Musical instruments

Idiophones (afro Brazilian musical instrument composed of a gourd/cabaça wrapped in a net in which beads or small plastic balls are threaded)

Idiophones (single or a multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba and Edo music and also in the samba baterias/percussion ensembles)

Idiophones (set of two wide-rimmed, vertically suspended gongs)

Idiophones (made of a varying number of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame)

Idiophones (single, narrow-rimmed Philippine gong used primarily as the “timekeeper” of the Maguindanao kulintang ensemble)

Idiophones (wooden clapper used in Korean court and ritual music)

Idiophones (gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone of korean origin)

Idiophones (hollow percussion instrument. In spite of the name, it is not a true drum but an idiophone, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more slits in the top)

Idiophones (double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one end larger than the other)

Idiophones (similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, wooden or plastic handle)

Idiophones (box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks)

Idiophones (pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together)

Idiophones (also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument (idiophone), used in Spanish, Kalo, Moorish, Ottoman, Italian, Sephardic, Swiss, and Portuguese music)

Idiophones (Brazilian percussion instrument created by Carlinhos Brown and consisting of a closed plastic basket with a flat-bottom filled with small synthetic particles)

Idiophones (percussion instrument consisting of a closed basket with a flat bottom filled with seeds or other small particles)

Idiophones (type of castanets from the Canary Islands. They are an idiophonic and chattering instrument, with an interior cavity. It is typically made of moral wood)

Idiophones (also known as bilma, bimli, clappers, musicstick or just stick, are a traditional Australian Aboriginal instrument. They serve to maintain rhythm in voice chants, often as part of an Aboriginal ceremony)

Idiophones (percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, wooden sticks about 20–25 centimeters (8–10 inches) long and about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in diameter. Although traditionally made of wood (typically rosewood, ebony or grenadilla) many modern manufacturers offer claves made of fiberglass or plastic.)

Idiophones (idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music, such as Latin and rock. It is named after the similar bell used by herdsmen to keep track of the whereabouts of cows. The instrument initially and traditionally has been metallic; however, contemporarily, some variants are made of synthetic materials.)

Idiophones (sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks)

Idiophones (common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys)

Idiophones (scraped idiophone. It is made up by a metal bar (generally of iron) that is scraped by another metal object. The player holds the bar vertically, with its lower end in the palm of one hand and the upper end leaning against the shoulder)

Idiophones (modern percussion instrument (an indirectly struck idiophone) consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle)

Idiophones (modern keyboard percussion musical instrument)

Idiophones (Philippine set of four large, hanging gongs used by the Maguindanao as part of their kulintang ensemble. When integrated into the ensemble, it functions as a secondary melodic instrument after the main melodic instrument, the kulintang. When played solo, it allows fellow Maguindanao to communicate with each other, allowing them to send messages or warnings via long distances)

Idiophones (percussion instrument used in various repertoires across India. It's a variant played in Punjab and known as gharha as it is a part of Punjabi folk traditions. Its analogue in Rajasthan is known as the madga and pani mataqa)

Idiophones (or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes it a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone)

Idiophones (flat, circular metal disc that is typically struck with a mallet. They can be small or large in size, and tuned or can require tuning)

Idiophones (Puerto Rican percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound)

Idiophones (term for a group of musical instruments that are classified as a subset of the steelpan. Several handpan makers and brands have emerged in recent years, resulting from a growing worldwide interest in the Hang)

Idiophones (type of musical instrument called a handpan, fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Caribbean steelpan instrument)

Idiophones (flat musical instrument, a shaken idiophone, used in the African countries to play different types of music. It is called maravanne in Mauritius, or caïamb or kayanm in Reunion)

Idiophones (banana-shaped idiophone used in Javanese gamelan, made of bronze. They are actually metal slit drums. It is struck with a padded stick and then allowed to resonate. It has a specific pitch, which can be varied by covering the slit, but it is not matched to the other instruments of the gamelan)

Idiophones (ancient instrument mainly used in devotional / folk songs. It has derived its name from Sanskrit words ‘kara’ meaning hand and ‘tala’ meaning clapping. This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together. It falls under the class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator)

Idiophones (general Chinese term for any variety of jaw harp. The jaw harp is a plucked idiophone in which the lamella is mounted in a small frame, and the player's open mouth serves as a resonance chamber. Chinese jaw harps may comprise multiple idiophones that are lashed together at one end and spread in a fan formation. They may be made from bamboo or a metal alloy, such as brass)

Idiophones (modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia)

Idiophones (rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair)

Idiophones (consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre of the marimba is warmer, deeper, more resonant, and more pure)

Idiophones (family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger)

Idiophones (Samoan percussion instrument of Tahitian origin, named after the Samoan word for "beat" or "clap" "pulse". It is one of many Samoan log drum variants and is of the slit drum family, and therefore is also of the idiophone percussion family. It is made from a hollowed-out log, usually of Miro wood and produces a distinctive and loud sound. Different sizes of log drums offer different pitches and volumes, as well as striking the log drum in the middle or near the ends)

Idiophones (are flat oval stones used as clappers or castanets. They are small enough to hold two in one hand and are used in the music of Tajik and Uzbek peoples)

Idiophones (West African percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd)

Idiophones (hollow percussion instrument. In spite of the name, it is not a true drum but an idiophone, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more slits in the top)

Idiophones (can be played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. They are played by hitting one against the other)

Idiophones (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra, is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago)

Idiophones (musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills")

Idiophones (type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures, made of hollow hardwood logs, often fire-hardened)

Idiophones (made from a variety of metals including aluminum, beryllium copper, brass, bronze, iron, and steel. The metal is formed into a triangle shape by bending or casting methods. The instrument is usually held by a loop of some form of thread or wire at the top curve)

Idiophones (percussion instrument made by Jeremy Leafey who is the bass guitarist to the Philadelphia jamband “Refrigerator” in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The instrument is made of old trash found in Jeremy’s house such as two plastic cups taped together with pencils and popsicle sticks inside so it can be used as a shaker and has many other things attached to make different sounds such as, a hair comb, wrench, bracelets, paper clips, and toothpicks)

Idiophones (specialized Basque music device of wood or stone. In some regions of the Basque Country)

Idiophones (It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars)

Idiophones (percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wooden ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside)

Idiophones (employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz, zydeco, skiffle, jug band, and old-time music)

Idiophones (small slit drum made from a single piece of wood. The term generally signifies the Western orchestral instrument, though it is descended from the Chinese woodblock. Alternative names sometimes used in ragtime and jazz are clog box and tap box)

Idiophones (also known as a Chinese temple block, wooden bell, or muyu, is a type of woodblock that originated from East Asia that is used by monks and lay people in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism)

Idiophones (musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Like the glockenspiel (which uses metal bars), it essentially consists of a set of tuned wooden keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale)

Idiophones (also called finger cymbals, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances)

Idiophones (friction idiophone of American or European origin. A pair of blocks is called for occasionally in orchestra, concert band and percussion ensemble music to produce a special-effects sound)

Idiophones (Igbo traditional musical instrument. It is a type of drum with rectangular cavity 'slits' in the hollowed out wooden interior. It is made out of wood and most commonly a tree trunk)