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ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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CATALOGS OF ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Classical Musical Instrument Resources
Folk Musical Instruments from Around the World
INSTRUMENT CARE
Instrument Encyclopedia and HERE and Here
INSTRUMENT-MAKING - LEARNING HOW TO PLAY
Physics of Musical Instruments
Tuning & Temperament Bibliography
WHERE TO BUY ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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AUTOHARP
Learn to Play Dulcimer and 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
CYMBALS
DAP
Dap - Uighur - drum played like a tambourine
DHOLAK
Dholak - India - drum
DIGERIDOOS / DIDJERIDUS
DILRUBA
Dilruba - India - classical instrument somewhat like a sitar
DJEMBE
How to Play Djembe - book/CD
Djembe - West African drum
DOUMBEK
Doumbek - Middle Eastern goblet drum
Dumbeks, Middle Eastern Hourglass Drums
DRUMS
African Drum Rhythms - educational tools, etc.
Bongo Central Clearinghouse - USED DRUMS and PERCUSSION
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
Global Rhythms - online magazine
Hand Drumming Links - Vancouver
Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum - book
Latin
American Rhythm Magazine
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
World Fusion Music Links - Rhythm
World Rhythms - RhythmWeb
DULCIMERS
Basic Chords on the Mountain Dulcimer
Books about Hammered Dulcimers
Dulcimer Modes, Keys and Tunings
Dulcimer (Mountain) Hymn Book Reviews
Dulcimer (Mountain) Worship Recordings
Dulcimer Music - wav files
How to Choose a Hammered Dulcimer
Learn to Play the Dulcimer - video
Learn to Play Dulcimer and AutoHarp
Online Sources of Musical Instruction
Owl Mountain Music - Dulcimer info and resources
Santoor - Indian Hammered Dulcimer
What's A Hammered Dulcimer and How Does it Work?
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
History of the Contstruction of Flutes
LOTS of helpful Links re Flutes - history, glossaries, lessons, tips, etc.
Traditional Flute Links - international
Traditional Irish Flute Playing
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?
CONTENTS
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
MANDOLIN
Learn to Play the Mandolin - video
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 or UD
Classical Turkish Musical Instrument - UD
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
QANUN
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 , SANTUR
Articles re Santoors and LOTS OF RESOURCES!
Picture and Audio Clip of a Santoor
Santoor - India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument & HERE & HERE
Santoor - Indian Hammered Dulcimer
The Art of Persian Music - Santur
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
Classical Turkish Musical Instrument - 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
UD - see OUD
UKULELES
V
VEENA
Veena - India - guitar/sitar-like
VICHITRA VEENA
Vichitra Veena - India - stringed plucked instrument
VIOLIN
Violin - India
Violin - Uighur - lute-like
W
WHISTLES
Cedar Whistle - First Nations Whistle
Mayan Bird Whistle - Central America
X
XYLOPHONES
Double Pit Xylophone - Dose - Benin
ZITHERS
Board Zither - Vietnam
The Bamboo Origins of Far Eastern Bridged Zithershina
