List of musical instruments

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The following is a list of musical instruments, categorized by section. Please add to List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number also. See also List of instruments by nationality and Category:Musical instruments

There are 482 musical instruments listed. This includes the variations of categories, but not the categories themselves. Example: There are eight types of flutes in the western concert flute category. Therefore there are eight instruments listed in that category and western concert flute is not considered a musical instrument and is not listed in the count of instruments.

Contents

Wind instruments

See also: List of woodwind instruments

There are 59 wind instruments listed

Single reed instruments

There are 38 single reed instruments listed

Double reed instruments

There are 35 double reed instruments listed.

Bagpipes (single and double reed)

Brass instruments

There are 29 brass instruments listed (not necessarily made from brass)

Free reed instruments

There are 18 free reed instruments listed

Voice

There are 12 vocals listed

Free aerophones

String instruments

There are 145 string instruments listed

Main article: List of string instruments

Percussion instruments

See also: List of percussion instruments

Drums

There are 33 drums listed

Other percussion instruments

There are 74 percussion instruments listed

Electronic instruments

There are 19 electronic instruments listed

Keyboard instruments

There are 23 keyboard instruments listed

Other

There are 10 other musical instruments listed

External links

Oddmusic A website dedicated to unique, odd, ethnic, experimental and unusual musical instruments and resources.

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