The yueqin or yue qin, formerly romanized as
JAPANESE
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
Odaiko simply means "big, fat drum", and with
very good reason: The worlds largest odaiko is
almost ten feet across the head!
A shamisen or samisen (Japanese: (三 味), (:線,
literally "three taste strings"), also called sangen
(literally "three strings") is a three-stringed
musical instrument played with a plectrum called
a bachi.
The hichiriki (篳篥) is a double reed Japanese
fue (flute) used as one of two main melodic
instruments in Japanese gagaku music, the
other being theryūteki.
The shinobue is a side-blown edge aerophone
(flute) of Japan. Such flutes are made in many
local variations. It is traditionally played as part
of an ensemble to accompany bon dance-songs
and local instrumental ritual music at religious
and agricultural festivals
The ryūteki is a Japanese transverse fue made
of bamboo. It is used in gagaku, the Shinto
classical music associated with Japan's imperial
court.
CHINESE
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
yüeh-ch‘in and also known as the moon guitar,
moon zither, gekkin, laqin, or la-ch‘in, is a
traditional Chinese string instrument.
The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical
instrument, belonging to the plucked category of
instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute,
the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body
with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to
26.
The erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical
instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle,
which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and
sometimes known in the Western
The zheng an ancient chinese instrument that
has an arched surfrace and an elongated-
trapezoid with 13to 21 strings stretched over
individual bridges
The pengling is a concussion idiophone of the
Han Chinese. It is incorporated as an auxiliary
instrument in the ensemble accompanying
Beijing opera.
KOREAN
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
The gayageum or kayagum is a traditional
Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12
strings, though some more recent variants have
21 or other number of strings.
The geomungo or hyeongeum is a traditional
Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither
family of instruments with both bridges and frets.
The haegeum is a traditional Korean string
instrument, resembling a fiddle. It is popularly
known as kkangkkangi.
The janggu or sometimes called seyogo is the
most representative drum in traditional Korean
music. It is available in most kinds.