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Instrument
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Sound File
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History
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Accordion
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Click to hear an accordion
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In
1854, Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, was granted the first U.S. patent for
the accordion. He made improvements to the keyboard and enhanced the
sound.
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Acoustic bass guitar
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Acoustic guitar
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Click to hear a Acoustic Guitar
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Acoustic bass guitar
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Click to hear a Acoustic Bass Guitar
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Aeolian harp
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Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum)
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Agung/ agong (Philippine gong)
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Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle)
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Ajaeng
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Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe)
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Alphorn
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Click to
hear a Alphorn
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Alpine bell
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Alto clarinet
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Alto flute
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Alto horn
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Alto sarrusophone
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Alto saxophone
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Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle)
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Click to hear an Angklung
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Appalachian dulcimer
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Click to hear an Appalachian dulcimer
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Archlute
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(Spanish archilaúd, Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian
Архилютня) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600)
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Arghul (Arabic double pipe)
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Click to
hear an Arghul
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Arpa anottolini (Italian hooked harp)
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Arpeggione (Italian six-string)
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Array Mbira (African thumb piano)
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Aru-ding (Philippine Jew’s harp)
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Aulochrome (double soprano saxophone)
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Autoharp (chorded zither)
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Babendil (Philippine gong)
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Baglama/ saz (Turkish strings)
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Balafon (xylophone from Ghana)
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Balalaika (Central Asian 2 or 3 stringed guitar)
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Click to hear an Balalaika
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Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru)
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Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina)
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Bandurria (Spanish/ Latin American plucked lute)
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Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Banjo
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Click to
hear a Banjo
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Barbat (Iranian plucked lute)
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Baritone horn
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Baritone sarrusophone
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Baritone saxophone
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Baroque Wooden Flute
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Baryton (German Euphonium)
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Bass Clarinet
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Bass Drum
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Bass flute
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Bass guitar
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Click to hear a Bass Guitar
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Bass sarrusophone
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Bass saxophone
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Bass/ baritone oboe
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Basse a Pistons (French Euphonium)
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Basse Cor
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Basset clarinet
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Basset horn
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Bassoon
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Click to
hear a Bassoon
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Bawu (Chinese wind instrument)
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Bayan (Russian Accordian)
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Bazooka
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Bell
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Berimbao (Brazilian musical bow)
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Bianqing (Chinese stone chimes)
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Bianzhong (Chinese bells)
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Bifora (Sicillian oboe)
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Biniou (French bagpipe)
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Biwa (Japanese short-necked lute)
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Bock (German bagpipes)
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Bodega (French bagpipe)
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Bodhrán (Irish drum)
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Boha (French bagpipe)
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Bombarde
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Bombardino (Spanish Euphonium)
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Bongo drum
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Border pipe/ lowland bagpipe
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Bordonua (Puerto Rican bass guitar)
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Bouzouki (Greek lute)
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Brian Boru bagpipes
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Bullroarer
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Button accordian
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Cabrette (French bagpipe)
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Calliope (steam organ)
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Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells)
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Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells)
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Castanets
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Cavaco (Spanish guitar)
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Cavaquinho (Portuguese guitar)
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Caxixi (Brazilian idiophone)
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Celesta (idiophone) invented 1886 in Paris by
Auguste Mustel.
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hear a Celesta
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Cello
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Click to
hear a Cello
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Ceng (Turkish harp)
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Chabrette (French bagpipe)
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Chapman stick (fretboard)
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Charango (South American fretted lute)
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Chenda (Indian drum)
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Chi (Chinese Transverse Flute)
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Chimes
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Ching (Cambodian/ Thai finger cymbals)
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Chitaronne (lower-toned lute)
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Chitarra battebte (Italian guitar)
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Chromatic accordian
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Cigar box guitar
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Cimbalom (Eastern European hammered dulcimer)
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Cimbasso
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Cimpoi (Romanian bagpipe)
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Cittern (Renaissance lute)
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Clapped hands
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Clarinet
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Click to hear a Bb Clarinet
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Clarinette d’amour
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Classical guitar
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Clavicembelo (Italian pianoforte)
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Clavichord
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Clavichord (European stringed keyboard)
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Concertina
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conch
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Conga (Caribbean drum)
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Contra-alto clarinet
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Contra-alto flute
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Contrabass á anche
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Contrabass clarinet
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Contrabass flute
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Contrabass oboe
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Contrabass Sarrusophone
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Contrabass saxophone
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Contrabassoon
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Cornet/ Cornett/ Cornetto/ Zink
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Cornish bagpipes
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Cowbell
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Croatian bagpipes
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Cromorne
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Crotales (Struck cymbals)
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Crumhorn
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Crwth (Welsh stringed instrument)
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Cuatro (Latin American lute)
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Cuíca (Brazilian drum)
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Cymbals – crash, hi-hat, ride, splash, tom-toms,
zil
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Click to
hear a Cymbals
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Cymbalum (Western European hammered dulcimer)
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Da’uli da’uli (Indonesian xylophone)
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Dabakan (Philippine drum)
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Dadihu (contrabass erhu)
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Dahu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Daiko (Japanese drum)
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Dankiyo (Turkish bagpipe)
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Daraboukka (Syrian drum)
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Darabukka (Arabic drum)
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Darbuka (Greek drum)
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Darvyra (Greek Duct Flute)
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Denis d’or (ancient Czech chordophone)
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Dhol (Iranian drum)
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Dholak (North Indian hand drum)
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Didgeridoo (Aboriginal Natural Trumpet)
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Dihu (Chinese large bowed stringed instrument)
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Diyingehu (contrabass gehu)
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Djembe (West African hand drum)
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Doedelzak (Dutch bagpipe)
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Dombak (Iranian drum)
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Domra (Russian mandolin)
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Dotara (bass ektara)
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Double Bass
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Click to hear a Double Bass
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Double contrabass flute
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Doulophone/ cuprophone
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Drum machine
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Dubreq stylophone
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Duct Flute
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Dudelsack (German bagpipe)
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Dudy (Czech bagpipes)
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Duff (Islamic tambourine)
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Dulcian (pre-1700’s Western European Bassoon)
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Dulcimer (hammered zither)
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Dulzaina (Spanish oboe)
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Dumbelek (Turkish drum)
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Dun dun (West African large talking drum)
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Dutar (Central Asian lute)
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Duxianqin (Chinese one-stringed zither)
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Ektara (Indian one-string)
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Electric guitar
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Click to hear a Electric Guitar
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Electric organ
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Click to hear a Electric Organ
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Electric piano
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Electronic:
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English Horn/ Cor Anglais (French tenor Oboe)
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Erhu (Chinese violin)
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Erxian (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Euphonium
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Click to hear a Euphonium
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Fangxiang (Chinese metallophone)
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Fiddle
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Finger Cymbals
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Fingerboard synthesizer
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Fiscarmonica (Italian Accordian)
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Flageolets
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Flugelhorn
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Flute
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Click to
hear a Flute
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Flutophone
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Folgerphone
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French Horn
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Gaida (Southern Balkan bagpipes)
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Gaita (Portuguese & Spanish bagpipe)
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Gajdy (Eastern European bagpipes)
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Gambang (Indonesian xylophone)
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Gan gan (West African small talking drum)
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Gandingan (Philippine set of 4 hanging gongs)
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Gandingan a kayo (Philippine xylophone)
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Ganza (Brazilian rattle)
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Gaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Gayageum (Korean zither)
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Gehu (Chinese cello-like)
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Gender (Indonesian brass xylophone)
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Geomungo/ komungo (Korean zither)
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Ghatam (Indian drum)
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Glass marimba
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Glasschord (crystallophone)
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Glockenspiel
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Click to hear a Glockenspiel
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Gong
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Click to
hear a Gong
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Gottuvadhyam (Indian 21-stringed guitar)
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Great Highland bagpipe
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Great Irish warpipes
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Guan (Chinese pipe)
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Gugin (Chinese bridgeless zither)
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Guiro (South & Central American notched
gourd that is scraped)
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Guitar
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Guitar 12 Strings
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Click to hear a Guitar 12 Strings
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Guitarrón (Mexican large bass guitar)
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Guqin (Chinese plucked zither)
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Gusle/ gusla (Balkan guitar)
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Gusli (Russian harp)
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Guzheng (Chinese zither)
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Hammered dulcimer
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Handbells
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Hang (steel hand drum)
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Hardanger fiddle
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Harmonica/ Mouth Organ
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Harmonium/ reed organ
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Harp
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Click to
hear a Harp
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Harp guitar
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Harpsichord
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Click to hear a Harpsichord
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Heckelphone
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Hegelong (Philippine fretted boat-lute)
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Hélicon
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Hichiriki (Japanese Oboe)
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Hocchiku (Japanese flute)
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Hooked harp
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Horagai (Japanese conch)
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Horn
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Hosho (Zimbabwean rattle)
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Hsaio (Chinese Duct Flute)
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Huemmelchen (German smallpipes)
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Huluhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Hun (Korean flute)
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Hunting Horn
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Click to hear a Hunting Horn
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Huqin (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Hurdy Gurdy
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Click to hear a Hurdy Gurdy
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Igil (Tuvan bowed instrument)
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Inci (Philippine flute)
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Ipu (Hawaiian rattle)
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Irish bouzouki
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Irish Flute
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Irish Uilleann (Indoor bagpipe)
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Irish whistle
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Istarski mih (Croatian bagpipe)
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Janggu (Korean drum)
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Japanese Bamboo Flute/ Shakuhachi
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Click to hear a Japanese Bamboo Flute
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Jaw Harp (see Jew’s harp)
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Jew’s harp (Jaw harp, Mouth harp, Ozark harp,
Juice harp)
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Click to hear a Jew’s harp
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Jew’s harp (plucked idiophone)
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Jiaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Jinghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Jug
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Kadlong (Philippine fretted boat-lute)
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Kagul (Philippine slit drum)
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Kangling (Tibetan serunai)
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Kaval (Slovakian Duct Flute)
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Kèn b?u (Vietnamese reed)
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Kettle drum/ Timpani
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Keyed Bugle
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Keyed Trumpet
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Khene (Northeast Thailand mouth organ)
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Khim (Cambodian/ Thai hammered dulcimer)
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Khloy (Cambodian flute)
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Khol (South Indian drum)
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Kissar (West African lyre)
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Knatele (Finnish zither)
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Kokyu (Japanese bowed instrument)
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Komungo (Korean zither)
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Kora (West African 21-string harp-lute)
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Koto (Japanese zither)
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Koudi (Chinese flute)
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Koziol (Polish bagpipe)
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Kubing (Philippine Jew’s harp)
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Kulintang a kayo (Philippine xylophone)
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Kulintang a putao/ kulintang a tiniok
(Philippine metallophone)
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Kulintang/ kolintang (Philippine gong group)
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Kutiyapi (Philippine fretted boat-lute)
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Kwa-yen (Chinese hanging drum)
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Kwintangen kayo/ luntang (Philippine xylophone)
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Lambeg (Irish drum)
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Lancashire great-pipe
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Langeleik (Norwegian stringed instrument)
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Laruan (Chinese stringed instrument)
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Lasso d’amore
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Launeddas (Sardinian triple clarinet)
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Leier (German hurdy gurdy)
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Leiqin (Chinese bowed instrument)
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Lirone
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Lithophone (stone barred xylophone)
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Lusheng (Chinese bamboo pipes)
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Lute
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Click to
hear a Lute
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Lyre
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Magyar duda (Hungarian bagpipes)
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Maguhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Malimba (xylophone from the Congo)
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Mando-bass (bass mandolin)
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Mandocello (large mandolin)
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Mandola (US/ Canadian fretted stringed
instrument)
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Mandolin
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Mangtong (Chinese bamboo pipes)
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Maraca
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Marimba
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Click to
hear a Marimba
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Marimbao (Brazilian stringed instrument)
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Marinbaphone
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Mbira/ Sanza/ Thumb Piano (African stringed
instrument)
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Mellophone
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Mellotron (polyphonic keyboard)
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Melodeon
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Melodica
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Metallophones (metal barred xylophone)
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Mijwiz (Arabic double pipe)
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Mittlealtersackpfeife (German medieval bagpipe)
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Mizwad (Arabic bagpipe)
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Mohan veena (Indian guitar)
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Moodswinger (zither)
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Morin khuur/ morin huur (Mongolian fiddle)
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Mridangam (South Indian drum)
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Muchosac (Belgian bagpipe)
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Musette bressane (French bagpipe)
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Musette de cour (French bagpipe)
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Musette du centre (French bagpipe)
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Musical bow
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Musical Saw (wood cutting saw)
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Nadaswaram (Indian wind instrument)
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Naqara (Mongolian war drum)
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Natural Trumpet
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Nay (Syrian wooden flute)
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Ney (Lebanese Flute)
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Northumbrian smallpipes
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Nose flute
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Nyckelharpa (Swedish key harp)
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Oboe
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Click to
hear a Oboe
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Oboe d’amore
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Oboe da caccia
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Ocarina
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Click to
hear a Ocarina
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Octaban (cylinder drum)
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Octapad (electronic drumpad)
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Octave mandolin
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Octavin
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Octocontra-alto clarinet
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Octocontrabass clarinet
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Oliphant/ Cor d’Oliphant
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Ondes martenot (electronic keyboard and slide)
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Ophicleide
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Organ - electric
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Organ pipe
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Click to
hear a Pipe Organ
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Organ History
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Overtone guitar
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Paixiao (Chinese flute)
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Palendang (Philippine flute)
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Pan pipes
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Pastoral pipes
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Piano
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Click to
hear a piano
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Piano History
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Piccolo
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Piccolo clarinet
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Piccolo heckelphone
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Piccolo oboe
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Pipa (Chinese lute)
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Pipe organ
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Piva (Northern Italian bagpipe)
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Psaltery (plucked zither)
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Pulalu (Philippine flute)
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Qanun (Turkish zither)
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Quena (Andean flute)
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Quinticlave (Ophicleide)
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Racket
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Rainstick
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Raita (Moroccan serunai)
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Rajao (Portuguese guitar)
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Ranat ek elk (Thai metallophone)
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Ranat thum lek (Thai metallophone)
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Ratchet
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Click to
hear a Ratchet
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Rattle
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Rebab (Arabic bowed stringed instrument)
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Rebec (15th/ 16th century rebab)
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Recorder (Descant)
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Click to hear a Recorder (Descant)
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Reed contrabass
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Reed Pipe
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Riq/ riqq/ rik (Arabic tambourine)
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Roman tuba
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Ruan (Chinese plucked stringed instrument)
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Rudra veena (Indian plucked stringed instrument)
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Ryuteki (Japanese flute)
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Sabar (Senegalese drum)
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Sac de gemecs (Catalonian bagpipe)
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Sackbutt (trombone family’s ancestor)
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Säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe)
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Saenghwang (Korean mouth organ)
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Sallaneh (Iranian plucked stringed instrument)
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Sampho (Cambodian barrel drum)
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Sampler
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Sang-auk (Burmese harp)
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Santur (North Indian hammered zither)
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Sanxian (Chinese lute)
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Saraswati veena (South Indian lute)
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Sarrusophone
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Sarunay/ saronay/ sarunai/ saronai (Philippine
metallophone)
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Saung (Burmese harp)
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Saw ou (Thai bowed stringed instrument)
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Saw sam sai (Thai bowed stringed instrument)
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Saxhorn
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Saxonette
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Saxophone
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Schweizer sackpfeife (Swiss bagpipe)
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Scottish smallpipes
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Se (Chinese zither)
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Serpent
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Serunai (Islamic reed instrument)
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Setar (Iranian lute)
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Shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed instrument)
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Shawm (Renaissance oboe)
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Shekere (African rattle)
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Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
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Shinobue (Japanese flute)
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Shofar (Jewish horn)
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Sihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Singing bowl/ rin gong (Himalayan standing bell)
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Siren
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Sitar (South Asian lute)
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Click to
hear a Sitar
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Sleigh Bells
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Click to hear a Sleigh Bells
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Slide guitar
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Slide whistle
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Slit drum (Tone drum)
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Snare Drum
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Click to hear a snare drum
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Sopranino clarinet
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Sopranino saxophone
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Soprano clarinet
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Soprano mandolin
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Soprano saxophone
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soprillo
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Sorna (Afghan serunai)
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Sousaphone
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Spoons
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Sralai (Cambodian reed)
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Steel drum
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Steel guitar
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Subcontrabass flute
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Subcontrabass saxophone
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Suling (Indonsian/Philippine flute)
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Suona (Chinese serunai)
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Synclavier
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Synthesizer
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Tabla (Indian/ Pakistani drum)
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Tagutok (Philippine slit drum)
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Taiko (Japanese drum)
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Talking drum
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Tambour (French drum)
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Tambourine
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Tamburitza (Croatian/ Serbian mandolin)
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Tan-tan (Brazilian hand drum)
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Taphon (Thai drum)
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Tar (Persian lute)
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Tárogató (Hungarian shawm)
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Tea chest bass (skiffle bass)
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Tenor horn
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Tenor mandola (European/ UK fretted stringed
instrument)
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Tenor sarrusophone
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Tenor saxophone
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Click to hear a Tenor Sax
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Tenoroon (tenor bassoon)
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Teponaztli (Mexican wooden drum)
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Thavil (Indian drum)
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Theorbo (lower-toned lute)
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Theremin (oscillator)
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Timpani/ kettle drum
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Timple (Canary Islands/ Murcia ukulele)
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Tin whistle (penny whistle / Irish flute)
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Tjelempung/ Celempung (Javanese zither)
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Tom-tom
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Tone drum (see Slit drum)
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Tonette (plastic recorder)
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Torupill (Estonian bagpipe)
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Transverse Flute (Traditional Flute)
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Trekspill (Norwegian Accordian)
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Tres (Cuban chordophone)
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Triangle
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Click to hear a Triangle
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Tro u (Cambodian bowed stringed instrument)
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Tromba marina (European stringed instrument)
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Trombone
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Click to hear a Trombone
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Tromboon/ babone
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Trompeta china (Cuban suona)
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Trumpet
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Trumpet Bb
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Click to hear a Bb Trumpet
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Tsampouna (Greek bagpipe)
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Tsuri-daiko (Japanese hanging drum)
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Tuba
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Click to
hear a Tuba
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Tubular Bells
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Tuhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Tulum (Turkish bagpipe)
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Tumpong (Philippine flute)
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Turntables
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Ud/ oud (Arabic and Islamic lute)
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Udu (African clay drum)
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Ukulele (Hawaiian guitar)
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Valiha (Indonesian and Madagascan zither)
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Vertical flute
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Vertical viola
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Veuze (French bagpipe)
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Vibraphone/ vibraharp
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Click to
hear a Vibraphone/ vibraharp
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Vichitra veena (Indian stringed instrument)
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Vielle (French hurdy gurdy)
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Vihuela (Spanish 2-string guitar)
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Viola
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Click to
hear a Viola
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Viola d’amore
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Viola da gamba
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Viola organista
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Violin
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Click to
hear a Violin
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Violotta
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Vladimirsky Rozhok
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Volinka (Russian bagpipes)
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Wagner Tuba
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Washboard
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Washint (Ethiopian flute)
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Washtub bass
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Welsh pipes
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Whip
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Click to
hear a Whip
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Whistle
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Click to
hear a Whistle
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Willow flute
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Wind Chimes
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Xalam/ khalam (West African Banjo-like
instrument)
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Xiao (Chinese flute)
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Xiaodihu (tenor erhu)
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Xun (Chinese flute)
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Xylophone
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Click to hear a Xylophones
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Xylorimba (extended range xylophone)
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Yang chi’in (Chinese zither)
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Yang Chin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)
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Yayli tanbur (Turkish lute)
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Yazheng (Chinese zither)
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Yehu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Yu (Chinese bamboo pipes)
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Yueh Ch’in (Chinese lute)
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YunLuo (Chinese gong)
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Zampogna (Italian bagpipe)
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Zaqq (Maltese bagpipe)
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Zhongdihu (bass erhu)
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Zhuihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Zither
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Click to
hear a Zither
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Zonghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument)
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Zufalo (Italian flute)
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Zurna (Turkish serunai)
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