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COUNTRIES
Common
Afghan Musical Instruments:
Tabla
Harmonya
Rabab
Tanbour
Chang
Sarang
Dilruba
Tula
Setar
Pushtun
Musical Instruments
Traditional Instruments
Used in Afghanistan - and pictures
Traditional Instruments Used in Afghanistan
Arched Harp - Ngombi - Central African Republic
Djembe - West African drum
Double Pit Xylophone - Dose - Benin
Drum Is the Ear of God: Africa's Inner World of Music
Kalimba - African thumb piano
Musical Instruments of East Asia
Musical Instruments of South Asia
South East Asian Traditional Music
Double Pit Xylophone - Dose - Benin
Bosnian Traditional Instruments
Bosnian
Traditional Instruments
Instruments used in playing
Bosnian music
Pictures of instruments used in playing Bosnian music
Cambodian
Music
Scale & Tuning
Deerskin Drum - First Nations - west coast of Canada
Arched Harp - Ngombi - Central African Republic
Wooden Trumpet - Central African Republic
Mayan Bird Whistle - Central America
Music of
China - see bottom of page
The Art of the
Qin
Midjweh - Egyptian double clarinet
Cedar Whistle - First Nations Whistle
Deerskin Drum - First Nations - west coast of Canada
Glossary
of Folk Musical Instruments and Styles from Around the World
Bansuri - India - bamboo flute
Basic
Information about Common Indian Instruments
Been - India - the Rudraveena
Dholak - India - drum
Dilruba - India - classical instrument somewhat like a sitar
Esraj - India - classical instrument - somewhat like a sitar
Fiddles - Rajasthan, India
Flute with Vocal Drone - Rajasthan, India
Frame Drum - Rajasthan, India
Ghatam - India
Harmonium - India - accordian-like
Indian Classical Musical Instruments
Indian
Drumming – includes pictures
Indian Instruments - article
Instruments
of South India
Jew's Harp
- Rajasthan, India
Mridang - India - drum
Mridanam - India - double sided drum
Music of
India - see bottom of page
Rudraveena - India
Nagaswaram -flute/trumpet-like
Pakhawaj - India - drum
Rabab - The Living World Music instrument
Santoor - India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument
Sarangi - India
Saraswati Veena - India - stringed instrument of Carnatic music
Sarod - India
Sitar - India
Sounds of India/Pakistan
- Live Radio
Sruti-Peti - accordian-like
Surbahar - India - sitar-like
Tabla - India - drums
Tambura - India - guitar-like
Veena - India - guitar/sitar-like
Vichitra Veena - India - stringed plucked instrument
Violin - India
Santoor - India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument
Gaelic Harps & Harpers in Ireland & Scotland
Irish Traditional Music & here
Music of
Jamaica - see bottom of page - Christian music
Music of
Mexico - see bottom of page
Arabic Music History (and Musical Instruments)
Doumbek - Middle Eastern goblet drum
Introduction to Saz and other Middle Eastern Long-neck Lutes
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion
Middle
Eastern Drum Rythms - sound files
Middle
Eastern Drums Assorted - with pictures on web site
Middle Eastern Strings – pictures
Some Common Middle Eastern Rythmns
The Rythmn in Arabic Music - online book
Morin Huur (strings)
Sounds of India/Pakistan - Live Radio
Musical Instruments from the Philippines – ie. Maranao, etc.
Gaelic Harps & Harpers in Ireland & Scotland
Thai Classical Musical Instruments
Sacred Tibetan Musical Instruments
Introduction to Saz and other Middle Eastern Long-neck Lutes
Pictures - Ancient Sound of the Baglama (Turkish)
The Art of the Turkey Ud & sound file
Turkish Folk Music Instruments
Dap - Uighur - drum played like a tambourine
Dutar - Uighur - lute
Naghra - Uighur - drums
Satar - stringed instrument
Surnay - oboe-like
Tanbur - Uighur - stringed instrument
Violin - Uighur - lute-like
Koni - Vietnamese stick fiddle
AUTOHARP
BAGLAMA
Pictures - Ancient Sound of the Baglama (Turkish)
BANSURI
Bansuri - India - bamboo flute
BEEN
Been - India - the Rudraveena
CLARINET
Clarinet Ensemble - Guyana
Midjweh - Egyptian double clarinet
DAP
Dap - Uighur - drum played like a tambourine
DHOLAK
Dholak - India - drum
DIGERIDOOS / DIDJERIDUS
DILRUBA
Dilruba - India - classical instrument somewhat like a sitar
DJEMBE
Djembe - West African drum
DOUMBEK
Doumbek - Middle Eastern goblet drum
Dumbeks, Middle Eastern Hourglass Drums
DRUMS
Dap - Uighur - drum played like a tambourine
Deerskin Drum - First Nations - west coast of Canada
Djembe - West African drum
Doumbek - Middle Eastern goblet drum
Drums and Hand Percussionb from Around the World
Drum Is the Ear of God: Africa's Inner World of Music
Frame Drum - Rajasthan, India
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion
Indian Drumming – includes pictures
Middle
Eastern Drum Rythms - sound files
Middle
Eastern Drums Assorted - with pictures on web site
Mridang - India - drum
Mridanam - India - double sided drum
Naghra - Uighur - drums
Pakhawaj - India - drum
Some Common Middle Eastern Rythmns
Tabla - India - drums
The Rythmn in Arabic Music - online book
Wooden Slit Drum - Linga - Central African Republic
DUTAR
Dutar - Uighur - lute
ESRAJ
Esraj - India - classical instrument - somewhat like a sitar
FIDDLES
Fiddles - Rajasthan, India
Koni - Vietnamese stick fiddle
FLUTES
Bamboo Flute (Bansuri) - India
Flute with Vocal Drone - Rajasthan, India
GAMELAN
GHATAM
Ghatam - India
GUITAR
HARMONICAS
HARMONIUM
Harmonium - India - accordian-like
Harmoniums
& here
The Hariminium – electronic
miniature hand held harmonium
HARPS
Arched Harp - Ngombi - Central African Republic
Gaelic Harps & Harpers in Ireland & Scotland
Harps and harp catalog from Lark in the Morning - excellent resource!
Harp Bibliography (these are usually very helpful~!)
Harp
emailing discussion list - helpful topics to check out
Harp-Lute - Soron - Guinea
Harp music for you to play - musical script online
Harp sheet/instructional music books, etc.
Index to the Folk Harp Journal on the internet
Instructional Materials for the Harp
Jew's Harp - Rajasthan, India
Making up harp patterns and singing along
Musicmaker's
kits & here --
carvings and sharping levers
how to make a kit
Musicians:
private lessons
Santoor
- India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument
Some international harping patterns & here
Sounding Strings, a Quarterly Magazine of the Small Harp Published in Scotland
Where
can you get a harp in Europe?
KALIMBA
Kalimba - African thumb piano
KELELI
Lute - Keleli - Chad
KONI
Koni - Vietnamese stick fiddle
LAMELLOPHONE (or Thumb Piano)
Lamellophone - Sanza - Central African Republic
LINGA
Wooden Slit Drum - Linga - Central African Republic
LUTES
Dutar - Uighur - lute
Harp-Lute - Soron - Guinea
Introduction to Saz and other Middle Eastern Long-neck Lutes
Lute - Keleli - Chad
Violin - Uighur - lute-like
What to Know Before Buying a Lute
LYRE
MBELA
Musical Bow - Mbela - Central African Republic
MIDJWEH
Midjweh - Egyptian double clarinet
MOUTH ORGAN
Mouth Organ - Laos
MRIDANG
Mridang - India - drum
Mridanam - India - double sided drum
MUSICAL BOW
Musical Bow - Mbela - Central African Republic
Nagaswaram - India
NAGRHA
Naghra - Uighur - drums
NGOMBI
Arched Harp - Ngombi - Central African Republic
OBOE
Surnay - Uighur - oboe-like
ORGANS
OUD
Musical Scores of Some Oud Music
Oud CD's from Various Countries
The Art of the Turkey Ud & sound file
PAKHAWAJ
Pakhawaj - India - drum
PERCUSSION - also see DRUMS
Drums and Hand Percussionb from Around the World
Learning Middle Eastern Percussion
Some Common Middle Eastern Rythmns
The Rythmn in Arabic Music - online book
PIANO
Free Online
Piano Lessons
Pianos for Sale - online
Pianos Play it Again
Piano Repair and Tuning
Page
The
Henry Slaughter Gospel Piano Course
The Piano Doctor
– Piano Tuning and Preservation Tips
GHATAM
Ghatam - India
Q
QIN
The Art of the Qin - China
RABAB
Rabab - The Living World Music instrument
Rabab Revival Program - religious sacred music
The Rabab According to Gurbani
RUDRAVEENA
Rudraveena - India
RYTHMN
Some Common Middle Eastern Rythmns
The Rythmn in Arabic Music - online book
SANZA
Lamellophone - Sanza - Central African Republic
SANSHIN
Sanshin - Japan
SANTOOR
Santoor - India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument
SARANGI
Sarangi - India
SARASWATI VEENA
Saraswati Veena - India - stringed instrument of Carnatic music
SAROD
Sarod - India
SATAR
Satar - Uighur - stringed instrument
SAZ
Introduction to Saz and other Middle Eastern Long-neck Lutes
SHAKUHACHI
Shakuhachi - Japan
SHOFAR
Blowing
the Shofar
What Is a Shofar? -
Israel
SITAR
Sitar - India
About Sitars and Other Musical Instruments
Making
the Sitar
Overview
of the Sitar
Origin
of the Sitar
Parts
of the Sitar
Sitar
Books, CDs and Videos
Audio
Resources for the Sitar - Audio Streaming, Mp3, Real Audio, etc.
Sitar
Links
SORON
Harp-Lute - Soron - Guinea
SRUTI-PETI
Sruti-Peti - India
STRINGS
Middle Eastern Strings – pictures
SURBAHAR
Surbahar - India - sitar-like
SURNAY
Surnay - Uighur - oboe-like
TABLA
A Brief Into to Tabla and Indian Tals
Advanced Theory of Tabla - book
Fundamentals of Tabla - book
Learning Tabla With David - video
Repair and Maintenance of the Tabla
Tabla - Learn about it - and HERE
Tabla - India - drums
Tabla Instruction - and MP3s
The Cyclic Form in N. Indian Tabla
TAMBURA
Tambura - India - guitar-like
TANBUR
Tanbur - Uighur - stringed instrument
TAVIL
THUMB PIANO
Kalimba - African thumb piano
Lamellophone - Sanza - Central African Republic
TIBETAN BOWLS
TRUMPET
Wooden Trumpet - Central African Republic
UKULELES
VEENA
Veena - India - guitar/sitar-like
VICHITRA VEENA
Vichitra Veena - India - stringed plucked instrument
VIOLIN
Violin - India
Violin - Uighur - lute-like
WHISTLES
Cedar Whistle - First Nations Whistle
Mayan Bird Whistle - Central America
XYLOPHONES
Double Pit Xylophone - Dose - Benin
ZITHERS
Board Zither - Vietnam
The Bamboo Origins of Far Eastern Bridged Zithershina
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Tunings and Guages for Fretted Instruments
Articles re Ethnic Music/Instruments & here
Handbook for the Collection of Traditional Music and Musical Instruments
Welcome to the Instrument Encyclopedia /Music Heritage Network
Musical
Instruments of the World
Non_Western
Musical Instruments
Outline for Musical Instruments
The Collections of Musical Instruments & here
WHERE TO BUY ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION
Learn How To Play Instruments – resources/books/videos
LESSONS - lots of free online lessons
WHERE TO BUY ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS