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ETHNIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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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
African Drum Rhythms - educational tools, etc.
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
West African Drumming and Percussion Music
Armenian Instruments and Music
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
Hand Drumming Links - Vancouver
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
Afro-Cuban Drumming - lots of helpful links and info!
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
Chandra & David's Indian Musical Instruments site - INCREDIBLE!!!!!
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
Photo Gallery of Punjabi Folk Musical Instruments
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
Sikh Music & Musical Instruments
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
Encyclopedia of Persian Percussion Instruments
Intro to Iranian Indigenous and Local Musical Instruments
Iranian Traditional Musical Instruments
Persian Musical Instrument Gallery
Santoor - India, Persia - a kind of harp-like instrument
Gaelic Harps & Harpers in Ireland & Scotland
Irish Traditional Music & here
Traditional Irish Flute Playing
Traditional Irish Musical Instruments
Music
of Jamaica - see bottom of page - Christian music
Latin American Rhythm Magazine
Music
of Mexico - see bottom of page
Arab Gateway Musical Instruments
Arabic Music History (and Musical Instruments)
Doumbek - Middle Eastern goblet drum
History of Arabic Musical Instruments
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
Music, Dance and the Arts in the Middle East - lots of links!!!
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
Instruments in Traditional Thai Music
Thai Classical Musical Instruments
Sacred Tibetan Musical Instruments
Classical Turkish Musical Instrument - Tanbur
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 Classical Musical Instruments
Turkish Folk Music Instruments
Turkish Mehter (Military) Music
Turkish Musical Instruments and Here
Dap - Uighur - drum played like a tambourine
Dutar - Uighur - lute
Naghra - Uighur - drums
Satar - stringed instrument
Surnay - oboe-like
Tanbur - Uighur - stringed instrument
Traditional Uighur Musical Instruments
Violin - Uighur - lute-like
Koni - Vietnamese stick fiddle
