What are some Names of instruments?

Answer 1

Wind instruments

• Balaban (Iran)
• Bansuri (India)
• Conch
• Danso (Korea)
• Dizi (China)
• Duduk (Armenia)
• Didgeridoo (Australia)
• Diple (or Dvojnice) (Croatia)
• Fife
• Flabiol
• Flageolet (France)
• Fujara (Slovakia)
• Gemshorn (Germany)
• Hocchiku (Japan)
• Hun (Korea)
• Irish flute
• Inci (Philippines)
• Kaval (Armenia)
• Khloy (Cambodia)
• Khlui (Thailand)
• Koudi (China)
• Nadaswaram (South India)
• Ney (Iran)
• Nohkan (Japan)
• Nose flute
• Ocarina (Italy)
• Organ pipe
• Paixiao (China)
• Palendag (Philippines)
• Pan pipes
• Pasiyak or Water whistle (Philippines)
• Persian (Iran)
• Piano horn
• Pulalu (Philippines)
• Quena (South America)
• Recorder (Germany)
• Ryuteki (Japan)
• Samponia (Peru)
• Shakuhachi (Japan)
• Shehnai (India)
• Shinobue (Japan)
• Shvi (Armenia)
• Siku
• Slide whistle
• Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)
• Tin Whistle
• Tonette
• Tumpong (Philippines)
• Tutek (Armenia)
• Vertical flute
• Washint (Ethiopia)
• Western concert flutes:
  • Piccolo
  • Flute
  • Alto flute
  • Bass flute
  • Contra-alto flute
  • Contrabass flute
  • Subcontrabass flute
  • Double contrabass flute
  • Hyperbass flute
• Whamola
• Whistle
• Willow flute (Scandinavia)
• Xiao (China)
• Xun (China)
• Yotar
• Zufolo (Italy)

Single reed instruments

• Alboka
• Arghul
• Chalumeau
• Clarinets
  • Clarinet
  • Piccolo clarinet (A♭ clarinet)
  • Sopranino clarinet (E♭ clarinet, D clarinet)
  • Soprano clarinet (C clarinet, B♭ clarinet, A clarinet, G clarinet)
  • Basset clarinet
  • Clarinette d'amour
  • Basset horn
  • Alto clarinet
  • Bass clarinet
  • Contra-alto clarinet
  • Contrabass clarinet
  • Octocontra-alto clarinet
  • Octocontrabass clarinet
• Launeddas (Sardinia)
• Mijwiz
• Octavin
• Pibgorn (instrument)
• Saxophones
  • Saxophone
  • Soprillo
  • Sopranino saxophone
  • C Soprano Saxophone
  • Soprano saxophone
  • Mezzo-soprano saxophone (Alto in F)
  • Alto saxophone
  • C melody saxophone
  • Tenor saxophone
  • Baritone Saxophone
  • Bass saxophone
  • Contrabass saxophone
  • Subcontrabass saxophone
  • Tubax
• Tarogato (modern single-reed)
• Folgerphone
• Zhaleika (Russia)
• Robero (spain)

Double reed instruments

There are 36 double reed instruments listed.

• Bassoon
  • Contrabassoon/Double bassoon
  • Tenoroon
• Bifora (Sicily)
• Bombarde (France)
• Cromorne
• Crumhorn
• Dulzaina (Spain)
• Dulcian
• English Horn
• Guan (instrument) (China)
• Heckelphone
  • Piccolo heckelphone
  • Terz heckelphone
• Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
• Nadaswaram (India)
• Oboes:
  • Piccolo oboe
  • Oboe
  • Oboe d'amore
  • Cor anglais/English horn
  • Oboe da caccia
  • Bass/Baritone oboe
  • Contrabass oboe
• Rackett
• Contrabass á anche / Reed contrabass
• Sarrusophones:
  • Sopranino sarrusophone
  • Soprano sarrusophone
  • Alto sarrusophone
  • Tenor sarrusophone
  • Baritone sarrusophone
  • Bass sarrusophone
  • Contrabass sarrusophone
• Shawm
• Sralai (Cambodia)
• Suona (China)
• Surnay
• Tarogato (original two-reed variety)
• Trompeta china (Cuba)
• Tromboon
• Zurna (Armenia)

Bagpipes

• Bagpipe
• Gaida (The Balkans)
• Uilleann pipes

Brass instruments.

• Air horn
• Alphorn
• Baritone horn
• Bass Trombone
• Bazooka
• Bugle (instrument)
  • keyed bugle
• Cimbasso
• Cornet
• Cornett
• Didgeridoo
• Doulophone/Cuprophone
• Euphonium
• Flugelhorn
• Horagai
• Horn/French horn
• Jug
• Lituus
• Mellophone
• Ophicleide
• Roman tuba
• Sackbut
• Saxhorn
• Subcontrabass tuba
• Serpent
• Shofar
• Sousaphone
• Tenor Horn/Alto Horn
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba
• Wagner tuba
• Quinticlave

Free reed instruments

• Accordion
  • Chromatic Accordion
  • Button Accordion
  • Free Bass Accordion
• Agidigbo
• Array mbira
• Bandoneón
• Bawu
• Bayan
• Comb
• Concertina
• Electric thumb piano
• Harmonica
• Harmonium
• Hulusi
• Jew's Harp (or Jaw harp)
• Kalimba
• Khene
• Kisanji
• Kouxian
• Likembe
• Lusheng
• Mangtong
• Melodica
• Melodeon
• Mbira (Sanza)
• Morsing
• Musete
• Musical box
• Pipe organ (some pipes; others are woodwind)
• Saenghwang
• Sanza (Mbira)
• Recorder
• Sheng
• Thumb piano
• Tom (instrument)
• Yu

Voice

• Soprano
• Mezzo-soprano
• Alto/Contralto
• Countertenor
• Tenor
• Baritone
• Basso/Bass
• Castrato
• Falsetto
• Kazoo
• Death growl
• Overtone/Throat singing
• Microphone[megaphone]
• Talkbox
• Vocal Percussion
• Beatboxing

Free aerophones

• Bullroarer
• Harmonica
• Lasso d'amore
• Whip
• Siren
• Megaphone

String instruments

• Aeolian harp
• Ajaeng (Korea)
• Appalachian dulcimer (United States)
• Archlute
• Arpeggione
• Baglama (Turkey)
• Balalaika (Russia)
• Bandura(Ukrainian)
• Banjo
• Barbat (Iran)
• Baryton
• Berimbau (Brazil)
• Biwa (Japan)
• Bordonua
• Bouzouki (Greece)
• BurkDaBeast
• Cello (Violoncello)
• Chapman stick
• Charango (Peru)
• Cimbalom
  • Electric Cymbalum
• Cittern
• Clavichord
• Crwth
• Cuatro
• Dahu (China)
• Đàn bầu (Vietnam)
• Đàn gáo (Vietnam)
• Đàn nguyệt (Vietnam)
• Đàn tam thập lục (Vietnam)
• Đàn tranh (Vietnam)
• Đàn tỳ bà (Vietnam)
• Dihu (China)
• Domra (Kazakhstan)
• Double-neck guitjo
• Double Bass
• Dutar (Central Asia)
• Duxianqin (China)
• Ektara (India, Pakistan)
• Erhu (China)
• Erxian (China)
• Faglong/Fuglung (Philippines)
• Fegereng (Philippines)
• Fiddle
• Fortepiano
• Gayageum (Korea)
• Guzheng (China)
• Gehu (China)
• Geomungo (Korea)
• Gopuz (Azerbaijan)
• Gottuvadhyam (India)
• Guitars:
  • Acoustic bass guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Bass guitar
  • Chitarra battente (Italy)
  • Cigar box guitar
  • Classical guitar
  • Dobro
  • Electric guitar
  • Flamenco guitar
  • Harp guitar
  • Seven-string guitar
  • Slide guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Steel guitar
  • Tailed bridge guitar
  • 3rd bridge guitar
  • yotar
• Guitarrón (Mexico)
• Gusli (Russia)
• Guqin (China)
• Guzheng (China)
• Hammered dulcimer
• Hardanger fiddle (Norway)
• Harmonico
• Harp
• Harpsichord
• Hegelong (Philippines)
• Huluhu (China)
• Huqin (China)
• Hurdy gurdy
• Igil
• Irish bouzouki
• Jiaohu (China)
• Kadlong (Philippines)
• Kamancha (Persia)
• Kantele (Finland)
• Khim (Thailand/Cambodia)
• Kobza (Ukraine)
• Kokyu (Japan)
• Komungo (Korea)
• Kora
• Koto
• Kubing (Philippines)
• Kudyapi (Philippines)
• Langeleik (Norway)
• Laruan (China)
• Leiqin (China)
• Lirone
• Lute
• Lyra (Cretan) (Greece)
• Lyra (Byzantine) (Byzantine Empire)
• Lyre
• Maguhu (China)
• Mando-bass
• Mandocello
• Mandola
• Mandolin
• Mohan veena (India)
• Morin khuur (Mongolia)
• Musical bow
• Nyckelharpa (Sweden)
• Octave mandolin (Octave mandola)
• Octobass
• Oud
• Piano(Pianoforte)
• Piccolo violin
• Piccolo 'cello/violoncello piccolo
• Pipa (China)
• Psaltery
• Quatro
• Rebab (Afghanistan)
• Rebec
• Ruan (China)
• Rudra vina (India)
• Sallameh (Iran)
• Sanshin (Okinawa)
• Santoor (India)
• Sanxian (China)
• Sarangi (India)
• Sarod (India)
• Saung (Burma)
• Saw sam sai (Thailand)
• Saz
• Se (China)
• Shamisen (Japan)
• Setar (lute) (Persia)
• Sitar (India)
• Stroh violin
• Sopranino mandolin
• Tamburitza (Croatia/Serbia)
• Tanpura (India)
• Tar (lute) (Persia)
• Tea chest bass
• Tenor viola
• Theorbo (Europe)
• Timple
• Tres
• Tro (Cambodia)
• Trumpet marine/tromba marina
• Tsymbaly (Ukraine, Belarus)
• Tuhu (China)
• Ukulele
• Valiha (Madagascar)
• Veena (India)
• Vertical viola (and other members of the violin octet family)
• Vichitra vina (India)
• Vielle
• Vihuela (Spain)
• Viol (also called as Viola da gamba)
• Viola da gamba
• Viola
• Viola d'amore
• Violin
• Violotta
• Washtub bass
• Whamola
• Xalam/Khalam
• Yaylı tanbur
• Yazheng (China)
• Yangqin (China)
• Zhonghu (China)
• Zhuihu (China)
• Zither
  • Overtone zither
• Cuatro Venezolano (four string guitar)
• Guitarra quinta Huapanguera (eight string guitar)
• [[Jarana huasteca) (Five string guitar)(Mex)
• [[Jarana jarocha (Eight or ten string like ukulele)
• Jarana mosquito (Smallest) (Ten string)
• Jarana segunda
• Jarana tercera
• Requinto jarocho (Four string play with cpwhorn picj)

Percussion instrumentsDrums

• Abïa drum
• Agung a Tamlang (Philippines)
• Bass drum
• Bodhrán (Ireland)
• Bongo drum
• Chenda (India)
• Conga (Caribbean)
• Cuíca (Brazil)
• Dabakan (Philippines)
• Def (Middle East)
• Dhol (India)
• Dholak (India)
• Djembe (West Africa)
• Drum Kit
• Goblet drum
• Ingoma (Rwanda, East Africa)
  • Ishakwe
  • Inyahura
  • Igihumurizo
• Janggu (Korea)
• Kettle drum
• Kendang (Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines)
• Khol
• Lambeg drum (Ireland)
• Maadal (Nepal)
• Mridangam (India)
• Naqara (Middle East)
• Octaban
• Sabar (Senegal)
• Sampho (Cambodia)
• Snare
• Steel drum (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Surdo (Brazil)
• Tabla (Pakistan, India)
• Taiko (Japan)
  • O Daiko (Japan)
• Tan-tan
• Talking drum
• Tamboril (Uruguay)
  • Repique
  • Chico
• Taphon (Thailand)
• Thavil (India)
• Timpani (kettledrums)
• Tom-Tom
• Tambor huacana (Mex)
• tamborita (Mex)
• Pandero (Mex)
• Cajn (Peru)

Other percussion instruments

• Agogô
• Agung/Agong (Philippines)
• Agung a Tamlang (Philippines)
• Ahoko
• Array mbira
• Babendil (Philippines)
• Bell
• Bianqing (China)
• Bianzhong (China)
• Bones
• Boomwhackers
• Cajón
• Carillon
• Castanets
• Caxixi (Brazil)
• Chime
• Ching
• Clapper
• Claves
• Cowbell
• Crotales
  • Crash cymbal
  • Hi-hat cymbal
  • Ride cymbal
  • Splash cymbal
  • Zil (Finger cymbal)
• Cymbalum
• Fangxiang (China)
• Gamelan (Indonesia)
  • American gamelan
  • Gangsa
  • Gendér
  • Ugal
• Gandingan (Philippines)
• Gandingan a Kayo (Philippines)
• Ganzá
• Ghatam (India)
• Glass marimba
• Glass harmonica
• Glockenspiel
• Gong
• Guban
• Guiro
• Hands
  • Clapping[finger snapping]
• Handbells
• Hang
• Hosho (Zimbabwe)
• Ipu (Hawaii)
• Kagul (Philippines)
• Kalimba (Africa}
• Kulintang/Kolintang (Philippines)
• Kulintang a Kayo (Philippines)
• Kulintang a Tiniok (Philippines)
• Lamellaphone
• Luntang (Philippines)
• Maracas
• Marimba
• Marimbaphone
• Mbira
• Metallophone
• Musical Saw
• Piano
• Rainstick
• Ranat ek lek (Thailand)
• Ranat thum lek (Thailand)
• Ratchet
• Rattle
• Riq
• Shekere
• Singing bowl
• Slit Drum
• Spoons
• Steelpan (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Tambourine
• Triangle
• Trychel
• Timpani
• Tubular bells
• Udu
• Vibraphone
• Vibraslap
• Washboard
• Whip
• Xylophone
• Xylorimba

Electronic instruments

• Computer
• Denis d'or
• Dubreq Stylophone
• Drum machine
• Electronic organ
• Electric piano
• EWI
• Fingerboard synthesizer
• Hammond organ
• Kraakdoos (or Cracklebox)
• laser harp
• Mellotron
• Ondes Martenot
• Turntables (record player/phonograph)
• Rhodes piano
• Sampler
• Synclavier
• Synthesizer
• Teleharmonium
• tenori-on
• Theremin

Keyboard instruments

• Accordion
• Bandoneón
• Carillon
• Celesta
• Clavichord
• Clavinet
• Glasschord
• Harpsichord
• Jammer keyboard
• Katzenklavier
• Keytar
• MIDI keyboard
• Organ
  • Electronic organ
  • Hammond Organ
  • Pipe organ
• Piano
  • Baby grand piano
  • Electric piano
  • Grand piano
  • Janko piano
  • Mechanical Piano
  • Honky Tonk
  • Thumb piano
  • Toy piano
  • Upright piano
  • Upright grand piano
• Viola organista

Others

• Crystallophones
• Hardart
• Hydraulophone
• Plasmaphone
• Pyrophone
• Quintephone
• Sea organ
• Shishi odoshi (Japanese)
• Suikinkutsu (Japanese water zither)
• Wobble board (Australian)
• Raghu Narayan (Keshava Nritya Shala Bangalore)

InstrumentsSome musical instrument names are; Piano, Violin, French Horn, Oboe, Flute, Harp, Viola, Cello, Trumpet, Double Bass, Trombone, Guitar, Clarinet, Euphonium, Cornet, Saxophone, Bo drum, Sitar, Tuba, Sousaphone, and so on. Each instrument has many different versions. There are millions!

Answer 2

· Accordion

· Banjo

· Clarinet

· Drum

· Electric Guitar

· Fiddle

· Guitar

· Harmonica

· Irish Flute

· Jug

· Kettledrum

· Lute

· Mandolin

· Organ

· Piccolo

· Quinticlave (a type of bugle)

· Recorder

· Saxophone

· Tambourine

· Ukulele

· Violin

· Washboard

· Xylophone

• Zither

Answer 3

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was one of the most accomplished Indian classical musicians, admired all over the world for his brilliant compositions and his mastery of the sarode.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was born at Gwalior Madhya Pradesh in 1945. He belongs to the illustrious Bangash lineage rooted in the Senia Bangash School of music and is the sixth generation sarod player in his family.

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, is a world-renowned exponent of the bansuri or bamboo flute. He is one of those rare classical musicians who expanded the peripheries of Classical Music by taking it to the common masses.

MS Subbulakshmi

MS Subbulakshmi was a legendary Carnatic musician. She was popularly known as Nightingale of India. Her rendering of bhajans (devotional songs) was divine and used to enthrall and transfix listeners, and transport them into a different world

Bismillah Khan

The legendary shehnai player, Ustad Bismillah Khan was one of India's most celebrated classical musicians. Bismillah Khan has been credited with taking the shehnai from the marriage mandap to the concert hall.

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar is a legendary sitar player and one of India's most esteemed classical musicians. Pandit Ravi Shankar has made a major contribution in popularizing Indian classical music in the West through his association with The Beatles (especially George Harrison).

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Shiv Kumar Sharma's name is synonymous with santoor, Indian classical music instrument. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument.

Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain is a classical tabla virtuoso and the most famous tabla player in India today. His contribution in the field of percussion and in the music world at large is highly appreciated.

Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar was a popular musician of India, who excelled in fluxing the western into the eastern music styles. He was born on 11 December 1942 at Almora in the Uttar Pradesh state to eminent classical dancers, Amala and Uday Shankar. He also happened to be the nephew of the world famous Sitarist, Ravi Shankar.

AR Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman, who is better known as AR Rahman, is a world-class musician of India. Born as A. S. Dileep Kumar on 6 January 1967 at Chennai in Tamil Nadu, AR Rahman holds the credit for totally overhauling the style in which music was being made in India.

Beghum Akhtar

Though Beghum Akhtar had acted in several Hindi movies, it was her fabulous rendition of ghazals that won her laurels from all round. Born on 7 October 1914 in the small town of Faizabad in the Uttar Pradesh state, Beghum Akhtar was more popularly known as Akhtaribai Faizabadi.

Pandit Debu Chaudhuri

Pandit Debu Chaudhuri also known as Debu, is the leading Sitar exponent and a prominent personality in the field of Indian classical music in India. In order to highlight his contribution to the field of music, the Indian government presented him with the coveted Padma Bhushan award, which is among its highest civilian honor in the country.

Sri Lalgudi Jayarama Iyer

When it comes to rendering Carnatic music on a Violin, none measure up to the legendary Sri Lalgudi Jayarama Iyer. His mastery over this instrument and the consequent development of his own individual style has unfailingly had a spell bounding effect on those who have had the opportunity to listen to him.

L. Subramaniam

L. Subramaniam is a very highly talented senior Indian violinist, composer and conductor. He is skilled in Carnatic music, which is the classical music tradition of south India as well as Western classical. L. Subramaniam is famous for his music and compositions in orchestral fusion.

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Born in the year 1775 as the eldest son of Ramaswami Dikshitar and Subbamma at Tiruvarur in the Tamil Nadu state, Muthuswami Dikshitar happens to be the youngest of the Carnatic music composer trinity.

RD Burman

Rahul Dev Burman, who is more famous by the name of R.D. Burman, is considered the greatest of all music composers the Indian film industry's ever had. His entry into Bollywood saw the revolutionization of the way music was being composed here.

Swathi Thirunal

Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma was the Rajah of the ancient princely state of Travancore, which he ruled from 1829 till 1846 when he passed away. At the same time, he was also a great patron of music and a musician himself.

Miyan Tansen

Miyan Tansen, who was one of the nine jewels or navaratnas in the court of Emperor Akbar, is regarded as the greatest of all musicians India has ever produced till date. Normally referred to as just Tansen, he is said to have played a pivotal role in crating the classical genre of north Indian music we know today.

Tyagaraja

A discussion on Carnatic music, perhaps, can never be complete without the mention of Tyagaraja, who along with his contemporaries Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri comprise the trinity of Carnatic music composers.

Allauddin Khan

Though famous mainly as a Sarod expert, Allauddin Khan was, infact, a multi-instrumentalist and among the greatest musicians India's ever had. Fondly also called Baba Allauddin Khan, he was father to Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi and guru to many Indian musical stalwarts like Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee

Annapurna Devi

Annapurna Devi, who was born as Roshanara Khan in 1926 at Maihar in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, was a secluded maestro of Surbahar or the bass Sitar in the classical music genre. Her father Ustad Alauddin Khan, who also happened to be her guru

Answer 4

Tommy Emmanuel - guitar Keith Jarrett - piano

John Coltrane - saxophone

Tonino Horta - guitar

Victor Wooten - bass

Buddy Rich - drums

Sting - bass, guitar, voice

Answer 5

this is a tough question to answer. everything that makes noise can be turned into a musical instrument, but some more, how shall i put it, popular, instruments are Trombone, piano, trumpet, flute, piccolo, violin, bass, (electric) guitar, drums, xylophones, and vocals.

Answer 6

Guitars, basses, clarinets, and drums are all great examples of Musical Instruments. You can also make musical instruments out of pots and pans, glasses, and wind chimes.

Answer 7

Violins, chello, trumpet, xylophone, flute, piano, guitar, bass guitar, saxaphone. There's many more than what are listed but those could be the major ones that come to mind.

Answer 8

clarinet base clairinet flute picilo piano trumpet trombone tuba baritone drums triangle cymbals saxophone Tenor Saxophone

Answer 9

Drum,taiko,guitar,xylophone,