CIE GCSE World Music - Instruments

Qanun

A plucked zither used in Turkish and Arabic music traditions

Oud

A traditional, lute-type instrument used in Arabic music

Nay

A flute used in Arabic music

Rabab

A two string fiddle/violin used in Arabic music

Riqq

Arab tambourine

Doumbek

Goblet shaped drum found throughout the Middle East

Kora

A twenty-one-stringed harp found in West Africa

Djembe

Drum from West Africa

Balafon

An African xylophone

Sitar

A long necked instrument with 7 strings used in Indian music

Tabla

A pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India.

Tanpura/Tambura

Plucked lute that sounds a constant drone in South Indian music.

Sarangi

A bowed string instrument of North India

Bansuri

A flute from India

Gamelan

A large Indonesian ensemble consisting mainly of metallophones

Dizi

Chinese flute

Sheng

Chinese mouth organ

Erhu

Bowed, two-string fiddle from China

Pipa

Chinese plucked lute with roots in Central Asia

Yangqin

A Chinese hammered dulcimer

Gaohu

A smaller higher pitched version of the Erhu

Guzheng

Chinese zither (harp)

Koto

Japanese zither

Shakuhachi

Japanese bamboo flute

Sho

Japanese mouth organ

Taiko

Japanese drum

Kokyu

Japanese bowed string instrument

Guitarron

A large fretted guitar from Mexico, similar to an acoustic bass guitar

Claves

An instrument consisting of two sticks beaten together found in Latin America

Surdo

Bass drum in samba music

Panpipes

Wooden pipe instrument from South America, particularly in Andean music

Bandoneon

An accordion associated with the tango