ASIA

YANGGEUM
MALAYSIA
KOMPANG
This popular percussion instrument is
commonly played at weddings as an
ensemble. It is played in an interlocking
rhythmic pattern to accompany choral singing.
GENDANG
These are Malay drums of varying sizes made
out of cowhides or taut buffalo. There are
different drums for the Royals of Malaysia and
common people. In the palace, the biggest
drum is called the gendang nobat and for
common folk, the biggest drum is the rebang
ubi. Head on over to Kelantan to find these
drums.
Yanggeum is a percussion string instrument which is
sounded by Chae, (bamboo-made,thin plectra). The
name "Yanggeum" means Western Harp. This kind of
instrument is spread threw out the world as a traditional
national instrument and was introduced into the
professional music of circles of Korea in the 18th
century.
TANSO
Tanso is made up of 2 words. "Tan means short and
"so" is another word for wind instrument. Tanso is the
most popular Korean wind instrument together with
other "so" (wind instruments) ,Tangso (Korean flute). In
the past it was made of bamboo, but now it is made of
synthetic resin a result of several innovations.
THAILAND

SERULING
Seruling is a small Malay flute made out of
bamboo. It’s been much debated as to
whether the Seruling was the first Malayan
Instrument as it was commonly used among
the indigenous tribes (earlier Malays or Proto-
Malays’ who inhabit the jungles).
RANAT EK
The Ranat Ek has a similar look to xylophones. The
keys from the ranad ek do not touch the base of the
instrument, but rather hang over it, similar to a
suspension bridge. The keys are wooden, and are
different sizes in order to make different sounds.

KOREA RANAT EK LEK

The Ranat Ek Lek is similar to the Ranat Ek, but is
made with metal keys, instead of wooden ones. The
Flat metal keys are placed over a wooden resonater.

KAYAGUM
Kayagum (fillip instrument) is one of the most
representative national instrument of Korea. It was
invented by Uruk, over a thousand years ago, (6th
RANAK THUM LEK
century A.D). He was born in the "Kaya Era" and
The Ranak Thum Lek was created to have a lower tone
successfully made himself a talented musician and a
then the Ranat Ek Lek. The only major difference is that
famous composer.
all of the keys are larger, giving it a lower tone.
 create different notes and sound, depending on the
tempo and rhythm of the plucking.

CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA TAKHE
Takhe may be the most popular musical instrument in
Cambodia. A Takhe is propped by from three to five
legs. When performing, the player sits beside it, the left-
KULINTANG
hand runs up and down the strings while the other one
Another well-known Filipino instrument, the natives of
plucks that strings with a plectrum.
Meranao, Tausug, and Maguindanao take a lot of pride
and joy with these. The Kulintang is a set of 5 to 9
pieces of gongs that vary in size and sound. They’re
aligned horizontally next to each other, usually on a
rack, and are arranged in order of their pitch. The gong
CAMBODIA CHAPEI DANG VENG with the lowest pitch is placed on the players left side
Chapei Dang Veng is a solo instrument which is played and two wooden sticks are used to hit the gongs to
when the musician tells folk stories in traditional make sounds.
wedding ceremonies. It is very popular in Cambodian
traditional weddings, is a favorite musical instrument of
the local. Besides, it is used as a background in a fun
duel of words between two people.

CAMBODIA KSE DIEV KUDYAPI

Kse Diev (also called Sadiev) is supposed to be one of Also known as the Kutiyapi, this is a stringed wooden
the most ancient Khmer musical instruments in lute that’s about 4-6 ft long. The lumads of Meranao,
Cambodia. Tourist can encounter the images of this Maguindanao, T’boli, and Manobo often play this
instrument on the carvings in many Angkor structures. instrument, but versions of it is seen throughout the
Philippines. Traditionally, the instrument is played by
men, mainly when singing love songs. A female
equivalent of the Kutiyapi is called a Korlong, which is a
PHILIPPINES
zither-like instrument made with bamboo and is played
with both hands like a harp.

AFRICA
KUBING NIGERIA
This is a jaw harp made with bamboo and is one of the
more well known traditional musical instruments. This
instrument is known to be used as a way for our
ancestors to communicate through song, especially
during courtship. The Kubing is played by placing the
instrument between the lips and the end is plucked to
OGENE
 Here is one of the first earliest instruments used for
music in Nigeria, This is the multi purpose Ogene,
which its use has of course minimized because of the
advent of western instruments.

BREKETE
Played across the Savannah by the Dagomba, Hausa,
Yoruba, peoples of West Africa. Played as a support
and lead drum. The head is from goat skin, and uses a
snare made from thinly strung leather hide.

FLUTE
This is the Nigeria flute used for music, Although
several of these instrument were used in the early
nineties, they were an integral part of the life of the
Nigeria People, the flute is one of Nigeria instruments SIYALIM / STRAW RATTLE
used for solo music. It is used to make emotional music, Made form local straw calabash woven inside to
the saxophone is gradually taking the place of the flute produce a hard crack for the stones sown inside.
in the field of music The flute is a wind instrument, a
sound is made by blowing air into it and controlling the MADAGASCAR
air outlet with the fingers.

EKWE
The Ekwe as it is fondly called is used in prayer houses
for the making of music, It is a simple carved wood that
produces different sounds and it is also used to gather
the elders…to call a meeting…the sound of the ekwe
early in the morning is a notice that the king wants to
meet with the villagers.
VALIHA
The most emblematic instrument of Madagascar, the
valiha, is a bamboo tube zither very similar in form to
those used traditionally in Indonesia and the
Philippines. The valiha is considered the national
instrument of Madagascar.

GHANA
AKAN DRUMS
Akan drums are used in the Ashanti, Fante and
Akyim/Akim Tribes of Central and Southern Ghana. The
different families of drums are named after their dances.
Adowa and Fontomfrom share mostly the same drums
as do Asaadua and Sikyi. In West Africa; drums are not
normally played on their own, but as part of an
ensemble or a grroup, with particular lead drum,
support drum, bass drum, melody instruments, shakers
and a bell.
KABOSY
The Kabosy is a box shaped guitar with four to six
strings. Materials used to make this instrument are
usually scavenged for. The strings are usually made out
of nylon fishing line or bicycle brake wire (what the
strings are made of is dictated by the location in which
the player is from).
JEJY VOATAVO
The Jejy Voatavo is another type of zither . It is believed
to have originated in Egypt. The Jejy voatavo is made
out of either a gourd or an oil can. A strip of wood is
 used as a handle and there are eleven to thirteen
strings stretched from top to bottom. The strings are
usually made out of steel; however, the materials used
to make a Jejy Voatavo are dependent on the region
ZAMPOÑA
Siku (aymara) or antara(quechua) or zampoña
(spanish): Wind Pipe composed of two series of
bamboo pipes of different lengths traditionally tied
together with llama wool strings.
NORTH AMERICA
MEXICO

KENA (QUENA)
Kena (quena): A quena is a simple flute made of
bamboo, which has a round aperture at its end on
which comes the lower lip.

GUITARRON
This is a finger plucking bass instrument, also from the
16th century, that looks like a large vihuela, with 6
strings. The first three strings are nylon, and the next TARCA
three are metal wound. It is fret-less and doesn't need Tarca: Flute carved in wood, painted with bright colors,
electric amplification because of its big size that gives it and perforated with 6 frontal holes. Several music
volume for small venues. instruments belong to the tarcas family.

PERU

ARPA POMATINYAS
This is a small harp, with 32-36 nylon or metal strings The pomatinyas:little drums made of puma skin.
and no pedals, and is played sitting down. It has a
wooden frame, and the sound holes are located at the
back of the soundboard, unlike other Mexican harps.

GUAYLLAQUEPAS
MEXICAN SALTERIO The guayllaquepas: trumpets made of Strombus.
It has a trapezoidal shape and is made out of wood. 5
bridges are placed on top of the board, to stretch the
strings across them. It is made for different musical
ranges, viz., soprano, tenor, and requinto. A salterio
requinto has 90 strings in 3 courses, while salterio tenor
has more than 100 in 3-4 courses. PINKULLO
The pinkullo: wind instrument similar to a flute.

SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE
BOLIVIA
 GERMANY BOMBARD
The bombard is a contemporary conical-bore double-
reed instrument widely used to play traditional Breton
music. The bombard is a woodwind instrument, and a
member of the shawm family. Like most shawms, it has
a broad and very powerful sound, vaguely resembling a
trumpet.
ZITHER
Zither is a class of stringed instruments. The word
Zither is a German rendering of the Greek word cithara,
from which the modern word "guitar" also derives.

ACCORDIONS
Accordions are a family of box-shaped musical
instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone BOHA
type, colloquially referred to as a squeezebox. A person The boha is a type of bagpipe native to the Landes of
who plays the accordion is called an accordionist. Gascony in southwestern France. This bagpipe is
notable in that it bears a greater resemblance to
Eastern European bagpipes, particularly the contra-
chanter bagpipes of the Pannonian Plain, than to other
Western European pipes

OCEANIA
FRENCH HORN
The French horn is a brass instrument made of tubing AUSTRALIA
wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in
F/B♭ is the horn most often used by players in
professional orchestras and bands.

FRANCE
DIDGERIDOO
The didgeridoo, a wind instrument that's blown into to
make a sound, is probably the most famous Australian
musical instrument. It developed in cultures that lived
along the northern coastline of central Australia and it's
been around for thousands of years.
HURDY-GURDY
The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces
sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing
against the strings. The wheel functions much like a
violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument
sound similar to those of a violin. DIDJERIDU
The Australian Aboriginal people developed three
musical instruments - the didjeridu, the bullroarer, and
the gum-leaf. Most well known is the didjeridu, a simple
wooden tube blown with the lips like a trumpet, which
gains its sonic flexibility from controllable resonances of
the player's vocal tract.

LARGERPHONE
A lagerphone is a traditional Australian percussion
instrument with a tambourine-like quality, able to make
several different sounds.
HAWAII
PūTāTARA
The sound of the pūtātara heralds arrivals to a marae or
the birth of a child. It is also used to summon people for
formal learning or as a call to arms. Pūtātara are highly
prized. The triton shell is rarely found in Aotearoa, only
occasionally washing up on beaches in the Far North. It
is regarded as a special gift of Tangaroa, the god of the
sea.

UKULELE PūKāEA
The instrument most associated with Hawaiian music The pūkāea is used to welcome people and announce
would most likely be the ukulele, possibly the Aloha events or occasions of importance, and was also a war
Islands' most popularinstrument. The ukulele, which trumpet.
means "jumping flea," is a small, four-stringed version
of guitar.

KARANGA WEKA
This instrument was used to mimic the call of the weka.

IPU GUAM
The ipu is a stamped (and also struck) vessel idiophone
used for the accompaniment of Hawaiian hula and
comes in single- and double-gourd varieties; the
double-gourd ipupictured and described here (gallery
#1) is most accurately called an ipu heke (the gallery #2
image shows a single gourd ipu, or ipu heke ‘ole). BELEMBAOTUYAN
The belembaotuyan is a long single-stringed musical
instrument historically found on Guam. It is classified as
a stick zither, which is an instrument with no neck or
yoke. The string is stretched between the two ends of
the body and has an attached resonator.

Pū’ILI
The pū’ili is slit-tube rattle idiophone used for the
accompaniment of Hawaiian hula. Hula pū’ili is a group
of traditional chants (mele) meant to be performed with
dance (hula) for which the dancers, who also chant,
each sound a single hand-held pū’ili.

NEW ZEALAND