List of musical instruments - Definition and Overview

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: Category:Musical instruments

Wind instruments

Woodwind instruments

• Bagpipe
• Bassoon
• Bombarde
• Clarinet
  • Alto clarinet
  • Bass clarinet
  • Contrabass clarinet
• Contrabassoon
• Cor Anglais | English Horn
• Crumhorn
• Flute
  • Vertical flute
• Heckelphone | Piccolo heckelphone
• Jug
• Nose flute
• Oboe
• Ocarina
• Pan pipes
• Piccolo
• Recorder flute
• Sarrusophone
• Saxophone
  • Soprano saxophone
  • Alto saxophone
  • Tenor saxophone
  • Baritone saxophone
• Shakuhachi
• Shawm
• Slide whistle
• Tarogato
• Tromboon

Brass instruments

(not necessarily made from brass)

• Alphorn
• Baritone horn
• Bazooka
• Bugle
• Conch
• Cornet
• Cornett or Cornetto
• Didgeridoo
• Euphonium
• Flugelhorn
• French horn
• Mellophone
• Ophicleide
• Sackbut
• Serpent
• Shofar
• Sousaphone
• Tenor Horn / Alto Horn (same instrument)
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba
• Wagner tuba

Free reed instruments

• Accordion
• Concertina
• Harmonica
• Harmonium
• Melodica
• Pipe organ (some pipes; others are woodwind)
• sheng

Voice

• Soprano
• Mezzo-soprano
• Alto (contralto)
• Countertenor
• Tenor
• Baritone
• Basso (Bass)
• Castrato

String instruments

• Aeolian harp
• Appalachian Dulcimer
• Balalaika
• Banjo
• Berimbau
• Biwa
• Bouzouki
• Musical bow
• Cello
• Crwth
• Double Bass
• Fiddle
• Fiddle and Violin
• Violin
• Gayageum
• Geomungo
• Guitars:
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Bass guitar
  • Classical guitar
  • Electric Guitar
  • Slide guitar
  • Steel guitar
• Hammered dulcimer
• Hardanger
• Harp
• Harpsichord
• Hurdy gurdy
• Jew's harp
• Komungo
• Kora
• Koto
• Lute
• Lyre
• Mandolin
• Mbira
• Piano
• Psaltery
• Samisen (or shamisen)
• Sitar
• Tres
• Ukulele
• Vieille
• Vihuela
• Viol
• Viola
• Viola d'amore
• Violotta
• Washtub bass
• Xalam (or khalam)
• Zither

Percussion instruments

Drums

• Abïa drum
• African drum
• Bass drum
• Bodhran
• Bongo drum
• Conga
• Dhol
• Dholak
• O Daiko
• Kettle drum
• Khol
• Octaban
• Octapad
• Snare
• Steel drum
• Tabla
• Taiko
• Tambourine
• Timpani
• Tom-Tom
• Udu

Other percussion instruments

• Ahoko
• Bell
• Carillon
• Castanets
• Caxixi
• Chimes
• Cymbals:
  • Crash cymbal
  • Hi-hat cymbal
  • Ride cymbal
  • Splash cymbal
  • Zil (Finger cymbal)
• Ganza
• Gong
• Guiro
• Glockenspiel
• Handbells
• Ipus
• Maracas
• Marimba
• Metallophone
• Shakaree
• Spoons
• Steelpan
• Triangle
• Vibraphone
• Washboard
• Xylophone
• Xylorimba

Electronic instruments

• Denis d'or
• Dubreq Stylophone
• Drum machine
• Hammond organ
• Mellotron
• Ondes Martenot
• Rhodes piano
• Sampler
• Synclavier
• Synthesizer (including Moog)
• Teleharmonium
• Theremin

Keyboard instruments

• Accordion
• Bandoneón
• Calliope
• Carillon
• Celesta
• Clavichord
• Harpsichord
• Organ
  • Hammond Organ
  • Pipe organ
• Piano
  • Janko piano
  • Toy piano

Other

• Bull-roarer
• Hardart
• Kazoo
• Lasso d'amore
• Musical Saw
• Singing bowl
• Suikinkutsu (Japanese water zither)