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| Accordion |
Click to hear an accordion |
| Acoustic bass guitar |
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| Acoustic guitar |
Click to hear a Acoustic Guitar |
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| Acoustic bass guitar |
Click to hear a Acoustic Bass Guitar |
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| Aeolian harp |
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| Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum) |
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| Agung/ agong (Philippine gong) |
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| Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle) |
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| Ajaeng |
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| Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe) |
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| Alphorn |
Click to hear a Alphorn |
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| Alpine bell |
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| Alto clarinet |
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| Alto flute |
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| Alto horn |
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| Alto sarrusophone |
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| Alto saxophone |
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| Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle) |
Click to hear an Angklung |
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| Appalachian dulcimer |
Click to hear an Appalachian dulcimer |
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| Archlute |
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(Spanish archilaúd, Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian Архилютня) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600) |
| Arghul (Arabic double pipe) |
Click to hear an Arghul |
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| Arpa anottolini (Italian hooked harp) |
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| Arpeggione (Italian six-string) |
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| Array Mbira (African thumb piano) |
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| Aru-ding (Philippine Jew’s harp) |
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| Aulochrome (double soprano saxophone) |
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| Babendil (Philippine gong) |
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| Baglama/ saz (Turkish strings) |
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| Balafon (xylophone from Ghana) |
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| Balalaika (Central Asian 2 or 3 stringed guitar) |
Click to hear an Balalaika |
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| Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru) |
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| Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina) |
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| Bandurria (Spanish/ Latin American plucked lute) |
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| Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Banjo |
Click to hear a Banjo |
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| Barbat (Iranian plucked lute) |
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| Baritone horn |
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| Baritone sarrusophone |
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| Baritone saxophone |
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| Baroque Wooden Flute |
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| Baryton (German Euphonium) |
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| Bass Clarinet |
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| Bass Drum |
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| Bass flute |
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| Bass guitar |
Click to hear a Bass Guitar |
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| Bass sarrusophone |
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| Bass saxophone |
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| Bass/ baritone oboe |
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| Basse a Pistons (French Euphonium) |
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| Basse Cor |
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| Basset clarinet |
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| Basset horn |
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| Bassoon |
Click to hear a Bassoon |
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| Bawu (Chinese wind instrument) |
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| Bayan (Russian Accordian) |
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| Bazooka |
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| Bell |
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| Berimbao (Brazilian musical bow) |
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| Bianqing (Chinese stone chimes) |
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| Bianzhong (Chinese bells) |
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| Bifora (Sicillian oboe) |
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| Biniou (French bagpipe) |
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| Biwa (Japanese short-necked lute) |
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| Bock (German bagpipes) |
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| Bodega (French bagpipe) |
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| Bodhrán (Irish drum) |
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| Boha (French bagpipe) |
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| Bombarde |
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| Bombardino (Spanish Euphonium) |
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| Bongo drum |
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| Border pipe/ lowland bagpipe |
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| Bordonua (Puerto Rican bass guitar) |
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| Bouzouki (Greek lute) |
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| Brian Boru bagpipes |
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| Bullroarer |
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| Button accordian |
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| Cabrette (French bagpipe) |
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| Calliope (steam organ) |
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| Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells) |
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| Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells) |
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| Castanets |
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| Cavaco (Spanish guitar) |
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| Cavaquinho (Portuguese guitar) |
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| Caxixi (Brazilian idiophone) |
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| Celesta (idiophone) invented 1886 in Paris by Auguste Mustel. |
Click to hear a Celesta |
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| Cello |
Click to hear a Cello |
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| Ceng (Turkish harp) |
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| Chabrette (French bagpipe) |
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| Chapman stick (fretboard) |
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| Charango (South American fretted lute) |
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| Chenda (Indian drum) |
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| Chi (Chinese Transverse Flute) |
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| Chimes |
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| Ching (Cambodian/ Thai finger cymbals) |
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| Chitaronne (lower-toned lute) |
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| Chitarra battebte (Italian guitar) |
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| Chromatic accordian |
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| Cigar box guitar |
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| Cimbalom (Eastern European hammered dulcimer) |
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| Cimbasso |
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| Cimpoi (Romanian bagpipe) |
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| Cittern (Renaissance lute) |
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| Clapped hands |
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| Clarinet |
Click to hear a Bb Clarinet |
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| Clarinette d’amour |
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| Classical guitar |
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| Clavicembelo (Italian pianoforte) |
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| Clavichord |
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| Clavichord (European stringed keyboard) |
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| Concertina |
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| conch |
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| Conga (Caribbean drum) |
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| Contra-alto clarinet |
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| Contra-alto flute |
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| Contrabass á anche |
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| Contrabass clarinet |
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| Contrabass flute |
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| Contrabass oboe |
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| Contrabass Sarrusophone |
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| Contrabass saxophone |
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| Contrabassoon |
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| Cornet/ Cornett/ Cornetto/ Zink |
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| Cornish bagpipes |
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| Cowbell |
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| Croatian bagpipes |
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| Cromorne |
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| Crotales (Struck cymbals) |
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| Crumhorn |
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| Crwth (Welsh stringed instrument) |
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| Cuatro (Latin American lute) |
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| Cuíca (Brazilian drum) |
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| Cymbals – crash, hi-hat, ride, splash, tom-toms, zil |
Click to hear a Cymbals |
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| Cymbalum (Western European hammered dulcimer) |
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| Da’uli da’uli (Indonesian xylophone) |
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| Dabakan (Philippine drum) |
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| Dadihu (contrabass erhu) |
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| Dahu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Daiko (Japanese drum) |
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| Dankiyo (Turkish bagpipe) |
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| Daraboukka (Syrian drum) |
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| Darabukka (Arabic drum) |
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| Darbuka (Greek drum) |
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| Darvyra (Greek Duct Flute) |
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| Denis d’or (ancient Czech chordophone) |
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| Dhol (Iranian drum) |
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| Dholak (North Indian hand drum) |
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| Didgeridoo (Aboriginal Natural Trumpet) |
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| Dihu (Chinese large bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Diyingehu (contrabass gehu) |
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| Djembe (West African hand drum) |
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| Doedelzak (Dutch bagpipe) |
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| Dombak (Iranian drum) |
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| Domra (Russian mandolin) |
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| Dotara (bass ektara) |
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| Double Bass |
Click to hear a Double Bass |
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| Double contrabass flute |
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| Doulophone/ cuprophone |
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| Drum machine |
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| Dubreq stylophone |
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| Duct Flute |
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| Dudelsack (German bagpipe) |
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| Dudy (Czech bagpipes) |
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| Duff (Islamic tambourine) |
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| Dulcian (pre-1700’s Western European Bassoon) |
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| Dulcimer (hammered zither) |
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| Dulzaina (Spanish oboe) |
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| Dumbelek (Turkish drum) |
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| Dun dun (West African large talking drum) |
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| Dutar (Central Asian lute) |
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| Duxianqin (Chinese one-stringed zither) |
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| Ektara (Indian one-string) |
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| Electric guitar |
Click to hear a Electric Guitar |
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| Electric organ |
Click to hear a Electric Organ |
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| Electric piano |
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| Electronic: |
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| English Horn/ Cor Anglais (French tenor Oboe) |
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| Erhu (Chinese violin) |
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| Erxian (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Euphonium |
Click to hear a Euphonium |
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| Fangxiang (Chinese metallophone) |
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| Fiddle |
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| Finger Cymbals |
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| Fingerboard synthesizer |
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| Fiscarmonica (Italian Accordian) |
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| Flageolets |
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| Flugelhorn |
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| Flute |
Click to hear a Flute |
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| Folgerphone |
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| French Horn |
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| Gaida (Southern Balkan bagpipes) |
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| Gaita (Portuguese & Spanish bagpipe) |
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| Gajdy (Eastern European bagpipes) |
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| Gambang (Indonesian xylophone) |
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| Gan gan (West African small talking drum) |
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| Gandingan (Philippine set of 4 hanging gongs) |
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| Gandingan a kayo (Philippine xylophone) |
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| Ganza (Brazilian rattle) |
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| Gaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Gayageum (Korean zither) |
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| Gehu (Chinese cello-like) |
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| Gender (Indonesian brass xylophone) |
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| Geomungo/ komungo (Korean zither) |
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| Ghatam (Indian drum) |
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| Glass marimba |
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| Glasschord (crystallophone) |
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| Glockenspiel |
Click to hear a Glockenspiel |
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| Gong |
Click to hear a Gong |
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| Gottuvadhyam (Indian 21-stringed guitar) |
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| Great Highland bagpipe |
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| Great Irish warpipes |
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| Guan (Chinese pipe) |
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| Gugin (Chinese bridgeless zither) |
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| Guiro (South & Central American notched gourd that is scraped) |
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| Guitar |
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| Guitar 12 Strings |
Click to hear a Guitar 12 Strings |
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| Guitarrón (Mexican large bass guitar) |
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| Guqin (Chinese plucked zither) |
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| Gusle/ gusla (Balkan guitar) |
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| Gusli (Russian harp) |
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| Guzheng (Chinese zither) |
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| Hammered dulcimer |
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| Handbells |
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| Hang (steel hand drum) |
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| Hardanger fiddle |
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| Harmonica/ Mouth Organ |
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| Harmonium/ reed organ |
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| Harp |
Click to hear a Harp |
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| Harp guitar |
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| Harpsichord |
Click to hear a Harpsichord |
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| Heckelphone |
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| Hegelong (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
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| Hélicon |
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| Hichiriki (Japanese Oboe) |
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| Hocchiku (Japanese flute) |
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| Hooked harp |
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| Horagai (Japanese conch) |
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| Horn |
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| Hosho (Zimbabwean rattle) |
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| Hsaio (Chinese Duct Flute) |
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| Huemmelchen (German smallpipes) |
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| Huluhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Hun (Korean flute) |
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| Hunting Horn |
Click to hear a Hunting Horn |
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| Huqin (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Hurdy Gurdy |
Click to hear a Hurdy Gurdy |
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| Igil (Tuvan bowed instrument) |
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| Inci (Philippine flute) |
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| Ipu (Hawaiian rattle) |
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| Irish bouzouki |
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| Irish Uilleann (Indoor bagpipe) |
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| Istarski mih (Croatian bagpipe) |
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| Janggu (Korean drum) |
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| Japanese Bamboo Flute/ Shakuhachi |
Click to hear a Japanese Bamboo Flute |
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| Jew’s harp |
Click to hear a Jew’s harp |
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| Jew’s harp (plucked idiophone) |
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| Jiaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Jinghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Jug |
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| Kadlong (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
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| Kagul (Philippine slit drum) |
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| Kangling (Tibetan serunai) |
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| Kaval (Slovakian Duct Flute) |
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| Kèn b?u (Vietnamese reed) |
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| Kettle drum/ Timpani |
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| Keyed Bugle |
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| Keyed Trumpet |
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| Khene (Northeast Thailand mouth organ) |
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| Khim (Cambodian/ Thai hammered dulcimer) |
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| Khloy (Cambodian flute) |
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| Khol (South Indian drum) |
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| Kissar (West African lyre) |
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| Knatele (Finnish zither) |
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| Kokyu (Japanese bowed instrument) |
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| Komungo (Korean zither) |
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| Kora (West African 21-string harp-lute) |
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| Koto (Japanese zither) |
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| Koudi (Chinese flute) |
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| Koziol (Polish bagpipe) |
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| Kubing (Philippine Jew’s harp) |
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| Kulintang a kayo (Philippine xylophone) |
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| Kulintang a putao/ kulintang a tiniok (Philippine metallophone) |
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| Kulintang/ kolintang (Philippine gong group) |
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| Kutiyapi (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
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| Kwa-yen (Chinese hanging drum) |
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| Kwintangen kayo/ luntang (Philippine xylophone) |
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| Lambeg (Irish drum) |
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| Lancashire great-pipe |
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| Langeleik (Norwegian stringed instrument) |
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| Laruan (Chinese stringed instrument) |
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| Lasso d’amore |
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| Launeddas (Sardinian triple clarinet) |
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| Leier (German hurdy gurdy) |
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| Leiqin (Chinese bowed instrument) |
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| Lirone |
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| Lithophone (stone barred xylophone) |
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| Lusheng (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
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| Lute |
Click to hear a Lute |
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| Lyre |
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| Magyar duda (Hungarian bagpipes) |
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| Maguhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Malimba (xylophone from the Congo) |
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| Mando-bass (bass mandolin) |
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| Mandocello (large mandolin) |
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| Mandola (US/ Canadian fretted stringed instrument) |
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| Mandolin |
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| Mangtong (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
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| Maraca |
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| Marimba |
Click to hear a Marimba |
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| Marimbao (Brazilian stringed instrument) |
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| Marinbaphone |
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| Mbira/ Sanza/ Thumb Piano (African stringed instrument) |
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| Mellophone |
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| Mellotron (polyphonic keyboard) |
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| Melodeon |
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| Melodica |
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| Metallophones (metal barred xylophone) |
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| Mijwiz (Arabic double pipe) |
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| Mittlealtersackpfeife (German medieval bagpipe) |
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| Mizwad (Arabic bagpipe) |
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| Mohan veena (Indian guitar) |
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| Moodswinger (zither) |
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| Māorin khuur/ morin huur (Mongolian fiddle) |
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| Mridangam (South Indian drum) |
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| Muchosac (Belgian bagpipe) |
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| Musette bressane (French bagpipe) |
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| Musette de cour (French bagpipe) |
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| Musette du centre (French bagpipe) |
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| Musical bow |
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| Musical Saw (wood cutting saw) |
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| Nadaswaram (Indian wind instrument) |
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| Naqara (Mongolian war drum) |
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| Natural Trumpet |
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| Nay (Syrian wooden flute) |
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| Ney (Lebanese Flute) |
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| Northumbrian smallpipes |
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| Nose flute |
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| Nyckelharpa (Swedish key harp) |
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| Oboe |
Click to hear a Oboe |
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| Oboe d’amore |
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| Oboe da caccia |
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| Ocarina |
Click to hear a Ocarina |
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| Octaban (cylinder drum) |
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| Octapad (electronic drumpad) |
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| Octave mandolin |
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| Octavin |
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| Octocontra-alto clarinet |
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| Octocontrabass clarinet |
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| Oliphant/ Cor d’Oliphant |
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| Ondes martenot (electronic keyboard and slide) |
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| Ophicleide |
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| Organ - electric |
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| Organ pipe |
Click to hear a Pipe Organ |
Organ History |
| Overtone guitar |
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| Paixiao (Chinese flute) |
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| Palendang (Philippine flute) |
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| Pan pipes |
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| Pastoral pipes |
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| Piano |
Click to hear a piano |
Piano History |
| Piccolo |
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| Piccolo clarinet |
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| Piccolo heckelphone |
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| Piccolo oboe |
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| Pipa (Chinese lute) |
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| Pipe organ |
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| Piva (Northern Italian bagpipe) |
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| Psaltery (plucked zither) |
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| Pulalu (Philippine flute) |
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| Qanun (Turkish zither) |
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| Quena (Andean flute) |
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| Quinticlave (Ophicleide) |
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| Racket |
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| Rainstick |
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| Raita (Moroccan serunai) |
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| Rajao (Portuguese guitar) |
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| Ranat ek elk (Thai metallophone) |
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| Ranat thum lek (Thai metallophone) |
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| Ratchet |
Click to hear a Ratchet |
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| Rattle |
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| Rebab (Arabic bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Rebec (15th/ 16th century rebab) |
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| Recorder (Descant) |
Click to hear a Recorder (Descant) |
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| Reed contrabass |
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| Reed Pipe |
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| Riq/ riqq/ rik (Arabic tambourine) |
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| Roman tuba |
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| Ruan (Chinese plucked stringed instrument) |
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| Rudra veena (Indian plucked stringed instrument) |
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| Ryuteki (Japanese flute) |
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| Sabar (Senegalese drum) |
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| Sac de gemecs (Catalonian bagpipe) |
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| Sackbutt (trombone family’s ancestor) |
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| Säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe) |
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| Saenghwang (Korean mouth organ) |
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| Sallaneh (Iranian plucked stringed instrument) |
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| Sampho (Cambodian barrel drum) |
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| Sampler |
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| Sang-auk (Burmese harp) |
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| Santur (North Indian hammered zither) |
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| Sanxian (Chinese lute) |
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| Saraswati veena (South Indian lute) |
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| Sarrusophone |
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| Sarunay/ saronay/ sarunai/ saronai (Philippine metallophone) |
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| Saung (Burmese harp) |
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| Saw ou (Thai bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Saw sam sai (Thai bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Saxhorn |
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| Saxonette |
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| Saxophone |
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| Schweizer sackpfeife (Swiss bagpipe) |
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| Scottish smallpipes |
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| Se (Chinese zither) |
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| Serpent |
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| Serunai (Islamic reed instrument) |
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| Setar (Iranian lute) |
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| Shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed instrument) |
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| Shawm (Renaissance oboe) |
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| Shekere (African rattle) |
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| Sheng (Chinese mouth organ) |
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| Shinobue (Japanese flute) |
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| Shofar (Jewish horn) |
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| Sihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Singing bowl/ rin gong (Himalayan standing bell) |
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| Siren |
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| Sitar (South Asian lute) |
Click to hear a Sitar |
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| Sleigh Bells |
Click to hear a Sleigh Bells |
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| Slide guitar |
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| Slide whistle |
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| Slit drum |
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| Snare Drum |
Click to hear a snare drum |
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| Sopranino clarinet |
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| Sopranino saxophone |
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| Soprano clarinet |
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| Soprano mandolin |
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| Soprano saxophone |
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| soprillo |
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| Sorna (Afghan serunai) |
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| Sousaphone |
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| Spoons |
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| Sralai (Cambodian reed) |
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| Steel drum |
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| Steel guitar |
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| Subcontrabass flute |
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| Subcontrabass saxophone |
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| Suling (Indonsian/Philippine flute) |
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| Suona (Chinese serunai) |
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| Synclavier |
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| Synthesizer |
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| Tabla (Indian/ Pakistani drum) |
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| Tagutok (Philippine slit drum) |
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| Taiko (Japanese drum) |
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| Talking drum |
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| Tambour (French drum) |
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| Tambourine |
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| Tamburitza (Croatian/ Serbian mandolin) |
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| Tan-tan (Brazilian hand drum) |
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| Taphon (Thai drum) |
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| Tar (Persian lute) |
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| Tárogató (Hungarian shawm) |
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| Tea chest bass (skiffle bass) |
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| Tenor horn |
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| Tenor mandola (European/ UK fretted stringed instrument) |
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| Tenor sarrusophone |
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| Tenor saxophone |
Click to hear a Tenor Sax |
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| Tenoroon (tenor bassoon) |
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| Teponaztli (Mexican wooden drum) |
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| Thavil (Indian drum) |
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| Theorbo (lower-toned lute) |
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| Theremin (oscillator) |
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| Timpani/ kettle drum |
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| Timple (Canary Islands/ Murcia ukulele) |
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| Tin whistle |
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| Tjelempung/ Celempung (Javanese zither) |
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| Tom-tom |
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| Tonette (plastic recorder) |
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| Torupill (Estonian bagpipe) |
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| Transverse Flute (Traditional Flute) |
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| Trekspill (Norwegian Accordian) |
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| Tres (Cuban chordophone) |
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| Triangle |
Click to hear a Triangle |
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| Tro u (Cambodian bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Tromba marina (European stringed instrument) |
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| Trombone |
Click to hear a Trombone |
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| Tromboon/ babone |
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| Trompeta china (Cuban suona) |
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| Trumpet |
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| Trumpet Bb |
Click to hear a Bb Trumpet |
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| Tsampouna (Greek bagpipe) |
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| Tsuri-daiko (Japanese hanging drum) |
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| Tuba |
Click to hear a Tuba |
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| Tubular Bells |
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| Tuhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Tulum (Turkish bagpipe) |
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| Tumpong (Philippine flute) |
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| Turntables |
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| Ud/ oud (Arabic and Islamic lute) |
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| Udu (African clay drum) |
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| Ukulele (Hawaiian guitar) |
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| Valiha (Indonesian and Madagascan zither) |
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| Vertical flute |
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| Vertical viola |
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| Veuze (French bagpipe) |
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| Vibraphone/ vibraharp |
Click to hear a Vibraphone/ vibraharp |
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| Vichitra veena (Indian stringed instrument) |
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| Vielle (French hurdy gurdy) |
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| Vihuela (Spanish 2-string guitar) |
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| Viola |
Click to hear a Viola |
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| Viola d’amore |
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| Viola da gamba |
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| Viola organista |
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| Violin |
Click to hear a Violin |
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| Violotta |
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| Vladimirsky Rozhok |
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| Volinka (Russian bagpipes) |
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| Wagner Tuba |
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| Washboard |
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| Washint (Ethiopian flute) |
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| Washtub bass |
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| Welsh pipes |
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| Whip |
Click to hear a Whip |
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| Whistle |
Click to hear a Whistle |
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| Willow flute |
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| Wind Chimes |
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| Xalam/ khalam (West African Banjo-like instrument) |
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| Xiao (Chinese flute) |
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| Xiaodihu (tenor erhu) |
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| Xun (Chinese flute) |
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| Xylophone |
Click to hear a Xylophones |
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| Xylorimba (extended range xylophone) |
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| Yang chi’in (Chinese zither) |
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| Yang Chin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) |
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| Yayli tanbur (Turkish lute) |
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| Yazheng (Chinese zither) |
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| Yehu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Yu (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
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| Yueh Ch’in (Chinese lute) |
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| Yun Lo (Chinese gong) |
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| Zampogna (Italian bagpipe) |
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| Zaqq (Maltese bagpipe) |
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| Zhongdihu (bass erhu) |
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| Zhuihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Zither |
Click to hear a Zither |
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| Zonghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
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| Zufalo (Italian flute) |
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| Zurna (Turkish serunai) |
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