Music Glossary: world-music-instruments category

Turkish long-neck lute with movable frets; modal makam repertoire. more

Russian triangular lute family; sharp strum and percussive style. more

Side-blown bamboo flute from India; expressive meend and breathy tone. more

Brazilian musical bow controlling pitch with stone/coin; capoeira rhythms. more

Andean small lute with bright chorused pairs; rapid strums. more

Brazilian friction drum with vocal-like gliss; samba texture. more

Goblet drum from Middle East/North Africa; doum/tek strokes for belly-dance rhythms. more

West African goblet drum; bass, tone, slap strokes for ensemble calls. more

Two-string Chinese bowed fiddle with emotive timbre. more

West African 21-string harp-lute with interlocking patterns. more

Japanese zither with moveable bridges; flowing arpeggios and pentatonics. more

West African lute related to banjo; plucked ostinatos. more

Fretless Middle Eastern lute; microtonal ornaments and rich timbre. more

Chinese pear-shaped lute; rapid tremolo and percussive techniques. more

Japanese end-blown bamboo flute; breath noise as musical color. more

Indian plucked lute with sympathetic strings; used in Hindustani classical and fusion. more

North Indian hand drums (dayan/bayan); complex bols and tonal strokes. more

Irish duct flute; ornamentation via cuts and rolls in Celtic tunes. more

Nigerian clay pot drum; unique low woof and hand slaps. more

Irish bellows pipes with drones and regulators; complex chanter technique. more