Musical Instrument Classification

Aerophones

• Bagpipe chanter - Scotland
• Binadao (reed pipe) - China
• Di (flute) - China
• Dung cheng (long trumpet) - Tibet
• Dvojnice (double flute) - Balkans
• Hne (oboe) - Burma
• Horn - Europe
• Kalinga (bamboo flutes) - Philippines
• Khaen (mouth organ) - Thailand
• Naw (mouth organ) - Thailand
• Ney (cane flute) - Middle East
• Nose flute - Oceania
• Ocarina (vessel flute) - South America
• Paixiao (panpipes) - China
• Panpipes - Philippines
• Pi (reed pipe) - Thailand
• Pinai (quadruple-reed oboe) - Thailand
• Pungi (snake charmer's pipe) _ India
• Rkang gling (short trumpet) - Tibet
• Shahnai (oboe) - North India
• Sheng (mouth organ) - China
• Shofar (trumpet) - Jewish
• Siku (panpipes) - Andes
• Sona (oboe) - China
• Suling (flute) - Bali
• Suling (flute) - Java
• Surna (oboe) - Turkey
• Sweet potato (vessel flute) - North America
• Tin whistle - Ireland
• Zummara (double clarinet) - Middle East

• Angklung (bamboo rattle) - Bali
• Bonang (gong set) - Java
• Chengcheng (cymbals) - Bali
• Claves (clappers) - Latin
• Cowbells (bells) - Switzerland
• Gender (metallophone) - Java
• Gongs - Java
• Gong wong ya (gong chime) - Thailand
• Guiro (scraper) - Latin
• Gyil (xylophone) - W. Africa
• Kenong (kettle gong set) - Java
• Ketuk (kettle gongs) - Java
• Kulintang (gong ensemble) - Philippines
• Limberjack (clapper) - N. America
• Manjira (cymbals) - Tibet, India
• Maracas (shakers) - Latin
• Mbira (thumb piano) - Africa
• Renat ek (xylophone) - Thailand
• Saron (metallophone) - Java
• Slit Drum - Oceania
• Spoons (clappers) - N. America
• Steelpan - Trinidad and Tobago
• Tawa-Tawa gong - Bali, Indonesia
• Vietnamese percussion
• Washboard (scraper) - N. America

Chordophones

• Balalaika (lute) - Russia
• Bandura (zither) - Ukraine
• Berimbau (musical bow) - Brazil
• Charango (mandilin) - Peru
• Dan Bau (monochord) - Vietnam
• Dan tranh (long zither) - Vietnam
• Erhu (fiddle) - China
• Gaohu (fiddle) - China
• Hurdy-gurdy - France
• Irish Harp (harp) - Ireland
• Liuyeqin (willow leaf lute) - China
• Pipa (lute) - China
• Qin (long zither) - China
• Sanxian (3-string banjo) - China
• Sarod (lute) - N. India
• Saung (harp) - Burma
• Saw Duan (fiddle) - Thailand
• Sitar (lute) - India
• Tampura (lute) - India
• Yangqin (dulcimer) - China
• Yueqin (moon lute) - China
• Zhong ruan (medium lute) - China

• Bodhran ( frame drum) - Ireland
• Cuica (friction drum) - Brazil
• Daff (tambourine) - Central Asia
• Djembe (drum) - W. Africa
• Dombek (goblet drums) - Egypt
• Dundun (drum) - Africa
• Ewe (drum ensemble) - W. Africa
• Kendang (barrel drum) - Java
• Luogu (lion dance ensemble) - China
• O-zi (drums) - Burma
• Riq (tambourin) - Egypt
• Tabla (drum set) - N. India
• Thon-rammani (goblet drum) - Thailand