- CongaInstrumentCuba; tall narrow drum
- BongosInstrumentCuba; pair of small hand drums
- Steelpan (steel drum)InstrumentTrinidad and Tobago; tuned drum made from an oil barrel
- CuatroInstrumentPuerto Rico and Venezuela; small four-stringed guitar
- CharangoInstrumentAndes; small guitar-like instrument, traditionally with an armadillo-shell body
- Pan flute (zampona)InstrumentAndes; tubes tied together and blown across the tops
- QuenaInstrumentAndes; notched end-blown flute
- MarimbaInstrumentCentral America and Africa; wooden xylophone with resonators
- UkuleleInstrumentHawaii; small four-stringed guitar
- BanjoInstrumentUnited States; round-bodied string instrument with African roots
- DobroInstrumentUnited States; guitar with a metal resonator
- Native American fluteInstrumentNorth America; wooden flute with a soft, airy sound
- Powwow drumInstrumentNorth America; large drum played by a group
- HarpInstrumentPlayed in many places; plucked strings in a triangular frame
- LyreInstrumentAncient Greece; small harp-like instrument
- Hang drumInstrumentSwitzerland, invented in 2000; steel instrument played with hands
- ThereminInstrumentRussia, invented in the 1920s; electronic instrument played without touching
- CajonInstrumentPeru; box-shaped drum you sit on
- BerimbauInstrumentBrazil; bow-shaped single-string instrument
- BandoneonInstrumentArgentina and Germany; button accordion used in tango
- DudukInstrumentArmenia; double-reed wooden flute
- KalimbaInstrumentAfrica; modern name for a thumb piano
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