INSTRUMENTS NAME COUNTRY DEFINITION
- Big drums of japan
ODAIKO and JAPAN
TAIKO
JAPAN Kutsuzumi- held on right shoulder.
TSUZUMI - The player alters the tone by
squeezing the laces.
Otsuzumi- place on the left thigh.
JAPAN - A large hanging barrel drum
TSURIDAIKO
JAPAN - 13-string zither
KOTO - 2 meter long
- Made of Paulownia wood.
- Used in an ensemble of gagaku or a
solo instrument
JAPAN - Fretless
SHAMISEN Slimmer than a guitar or a banjo.
JAPAN - Short-necked fretted lute, often
BIWA used in narrative storytelling.
- Is the chosen instrument of
Benten, the goddess of music,
eloquence, poetry, and education
in Japanese Shinto
JAPAN - Most famous flute from bamboo.
SHAKUHACHI - Has 4/5 finger holes on the front
face and a thumb hole on the rear
face.
JAPAN - A parallel, only melodic instrument
NOKAN used in NOH,
- No specific pitch relationship with
the melody of the chanting
JAPAN - Double reed Japanese flute
HICHIRIKI - One of two main melodic
instrument in Japanese gagaku
music, the other being the ryuteki.
JAPAN - Japanese free reed musical
SHO instrument that was introduced
from China during the Nara period.
JAPAN - Also called takebue in the context
SHINUBUE of Japanese traditional arts.
- Transverse flute that has a high
pitched sound.
JAPAN - Literally Dragon Flute
RYUTEKI
CHINA - A moon- shaped lute with shorter
YUEQIN neck and 4 strings, played with a
spectrum, used for accompanying
local operas
CHINA - 4 stringed lute with 30 frets and a
PIPA pear- shaped body.
- Has extremely wide dynamic range
and remarkable expressive power
CHINA - 2 stringed fiddle and one of the
ERHU most popular Chinese instruments
- Used as a solo instrument as well
as in small orchestra, and by
various ethnic groups.
CHINA - Cloud gongs/ cloud of gongs
YUNLUO - A set of 10 small tuned gongs
mounted in a wooden frame
- Has equal diameter but different
thickness
- The thicker gongs produced higher
pitch
CHINA - A Chinese mouth organ, looks like
SHENG a set of panpipes with 12-36
bamboo pipes with different sizes
with brass reed at the bottom and
a hole that must be blocked in
order for the note to sound.
CHINA - Traditional Chinese flute, it can
DIZI have a membrane over an extra
hole to give the characteristic
rattle effect
KOREA - An ancient Chinese instrument that
ZHENG has arched surface and an
elongated-trapezoid with 13-21
strings stretched over individual
bridges.
- Its playing range spans 3-4 octaves.
KOREA - 2 small bells made of high-tin
PENGLING bronze, without internal clappers,
and hemispheric bottomless
gourd-like in shape.
- Has delicate, clarion, and
melodious tone
- Brings an effect of a peaceful
dream.
KOREA - Traditional Korean zither-like string
KAYAGUM instrument, with 12 strings,
probably the best known
traditional Korean musical
instrument.
KOREA - Six-string plucked zither,
GEOMUNGO Goguryeo zither- black crane zither
KOREA - 2 stringed vertical fiddle
HAEGUM Has a rod- like neck, a hollow wooden
sound box, two silk strings, and is held
vertically on the knee of the performer and
played with a bow.
KOREA - Flute of Korea
PIRI
KOREA - the most widely used drum used in
CHANGGO the traditional music of Korea.
