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Wind instruments

• Woodwind
  • Reeds
    • Double reed
      • Bagpipe
        • Żaqq (The żaqq is a Maltese bagpipe made from the complete skin of an animal (typically a premature calf, goat or dog). The chanter consists of two side-by-side pipes and a bull's horn is normally attached to the end. (Wikipedia))
        • Bellow-blown bagpipes (Bagpipes played by pumping air into a bellow and then from the bellow into the chanter(s).)
          • Northumbrian pipes (Northumbrian (small)pipes)
          • Scottish smallpipes (Like (and developed from) the Northumbrian smallpipes, but with Great Highland Bagpipe fingering.)
          • Uilleann pipes (Uilleann/Union/Irish pipes)
        • Practice chanter (Looks like a recorder, but with double reeds and bagpipe fingering system. Mostly used to learn how to play the pipes, but are occasionally played in their own right.)
      • Bombarde (conical bore double-reed musical instrument from Brittany)
      • Cornamuse (The cornamuse is a double reed instrument from the Renaissance, similar to the crumhorn but with a closed bell. (Wikipedia))
      • Dulcian (The dulcian (also called curtal) is a double reed bass woodwind instrument which is a 16th century ancestor of the bassoon. (Wikipedia))
        • Bassoon
      • Piri (The piri (Korean: 피리, also spelt p'iri) is a Korean double reed instrument made of bamboo, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea. Related to the Chinese guan and Japanese hichiriki. (Wikipedia))
      • Kortholt (Kortholt, a woodwind instrument that was popular in the Renaissance period.)
      • Contrabassoon
      • Zurna (Zurna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurna)
        • Shawm (Shawm, Medieval and Renaissance instrument, predecessor to the oboe)
          • Oboe (Oboe (soprano))
            • Gralla (The gralla is a traditional Catalan double reed instrument in the oboe family. Also known as xirimita. (Wikipedia))
            • Oboe d'amore (Oboe d'amore / Oboe d'amour (mezzo-soprano))
            • Oboe da caccia (The oboe da caccia is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. (Wikipedia))
            • Shehnai (The shehnai, shahnai, shenai, shanai or mangal vadya, is a double reed conical oboe, common in North India, West India and Pakistan, made out of wood, with a metal flare bell at the end. (Wikipedia))
            • English horn (aka cor anglais (alto))
            • Heckelphone
            • Kèn bầu (Ken (wooden, copper hauboits) (Ken Dai or Ken Bau))
        • Suona (The suona (Chinese: 嗩吶, 唢呐, suǒnà) is a Chinese shawm frequently used in the folk music of northern China. Also called laba (Chinese: 喇叭, lǎbā) or haidi (Chinese: 海笛, hǎidí). (Wikipedia))
      • Crumhorn (Crumhorn used in the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe)
      • Duduk (Armenian traditional woodwind instrument)
      • Rauschpfeife (A wooden double-reed instrument with a conical bore from the 16th and 17th centuries (Wikipedia))
    • Singular reed
      • Chalumeau (The chalumeau is a single-reed woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical era. (Wikipedia))
      • Clarinet
        • E-flat clarinet (The E♭ clarinet is a member of the clarinet family sometimes known as a sopranino clarinet. (Wikipedia))
        • Soprano clarinet
        • Basset horn
          • Basset clarinet
        • Alto clarinet
        • Bass clarinet
        • Contrabass clarinet
      • Xaphoon (The Xaphoon is a keyless chromatic single-reed instrument woodwind instrument. (Wikipedia))
      • Saxophone
        • Sopranino saxophone
        • Soprano saxophone
        • Alto saxophone
        • Tenor saxophone
        • Baritone saxophone
        • Bass saxophone (The bass saxophone is the second largest existing member of the saxophone family (not counting the subcontrabass tubax). It is similar in design to a baritone saxophone, but it is larger, with a longer loop near the mouthpiece.)
        • Contrabass saxophone
      • Taragot (The taragot is a Turkish/Hungarian/Romanian reed instrument related to the saxophone and clarinet. Other names include töröksíp and tárogató. (Wikipedia))
      • Launeddas (The launeddas is a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes. (Wikipedia))
    • Free reed
      • Bawu (The bawu (simplified: 巴乌; traditional: 巴烏; pinyin: bāwū; also ba wu or ba-wu) is a Chinese wind instrument. Although shaped like a flute, it is actually a free reed instrument, with a single metal reed. It is played in a transverse (horizontal) manner. (Wikipedia))
      • Dinh tăktàr (dinh tăktàr or Ding Tac ta, bamboo free reed, has a smal gourd type thing)
      • Hulusi (The hulusi (Chinese: 葫蘆絲, 葫芦丝, húlúsī) is a Chinese free reed wind instrument which has three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd. Also known as a cucurbit flute. (Wikipedia))
      • Jew's harp
        • Morsing (An Indian version of the jew's harp, played as a percussion instrument in Carnatic music and Rajastani folk music. (Wikipedia))
      • Khen la´ (Khen blông tree leaf)
      • Accordion
        • Bayan
        • Chromatic button accordion
        • Piano accordion
        • Button accordion
          • Diatonic accordion / melodeon
      • Concertina
      • Harmonica
        • Bass harmonica
        • Chromatic harmonica
        • Đing nǎm (Đing Nǎm free reed mouthorgan. is the "ancestor" of the harmonica and accordion)
          • Khèn Mèo (The khèn Mèo is a mouth organ used by the Hmong people. It has bamboo pipes (typically six) which each have a free reed. Other names include kềnh H'Mông, qeej.)
      • Bandoneón
      • Melodica (Melodica, also known as pianica)
      • Sheng (The sheng (Chinese: 笙, shēng) is a Chinese free reed instrument consisting of a number of vertical pipes. (Wikipedia))
        • Sho (The shō (Japanese: 笙) is a Japanese free reed instrument modelled on the Chinese sheng, although the shō tends to be smaller in size. (Wikipedia))
      • Ki pah (cow horns without fingerholes. with mouthpiece and free reed)
      • Hmông flute (family of Hmông flutes)
        • Tràm plè (a variant of the "Hmông flute". flute blowers lips enclose the blowing hole with the vibrating "free reed" inside)
        • Trắng lu
          • Trắng jâu (trắng jâu bass form of trắng lu)
        • Pang gu ly hu hmông (a kind of a "slide whistle" form. Hmông flute)
        • Sáo meò
  • Flute
    • Transverse flute
      • Fife (A fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore. (Wikipedia))
      • Limbe (The limbe is a Mongolian transverse flute.)
      • Nohkan (The nohkan (Japanese: 能管, nōkan) is a high-pitched bamboo transverse flute from Japan. (Wikipedia))
      • Piccolo
      • Treble flute
      • Soprano flute
      • Concert flute (Concert flute (also called C flute, Boehm flute, silver flute or simply just "flute"))
      • Flûte d'amour (Flûte d'amour (also called tenor flute) is the mezzo-soprano in the flute family)
      • Alto flute
      • Bass flute
      • Daegeum (The daegeum (Korean: 대금, also spelt taegŭm) is a large transverse flute from Korea which is made of bamboo. (Wikipedia))
      • Dizi (The dizi (Chinese: 笛子, dízi) is a Chinese transverse flute typically made of bamboo. In Chinese, it is sometimes just called 笛 (di), but in Japanese 笛 (fue) is a more generic word referring to a whole class of flutes rather than this specific instrument. (Wikipedia))
      • Indian bamboo flutes
        • Bansuri (Bansuri (or बांसुरी) is a transverse alto flute, The Venu's North Indian counterpart )
        • Venu (Venu, a bamboo transverse flute used in the Carnatic music of South India)
      • Shinobue (The shinobue (Japanese: 篠笛) is a high-pitched transverse bamboo flute from Japan.)
      • Sáo trúc (Sáo trúc or Sao Tre vietnamese transverse bamboo flute)
    • End-blown flute (Also known as vertical flutes, rim-blown flutes or notched flutes, among other names.)
      • Kaval (The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute from the Balkans and Anatolia. It is known by a number of names including caval and blul.)
      • Kōauau (The kōauau is a small ductless and notchless Maori flute which is four to eight inches long and has three to six fingerholes placed along the pipe. (Wikipedia))
      • Ney (Persian / Turkish / Arabic end-blown flute with five or six finger holes and one thumb hole. (Ney))
      • Pan flute (Pan flute (Pan pipes))
        • Nai (Nai, Romanian Panflute)
        • Rondador (The rondador is a set of chorded bamboo panpipes from Ecuador. (Wikipedia))
        • Siku (The siku is a traditional Andean panpipe. Other names include antara, sicu, sicus, zampolla and zampoña. (Wikipedia))
        • Syrinx (Greek Panflute)
      • Pí thiu (Pí thiu or Pí khui vertical flute)
      • Quena ((bamboo) flute, also known as kena or qina)
      • Shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute)
      • Tieu flute
      • Xiao (The xiao (simplified Chinese: 箫; traditional Chinese: 簫; pinyin: xiāo, also called dòngxiāo, simplified Chinese: 洞箫; traditional Chinese: 洞簫) is a Chinese end-blown flute. (Wikipedia))
    • Duct flutes (Duct flutes, sometimes known as fipple flutes)
      • Fujara (The fujara is a large folk shepherd's fipple flute originated from central Slovakia. Also known as Slovak shepherd's long pipe. (Wikipedia))
      • Spilåpipa (The spilåpipa is a Swedish fipple flute with eight finger-holes on the top, but no thumb-holes. It has a modal tuning. (Wikipedia))
      • Recorder (Recorder flute (Blockflöte))
        • Garklein recorder (Garklein recorder (Garkleinblockflöte))
        • Sopranino recorder (Sopranino recorder (Sopraninoblockflöte))
        • Descant recorder / soprano recorder (A descant or soprano recorder is the most common size of recorder and is often learnt by children.)
          • Fourth flute (The fourth flute is a recorder with a lowest note of B♭, a fourth above the treble/alto recorder. Also knows as descant in B-flat, soprano in B-flat.)
        • Treble recorder / alto recorder (Alto recorder / Treble recorder (Altblockflöte))
        • Tenor recorder (Tenor recorder (Tenorblockflöte))
        • Bass recorder / f-bass recorder (Bass recorder / F-bass recorder (Bassblockflöte))
        • Great bass recorder / c-bass recorder (Great bass recorder / C-bass recorder (Großbassblockflöte))
        • Contrabass recorder
        • Subcontrabass recorder
      • Willow flute (Willow flute (seljefløyte)
      • Tin whistle
        • Low whistle
      • Slide whistle (Slide whistle (infamous 'Clangers' sound))
    • Other flutes (Other flutes. If you can't find an instrument, please request it at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Talk:Advanced_Instrument_Tree)
      • Algozey (A wooden, beaked double-flute traditionally played by goat herders in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.)
      • Đing buốt (edo village traditional flute, four finger holes, blowing reed)
      • Saó ôi flute (saó ôi (flute of the Muong))
      • Ocarina
      • Nose flute (The nose flute is a flute played by the nose commonly found in countries in and around the Pacific. (Wikipedia))
      • Nose whistle (The nose whistle (also known as the Humanatone) is a simple instrument played with the nose. The stream of air is directed over an edge in the instrument and the frequency of the notes produced is controlled by the volume of air. (Wikipedia))
      • K'lông pút (The k'lông pút (also written klom put, klon put or klong put) is an instrument from the central highlands of Vietnam played by ethnic groups such as the Xơ Đăng and the Bahnar. It consists of a number of different sized bamboo tubes laid horizontally which are played by the musician clapping their slightly cupped hands in front of the tubes in order to push air into the tubes.)
      • Boatswain's pipe (Boatswain's pipe or Bosun's whistle)
• Brass
  • Valved brass instruments
    • Trumpet
      • Piccolo trumpet
    • Vienna horn (The Vienna horn (German: Wiener Horn) is a type of musical horn used primarily in Vienna, Austria, for playing orchestral or classical music. (Wikipedia))
    • Cornet
    • Flugelhorn
    • Mellophone
    • Horn
      • French horn
      • Baritone horn
      • Tenor horn / alto horn
    • Tuba
      • Euphonium
      • Sousaphone
      • Wagner tuba
  • Slide brass instruments
    • Trombone
      • Bass trombone
      • Valve trombone
      • Sackbut
  • Keyed brass instruments
    • Serpent
    • Cornett (Cornett (not to be confused with Cornet))
  • Natural brass instruments
    • Bugle
    • Alphorn
    • Shofar
    • Conch (Conch shell)
    • Didgeridoo
    • Ophicleide
    • Jug (an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with the mouth (Wikipedia))
    • Baroque trumpet (A valveless trumpet, in the model of the ones from the 16th to 18th centuries (Wikipedia))
    • Natural horn (Valveless ancestor of the modern (French) horn. (Wikipedia))
• Organ
  • Barrel organ (A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument typically operated by a person turning a crank which turns a barrel which has music encoded onto it. (Wikipedia))
  • Electronic organ
    • Farfisa (aka Farfisa organ, Farfisa Compact, Farfisa Mini-Compact, Farfisa FAST)
    • Hammond organ
  • Pipe organ
    • Chamber organ (A chamber organ is a small pipe organ.)
  • Reed organ
    • Harmonium
    • Shruti box (aka sruti box. Similar to a harmonium and used to provide a drone accompaniment.)
  • Calliope
  • Theatre organ (Theatre organ, usch as the Wurlitzer)

Strings

• Bowed string instruments
  • Viola da gamba
    • Rebec
    • Double bass / contrabass / acoustic upright bass (The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument of the violin family in the modern symphony orchestra. It is known by many names including: contrabass, string bass, (acoustic) upright bass, bass fiddle, bass violin, doghouse bass, bass viol, stand-up bass, bull fiddle, wood bass, ウッドベース, ストリングベース. (Wikipedia))
      • Electric upright bass
    • Viola d'amore
    • Violone (Violone, The largest/deepest member of the Viol family)
  • Violins
    • Cello
      • Electric cello
    • Viola
    • Violin
      • Treble violin
      • Soprano violin
      • Alto violin
      • Violotta
      • Fiddle
        • Hardingfele (Hardingfele (Hardanger))
        • Kemenche (Turkish three-stringed bowed instrument (Wikipedia))
          • Classical kemençe (Turkish bowl-shaped kemenche, mainly used in classical Ottoman music (Wikipedia))
          • Kemençe of the Black Sea (Turkish box-shaped kemenche, mainly used for folk music. (Wikipedia))
        • Kamancheh (The kamānche or kamāncha (Persian: کمانچه‎) is a Persian bowed string instrument (Wikipedia))
      • Electric violin
      • Vielle (Vielle / Vieille)
    • Stroh violin (aka violin-trumpet, trumpet-violin, horn-violin, violinophone. A violin with a metal resonator and horn rather than a wooden body.)
  • Huqin (Huqin (Chinese: 胡琴, húqín) is a Chinese family of bowed string instruments. (Wikipedia))
    • Haegeum (The haegeum (Korean: 해금, also spelt haegum) is a traditional Korean string instrument. (Wikipedia))
    • Jing'erhu (The jing'erhu (Chinese: 京二胡, jīng'èrhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument, similar to the erhu, so named because is played in Beijing opera. (Wikipedia))
    • Jinghu (The jinghu (Chinese: 京胡, jīnghú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument with two strings used primarily in Beijing opera. Also spelt jing hu. (Wikipedia))
    • Erhu (The erhu (Chinese: 二胡, èrhú) is a bowed Chinese instrument with two strings. Also known as a Chinese violin, erfu or nanhu. (Wikipedia))
      • Gaohu (The gaohu (Chinese: 高胡, gāohú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument developed from the erhu and tuned a fourth higher (Wikipedia))
      • Zhonghu (The zhonghu (Chinese: 中胡, zhōnghú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument developed from the erhu and tuned a fourth or a fifth lower (Wikipedia))
    • Cizhonghu (Tenor Chinese viola/in)
    • Gehu (The gehu (Chinese: 革胡, géhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument, with four strings and tuned like the cello (Wikipedia))
      • Diyingehu (The diyingehu (Chinese: 低音革胡, dīyīngéhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument, with four strings and tuned like the double bass. It is also called digehu (Chinese: 低革胡, dīgéhú) or beigehu (Chinese: 倍革胡, bèigéhú). (Wikipedia))
    • Banhu / banghu (The banhu (Chinese: 板胡, bǎnhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family. It is also called banghu (Chinese: 梆胡, bānghú), for its use in bangzi opera. (Wikipedia))
    • Yehu (The yehu (Chinese: 椰胡, yēhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family, made from a coconut (椰, yē) shell. (Wikipedia))
    • Kokyu (Japanese string instrument)
    • Morin khuur / matouqin (The morin khuur (Mongolian: морин хуур, also written morin huur or morin xuur) is a Mongolian bowed string instrument which has two strings. The scroll is normally carved in the shape of a horse's head. It is also known as mǎtóuqín (traditional Chinese: 馬頭琴, simplified Chinese: 马头琴).)
    • Đàn nhị (The đàn nhị is a Vietnamese stringed instrument with a small, cylindrical body, covered at one end with snakeskin. The bow passes between the two strings and the instrument has no frets. This instrument is of Chinese descent but has relatives all over Asia. (Wikipedia))
      • Koke (koke, can-shaped, covereed with snakeskin. played with a horsehair-bow)
  • Archaic and other bowed string-instruments
    • Cretan lyra (The Cretan lyra (Greek: κρητική λύρα) is a Greek pear-shaped, three-stringed bowed musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and parts of Greece. (Wikipedia))
    • Sarangi (The sarangi is a short-necked, bowed string instrument from India, Nepal and Pakistan.)
      • Dilruba (The dilruba is a bowed string instrument from Northern India, mostly used in religious music and light classical songs (Wikipedia))
      • Esraj (The esraj is a bowed string instrument from Eastern and Central India, mostly used as an accompanying instrument (Wikipedia))
    • Viola organista
    • Crwth
    • Nyckelharpa
    • Bowed psaltery
    • Gudok
      • Gadulka
    • Musical saw
    • Talharpa / hiiu kannel (The talharpa is a four-stringed bowed lyre from northern Europe, mostly played in Estonia. (Wikipedia))
  • Yaylı tanbur (The yaylı tanbur is a bowed lute from Turkey derived from the older plucked tanbur. (Wikipedia))
• Plucked string instruments
  • Guitars
    • Guitar
      • Classical guitar
        • Acoustic guitar
          • Acoustic fretless guitar (Acoustic guitar without frets.)
          • Spanish acoustic guitar
        • Gut guitar (A classical guitar strung with gut strings.)
        • Nylon guitar (A classical guitar strung with nylon strings.)
      • Tenor guitar (Slightly smaller, four-string version of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar)
      • Slide guitar
      • Steel guitar
        • Lap steel guitar
          • Electric lap steel guitar
            • Electric guitar
              • Electric fretless guitar (Electric guitar without frets.)
          • Resonator guitar
            • Dobro (Dobro, resonator guitar)
        • Table steel guitar
          • Pedal steel guitar
      • 12 string guitar
      • Baritone guitar
      • Vietnamese guitar
      • Hawaiian guitar (Hawaiian guitar, "slack string guitar")
    • Bass guitar (Bass (modern, typically electrical, but not always))
      • Acoustic bass guitar
      • Fretless bass (variety of bass guitars without frets)
      • Electric bass guitar
      • Đàn tứ dây (A latter-day construction in the form of a four-stringed, square-bodied bass guitar)
    • Cuatro (A class of South-American guitars)
    • Tiple
      • Mexican vihuela (Mexican vihuela, used by mariachi bands)
    • Ukulele
    • Tres
    • Spanish vihuela
    • Cavaquinho (The cavaquinho is a small plucked string instrument of Portuguese origin with four wire or gut strings (Wikipedia))
  • Tumbi (The tumbi or toombi is a high pitched, single string plucking instrument associated with folk music of Punjab (Wikipedia))
  • Bouzouki
    • Irish bouzouki
    • Lute
      • Archlute (The archlute is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo and the Renaissance tenor lute (Wikipedia))
      • Bandora (The bandora is a large long-necked plucked string instrument that has been described as a kind of bass cittern. (Wikipedia))
      • Charango (The charango is a small South American lute.)
      • Oud (Other names: ούτι, outi (Wikipedia))
        • Cümbüş
      • Rudra veena (The rudra veena (also spelled rudra vina/been/bin; Hindi: रुद्रवीणा) is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani classical music. (Wikipedia))
      • Saraswati veena (The Saraswati veena (also spelt Saraswati vina) is an Indian plucked stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. (Wikipedia))
      • Saz (The saz is a long-necked fretted lute)
        • Baglama
          • Turkish baglama
            • Greek baglama
        • Komuz (The komuz or qomuz is a fretless string instrument used in Central Asian music, seen as the Kyrgyz national instrument. (Wikipedia))
      • Tanbur
        • Tambura (Tambura, Tanbura or Tamboura)
          • Dombra (The dombra is a long-necked lute from central Asia. Other names include (домбыра, dombyra, dambura, dumbyra, tumbyra, danbura, dombıra, dumbura, dombira, 冬不拉 and dongbula. (Wikipedia))
          • Domra (The domra (Russian: домра) is a long-necked Russian string instrument of the lute family with a round body and three or four metal strings. (Wikipedia))
          • Tamburitza
          • Mandola
            • Mandocello (The mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family, the equivalent to the cello in the violin family (Wikipedia))
            • Mandolin
          • Balalaika
          • Bandura (Bandura, ukrainian 14th century lute)
      • Tar (lute) (The tar is a long-necked, waisted lute found in Azerbaijan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, and other areas near the Caucasus region. Not to be confused with the drum of the same name.)
      • Theorbo (Theorbo, Théorbe, Tiorba)
      • Tzoura (also known as tzouras and tsoura)
      • Cittern
        • Orpharion (A plucked instrument from the Renaissance. (Wikipedia))
      • Gumbri (This is a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute from North-Africa. Other names include سنتير‎, guembri, guimbri الكمبري‎, gimbri and hejhouj. (Wikipedia))
      • Rebab
        • Sarod
      • Xalam / khalam
        • Banjo
          • Banjitar (Banjitar, Guitjo or Ganjo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitjo)
          • Five-string banjo (A five-string banjo is a banjo with five strings. (Wikipedia))
      • Sitar
        • Electric sitar
      • Pipa (The pipa (Chinese: 琵琶, pípa) is a four-stringed plucked Chinese instrument with a pear-shaped body. Also known as the Chinese lute. (Wikipedia))
        • Biwa (The biwa (Japanese: 琵琶) is a short-necked Japanese fretted lute which is played with a large triangular-shaped plectrum. (Wikipedia))
          • Chikuzen biwa (The chikuzen biwa (Japanese: 筑前琵琶) is a biwa with either four strings and frets or five strings and frets popularised during the Meiji period. (Wikipedia))
          • Heike biwa (The heike biwa (Japanese: 平家琵琶) is a biwa with four strings and five frets used to play Heike Monogatari. (Wikipedia))
          • Satsuma biwa (The satsuma biwa (Japanese: 薩摩琵琶) is a biwa with four strings and frets popularised during the Edo period. (Wikipedia))
        • Đàn tỳ bà (The đàn tỳ bà is a four-stringed Vietnamese lute with a pear-shaped body. Like the Chinese pipa from which is derived, it has greatly elevated frets at the neck. (Wikipedia))
      • Sanxian (The sanxian (Chinese: 三弦, sānxián) is a Chinese lute with three strings. (Wikipedia))
        • Sanshin (The sanshin (Japanese: 三線) is an Okinawan string instrument which consists of a snakeskin-covered body, neck and three strings. It is traditionally played with a plectrum made of horn worn on the index finger. (Wikipedia))
          • Shamisen (The shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線), also called sangen (Japanese: 三絃), is a three-stringed instrument from Japan which is played with a large triangular-shaped plectrum called a bachi. The body traditionally uses cat or dog skin, unlike the Chinese sanxian and Okinawan sanshin. (Wikipedia))
        • Shudraga (The shudraga (Mongolian: шудрага) is a Mongolian fretless lute with three strings. Other names include: shanz, ショダルガ, shadraga.)
        • Đàn tam (The đàn tam is a three-stringed fretless lute from Vietnam. (Wikipedia))
      • Yueqin (The yueqin (Chinese: 月琴, yuèqín) is a Chinese "moon-shaped" plucked lute. Also known as moon lute, moon guitar or yueh-ch'in. (Wikipedia))
        • Ruan (Ruan (Chinese: 阮, ruǎn) is a family of Chinese plucked lutes (Wikipedia))
          • Zhongruan (The zhongruan (Chinese: 中阮, zhōngruǎn) is a Chinese plucked lute, the tenor-ranged size in the ruan family. (Wikipedia))
          • Daruan (The daruan (Chinese: 大阮, dàruǎn) is a Chinese plucked lute. Also called a bass ruan.)
        • Đàn nguyệt (The đàn nguyệt or đàn kìm is a two-stringed Vietnamese lute with a long neck and a circular, flat body. (Wikipedia))
  • Lyre
    • Kinnor
    • Kithara
    • Harp
      • Concert harp
        • Electric harp
      • Folk harp
        • Irish harp / clàrsach (An Irish/Scottish harp, also known as cláirseach, celtic harp and gaelic harp)
        • German harp (German/Bohemian harp)
      • Wire-strung harp
      • Psaltery
        • Harpsichord
          • Virginal (The virginals is a smaller and simpler rectangular form of the harpsichord with only one string per note (Wikipedia))
      • Kora
  • Zither
    • Appalachian dulcimer
    • Marxophone (A type of fretless zither.)
    • Valiha (The valiha is a bamboo tube zither from Madagascar (Wikipedia))
    • Baltic psalteries
      • Kanklės (Kanklės, Lithuanian plucked string)
      • Gusli (Gusli, an ancient Slavic musical instrument, Russian)
      • Kantele (Kantele, Finnish traditional plucked string)
    • Langeleik
    • Kanun (Kanun, Arabic plucked strings)
    • Autoharp
    • Bandura (Bandura, modern day Ukraininan zither)
    • Guqin (The guqin (Chinese: 古琴), aka gǔqín, ku-ch'in, qin or ch'in is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family. (Wikipedia))
      • Geomungo (The geomungo or komungo (Korean: 거문고) is a traditional Korean zither, based on the Chinese guqin, which typically has 6 strings. (Wikipedia))
    • Guzheng (The guzheng (Chinese: 古箏, gǔzhēng) is a Chinese plucked zither, with 18 to 23 or more strings and movable bridges. It is also simply called zheng (Chinese: 箏, zhēng). (Wikipedia))
      • Gayageum (The gayageum (Korean: 가야금, gayageum, kayagŭm) is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument which normally has 12 strings. (Wikipedia))
      • Koto (The koto (Japanese: 箏) is a traditional Japanese string instrument with 13 strings that are strung over 13 movable bridges along the width of the instrument. (Wikipedia))
        • 17-string koto (A koto with 17 rather than 13 strings, sometimes described as a bass koto. Other names include jūshichi-gen, 十七絃, 十七弦, jûshichigen. (Wikipedia))
      • Yatga (The yatga (Mongolian: ятга, Chinese: 雅托葛) is a traditional Mongolian plucked zither, similar to the Chinese guzheng. Other names include yatug, yatag, ヤタッグ, ヤトガ. (Wikipedia))
      • Đàn tranh (The đàn tranh is a a long Vietnamese zither with sixteen strings and high, movable bridges. The strings are plucked with plectrums, while the left hand is used for ornamenting the notes by pressing the strings. (Wikipedia))
    • Đàn bầu (The đàn bầu is a one-stringed Vietnamese zither. (Wikipedia))
      • Duxianqin (The duxianqin (Chinese: 独弦琴, dúxiánqín) is a one-string zither which is likely derived from the Vietnamese đàn bầu. Also called yixianqin (Chinese: 一弦琴, yīxiánqín). (Wikipedia))
  • Musical bow
    • Berimbau
  • Tonkori (The tonkori (Japanese: トンコリ) is a plucked string instrument played by the Ainu of northern Japan and Sakhalin. (Wikipedia))
• Struck string instruments
  • Hammered dulcimer
    • Cymbalum (Cymbalum (Cimbalom))
    • Santur (Santur, Middle Eastern)
    • Santoor (Santoor, Indian dulcimer)
    • Yangqin (The yangqin (simplified Chinese: 扬琴; traditional Chinese: 揚琴; pinyin: yángqín) is a Chinese hammered dulcimer. Also spelt yang ch'in or yang t'chin. (Wikipedia))
      • Khim (The khim (Thai: ขิม, Khmer: ឃឹម) is a hammered dulcimer from Thailand and Cambodia. (Wikipedia))
    • Đàn tam thập lục (The đàn tam thập lục is a relatively recent imported addition to Vietnamese instruments. A dulcimer with thirty-six strings, struck with two small rubber-clad dubs. It has many counterparts in various countries, such as the "santoor" in India and also the "cimbalon" in Hungary. (Wikipedia))
  • Chapman stick
  • Warr guitar
  • Clavichord
    • Clavinet
  • Piano
    • Bowed piano (A piano whose strings are bowed, using nylon filament or other materials)
    • Fortepiano
    • Tangent piano
    • Grand piano
    • Upright piano
    • Toy piano
    • Electric piano
      • Rhodes piano
      • Wurlitzer electric piano
      • Chamberlin
      • Mellotron
      • Keyboard
        • Keyboard bass
    • Prepared piano (A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations) between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers. (Wikipedia))
• Other string instruments (Other string instruments. If you can't find an instrument, please request it at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Talk:Advanced_Instrument_Tree)
  • Aeolian harp
  • Taishogoto (The taishōgoto (Japanese: 大正琴) is a Japanese string instrument with 2-12 strings and keys which are used to fret the strings. Also known as taishō koto or Nagoya harp. (Wikipedia))
    • Bulbul (The bulbul tarang (बुलबुल तरंग, Indian banjo) is a string instrument from India and Pakistan (Wikipedia))
  • Hurdy gurdy
  • Washtub bass

Percussion

• Drums
  • Barrel drum
    • Buk (The buk (Korean: 북, buk, puk) is a Korean drum. While buk is a generic term for drum, it normally refers to a shallow barrel-shaped drum with a wooden body. (Wikipedia))
    • Mridangam (The mridangam (Sanskrit: म्र्दांगम, Tamil: மிருதங்கம், Malayalam: മൃദംഗം, Kannada: :ಮೃದಂಗ, Telugu: మృదంగం, alternative spellings include "mrudangam", "mrdangam", "mrithangam", "miruthangam" and "mirudhangam") is a double-sided drum from India. (Wikipedia))
      • Maddale (Maddale is a double-headed drum from Karnataka, India. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in Yakshagana. (Wikipedia))
      • Pakhavaj (The pakhavaj/pakhawaj is an Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum used in Hindustani music (Wikipedia))
    • Thavil (The thavil (Tamil: தவிள்) or tavil is a barrel shaped drum from South India. (Wikipedia))
      • Dhol (Double headed drum from India. (Wikipedia))
    • Taiko (Japanese traditional drum beaten with sticks called bachi)
      • Nagadou-daiko (The nagadou-daiko (Japanese: 長胴太鼓) is an elongated barrel-shaped Japanese drum. (Japanese Wikipedia))
      • Shime-daiko (The shime-daiko (Japanese: 締太鼓) is a small Japanese drum with a short but wide body which has a higher pitch than a normal taiko. (Wikipedia))
  • Drumset
    • Electronic drum set
    • Brushes
  • Frame drum
    • Tambourine
      • Kanjira (The kanjira, khanjira or ganjira is a South Indian frame drum. (Wikipedia))
      • Rek (Rek (Oriental tambourine))
      • Daf (Ancient frame drum (http://www.donbak.co.uk/Articles/DafTheSpiritualFrameDrum.htm))
      • Bendir (Bendir, frame drum from North Africa, doesn't have jingles)
      • Tef (A Turkish version of tambourine / daf, made from animal skin and played with the fingers.)
        • Daire (A larger version of tef, used to indicate the rhythmic structures (usul) in makam music.)
    • Bodhrán
    • Davul (Davul, turkish drum)
    • Ocean drum
    • Doyra
  • Friction drum
    • Cuíca (The cuíca is a Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music. (Wikipedia))
    • Żafżafa / rabbaba (The żafżafa or rabbaba is a Maltese friction drum consisting of a container (made of tin, pottery or wood) covered with animal skin with a long Arundo donax reed attached.)
  • Goblet drum (The Goblet drum has many many names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum)
    • Tabla
    • Thon (The thon (Thai: โทน) is a goblet drum with a ceramic or wooden body used in classical Thai and Cambodian music. (Wikipedia))
    • Trống bông (Trống Bông (bong drum))
    • Zarb (Zarb (also known as tonbak, tombak, donbak & dombak) is a goblet drum from Persia.)
    • Darbuka (Darbuka, Derbuka, Darabuka or Tarabuka, darabouka, darbukah, demblik, doumbek, dümbelek, dumbek hourglass-shaped goblet drum from Greece, the Middle East and India)
    • Djembe
  • Hourglass drum
    • Batá drum (A Batá drum is a double-headed drum originating from Nigeria.)
    • Janggu (The janggu (Korean: 장구, also spelt changgu) or janggo (Korean: 장고, also spelt changgo) is a double-headed hourglass shaped drum which is the most widely used drum used in the traditional music of Korea. (Wikipedia))
    • Kotsuzumi (The kotsuzumi (Japanese: 小鼓) or simply tsuzumi (Japanese: 鼓) is an hourglass-shaped Japanese drum with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads. (Wikipedia))
    • Talking drum
    • Ōtsuzumi (The ōtsuzumi (Japanese: 大鼓) is an hourglass-shaped Japanese drum, larger than the kotsuzumi. (Wikipedia))
  • Slit drum (Slit drum, hollowed out tree with slits)
    • Mõ (Hollow wooden instrument with slits, played with drumsticks)
  • Vessel drum
    • Timpani (Timpani (Kettle drum))
    • Udu (Udu Nigerian vessel drum)
    • Ghatam (Ghatam, a South Indian Carnatic music percussion instrument)
  • Other drums
    • Bangu (The bangu (Chinese: 板鼓, bǎngǔ), also known as danpigu (Chinese: 單皮鼓, 单皮鼓, dānpígǔ) is a Chinese frame drum, struck by two bamboo sticks (Wikipedia). It is usually played along with the clappers ban (Chinese: 板, bǎn). Therefore, both instruments are known collectively as guban (Chinese: 鼓板, gǔbǎn). (Wikipedia))
    • Bass drum
    • Bongos
    • Cajón (Cajón, Peruvian box drum)
    • Chande (The chande is a drum used in the traditional and classical music of South India. (Wikipedia))
    • Congas
    • Dholak (dholak, classical North Indian hand drum)
    • Dohol (Dohol, traditional Iranian drum)
    • Kudüm (Turkish pair of small, hemispherical drums (Wikipedia))
    • Madal (Madal, hand drum originating from Nepal)
    • Snare drum
    • Surdo (Surdo / Surdu, large bass drum used in Brazilian music, most notably samba)
    • Tanbou ka (Tanbou ka or Tambu ka (a small high-pitched drum))
    • Tom-tom (A tom-tom (or just tom) is a cylindrical drum with no snare, commonly found in a standard drum set.)
    • Đại cô/tiểu cô (variously sized drums)
• Tuned percussion
  • Bells
    • Agogô (The agogô is a single or multiple bell used in samba music with origins in traditional Yoruba music. (Wikipedia))
    • Handbells
    • Tubular bells
    • Cowbell
    • Carillon
    • Gankogui (Gankogui, iron bell)
  • Gongs
    • Gong
      • Jing (The jing (Korean: 징, jing, ching) is a large gong used in traditional Korean music. (Wikipedia))
      • Kkwaenggwari (The kkwaenggwari (Korean: 꽹과리, also spelt ggwaenggwari) is a small flat brass gong, typically about 20cm in diameter, which is used primarily in the folk music of Korea. (Wikipedia))
      • Atarigane (The atarigane (Japanese: 当り鉦) is a Japanese gong which is struck using a deer horn mallet. Other names include 当たり鉦, 当鉦, 摺鉦, surigane, チャンチキ, chanchiki, コンチキ, konchiki. (Wikipedia))
      • Xiaoluo (The xiaoluo (Chinese: 小鑼, 小锣, xiǎoluó) is a Chinese small flat gong whose pitch rises when struck with the side of a flat wooden stick.)
      • Daluo (The daluo (Chinese: 大鑼, 大锣, dàluó) is a Chinese large flat gong whose pitch drops when struck with a padded mallet.)
    • Cymbals
      • Finger cymbals
        • Zill (Zills are tiny metallic finger cymbals used in belly dancing and other similar performances.)
      • Hi-hat (A hi-hat (or hihat) is a typical part of a drum kit, consisting of a pair of cymbals mounted on a stand.)
      • Kartal (The kartal is an Indian percussion instrument with jingles, played with the hands, mainly used in Kirtans, Bhajans and in Rajastani folk music. (Wikipedia))
      • Não bạt / chập chõa (Various types of cymbal. Also called chũm chọe)
      • Naobo (The naobo (Chinese: 铙钹, náobó) are Chinese cymbals, specially used in Beijing opera. (Wikipedia))
  • Xylophone
    • Marimba
    • Glockenspiel
      • Crotales
    • Celesta
    • Gamelan
      • Bamboo angklung
        • Metal angklung (Metal Angklung "Deagan organ chimes")
      • Saron (The saron is an Indonesian musical instrument which is used in the gamelan. It normally has seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame. (Wikipedia))
    • T'rưng (The t'rưng (t'rung) is a bamboo xylophone from the central highlands of Vietnam which is played by ethnic groups such as the Bahnar and the Ê Đê.)
    • Amadinda (Amadinda, southern Uganda giant xylophone, made on with resonating hardwoodwood bars)
    • Balafon (Balafon, Malian 'gourd xylophone')
    • Metallophone
    • Vibraphone
    • Ti bwa (ti bwa, percussion instrument made of a piece of bamboo laid horizontally and beaten with sticks)
  • Timbales
  • Steelpan (aka pans, steel drums)
  • Triangle
  • Whistle
    • Samba whistle (The samba whistle (Portuguese: apito de samba) is a tri-tone whistle used in samba music and other Brazilian music styles. (Wikipedia))
  • Mbira (Mbira, (sansa, kalimba, luvale, karimba, marimbula, matape, thumb piano))
  • Singing bowl
  • Chimes
• Other percussion (Other percussion. If you can't find an instrument, please request it at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Talk:Advanced_Instrument_Tree)
  • Afuche / cabasa
  • Bell tree (A bell tree is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls. (Wikipedia))
  • Body percussion (Percussion performed by parts of the body.)
    • Finger snaps (aka finger clicks)
    • Foot percussion (Percussion performed with the feet, such as foot tapping and clogging.)
      • Tap dancing (Tap dancing is a type of dance in which the dancer wears special shoes that make a clicking sound as the dancer's feet strike the floor. (Wikipedia))
    • Handclaps (Handclaps, also known as Palmas)
  • Hang (Percussion instrument made from two steel sheets that are attached together creating a recognizable 'UFO shape'. (Wikipedia))
  • Tibetan water drum
    • Waterphone
  • Typewriter (A typewriter, used for percussion (either keys or bells))
  • Vibraslap
  • Washboard
    • Frottoir (aka frattoir or rubboard)
  • Whip
  • Wind chime (Wind chimes are chimes constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells or other objects, designed to be hung outside and played by the wind. (Wikipedia))
  • Wood block
    • Temple blocks
  • Rattle
    • Maracas
    • Chacha (Chacha, west Indian rattle)
    • Sistrum (Sistrum, anchient handheld rattle)
    • Ankle rattlers
    • Shekere (Shekere, calabash shaker embroidered with beads)
    • Rainstick
  • Shakers
    • Caxixi (The caxixi is a shaker originating in Brazil which is made of a small wicker basket containing seeds or other small particles. (Wikipedia))
  • Castanets
    • Spoons
    • Song loan (The song loan is a traditional Vietnamese instrument consisting of a hollow wooden body (about 7 cm in diameter) attached to a flexible spring with a wooden ball on the other end and played with the foot. (Wikipedia))
    • Bones
    • Claves
    • Rhythm sticks
    • Bin-sasara (Bin-sasara, made of many small slats of wood connected by a spine of string with handles at each end)
  • Sênh tiền (The sênh tiền is a Vietnamese instrument which is a combination of clappers, a rasp and a jingle, made from three pieces of wood with old Chinese coins attached. (Wikipedia))
    • Phách (Phách (The clappers))
      • Sapek clappers
  • Güiro
  • Mendoza (Mendoza (Monkey stick))
  • Ratchet

Electronic instruments

• Bass pedals
• Denis d'or
• Electronic wind instrument
  • EWI (EWI (an acronym for electric wind instrument) is the name of Akai's wind controller. (Wikipedia))
  • Lyricon (The Lyricon is an electronic wind instrument. (Wikipedia))
• Laser harp (A laser harp is an electronic musical instrument consisting of several laser beams to be blocked, in analogy with the plucking of the strings of a harp, in order to produce sounds. (Wikipedia))
• Reactable (The Reactable is an electronic musical instrument consisting of a round translucent table on which blocks are placed. (Wikipedia))
• Vocoder (Vocoder, Voice box)
• Voice synthesizer (aka Vocaloid)
• Wavedrum
• Dubreq Stylophone
• Drum machine
• Ebow
• Omnichord
• Ondes Martenot
• Sampler
• Synclavier
• Synthesizer
  • Bass synthesizer (A bass synthesizer is used to create sounds in the bass range.)
  • Moog
  • Minimoog
  • Continuum (Continuum, strange thingy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument))
• Teleharmonium
• Theremin

Other instruments

Other instruments. If you can't find an instrument, please request it at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Instrument_Tree/Requests

• Bull-roarer
• Glass (h)armonica
• Mirliton (Mirliton is a generic term for membranophones played by a performer speaking or singing into them, and which alter the sound of the voice by means of a vibrating membrane.)
  • Kazoo
  • Żummara (The żummara is a Maltese instrument similar to a kazoo. It is made out of a piece of bamboo reed covered on one end by greaseproof paper tied with string. A melody is then hummed into a hole in the reed producing a rough raspy sound. Not to be confused with the Egyptian/Iraqi zummara which is an instrument similar to a chalemeau.)
• Musical box (Also known as a music box or orgel (オルゴール). (Wikipedia))
• Suikinkutsu (A suikinkutsu (Japanese: 水琴窟) is a type of Japanese garden ornament which uses dripping water to create music. Although it is also known as a Japanese water zither, it is named after the sound the koto (a Japanese zither) makes and is not actually a string instrument.)
• Talkbox (A talkbox (or talk box) is an effects device which enables a musician to modify the sound of an instrument.)
• Tape
• Vacuum cleaner
• Bass (Bass is a common but generic credit which refers to more than one instrument - the bass guitar and the double bass (a.k.a. contrabass, acoustic upright bass, wood bass). Please use the correct instrument if you know which one is intended.)
• Turntable(s)
• Hardart
• Lasso d'amore