![]() bandura - Bandura, modern day Ukrainian zither.bandora - The bandora is a large long-necked plucked string instrument that has been described as a kind of bass cittern.bandoneón - The bandoneón is a type of bisonoric concertina popular in parts of South America and in Lithuania.balafon - Balafon, Malian ‘gourd xylophone’.bajo sexto - The bajo sexto is a Mexican string instrument with 12 strings in 6 double courses.bagpipe - The bagpipe is an instrument consisting of a series of enclosed reeds fed by a bag of air.atarigane - The atarigane is a Japanese gong which is struck using a deer horn mallet.atabaque - The atabaque is a tall Brazilian hand drum.ashiko (cone shaped west african frame-drum) - conical goatskin frame-drum originating with the Yoruba people of West Africa, it is also found in Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American cultures.arpeggione (bass viol with guitar frets and tuning) - Invented in 1823, it had a body like a medieval fiddle, but had frets and tuning like the guitar.arghul - The arghul is a traditional Egyptian double-pipe, single-reed woodwind instrument.archtop guitar - An archtop guitar is a steel-stringed acoustic or semi-acoustic guitar with a distinctive arched top, which is particularly popular with jazz players.archlute - The archlute is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo and the Renaissance tenor lute.anvil - The anvil is a tool normally used by blacksmiths which is sometimes used as a percussion instrument.Anglo concertina (historical hybrid between English and German style concertinas) - bisonoric and button layout like the german and reeds and hexagonal ends like the english, this concertina was created to rival the popular german variant imported into england.analog synthesizer (uses analogue circuits to produce sound) - using analogue circuits and techniques to produce sound electronically, the first types where created in the 1920’s with thermionic valves and other electromechanical machineries. ![]() aman khuur (mongolian jew’s harp) - there are two types: temür/tömör khuur (steel) and khulsan khuur (bamboo).amadinda - Amadinda, southern Uganda giant xylophone, made on with resonating hardwood bars.alto saxophone - The alto saxophone is a woodwind invented by Adolphe Sax which is between the tenor and soprano in size.alto flute - The alto flute is a concert flute in G, lower in tone than the flûte d’amour.alto clarinet - The alto clarinet is a clarinet in E♭ or sometimes F, normally with a curved neck.alphorn - The alphorn, or alpine horn, is a conical wood horn used for communication in mountains.algozey - The algozey is a wooden, beaked double-flute traditionally played by goat herders in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.alfaia - The alfaia is a Brazilian cylindrical drum.akete - The akete are drums commonly used in Nyabinghi music.ajaeng - The ajaeng is a bowed Korean zither with 7 (sometimes 8 or 9) strings.agogô - The agogô is a single or multiple bell used in samba music with origins in traditional Yoruba music. ![]()
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