The vibraslap is a 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.
Udu drum – Clay pot drum with a bass sound. The udu has two holes that are variously struck and covered with the hands. The sound is produced by compression and release of the air inside it.
Kettle Drum
Its name comes from the large kettle-shaped bottom, over which the skin of the drumhead is stretched.
The most common percussion instruments in the orchestra include the timpani, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta, and piano.
The Yu (竽; pinyin: yú) is a free reed wind instrument used in ancient China. It is similar to the sheng, with multiple bamboo pipes fixed in a wind chest which may be made out of bamboo, wood, or a gourd.
The xiao (simplified Chinese: 箫; traditional Chinese: 簫; pinyin: xiāo; Wade–Giles: hsiao, pronounced [ɕi̯ɑ́ʊ̯]) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called “purple bamboo” in Chinese).
Kyo : String instruments
Kyo instruments are mainly the Saung (harp), Mi Gaung (three stringed musical instrument in the shape of a crocodile) and Tayaw(fiddle).
Among the most popular percussion instruments are drum kits and tambourine. The drum kit is a complex musical instrument consisting of several different percussion instruments played by the drummer.
Pitched Percussion instruments (also known as tuned percussion) include the xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel (also known as bells), tubular bells (also known as chimes) and vibraphone (which has a pedal).
Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: pitched percussion instruments, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion instruments, which produce notes or sounds in an indefinite pitch.
Broadly classifying, there are four types of percussion sounds: resonant, hyper-resonant, stony dull or dull.
tsuzumi, any of a family of Japanese two-headed drums with hourglass-shaped (waisted) bodies. The two most commonly used tsuzumi are the ko-tsuzumi and the ō-tsuzumi, found in the music of Noh and Kabuki theatres.
Ultimate Percussion Guide: 43 Types of Percussion Instruments.
lyre / līr/ • n. a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used esp. in ancient Greece.
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word εὔφωνος euphōnos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" (εὖ eu means "well" or "good" and φωνή phōnē means "sound", hence "of good sound").
Drums (tambour, Trommel, tamburo, tambor, drome, dromme, drume), along with other percussion instruments were probably among the earliest instruments. There is evidence that the first membrane drums consisted of naturally hollow tree trunks covered at one or both ends with the skins of water animals, fish, or reptiles.
Untuned percussion instruments include: bass drum, side drum (snare drum), maracas, castanets, cymbals, tambourine, claves and many more. In an orchestra there can be more different kind of percussion instruments than in the other families: string, woodwind and brass instruments.
Hydraulophone. The hydraulophone is one of the rarest musical instruments in the world.
The Koto is a type of Japanese zither that is the national instrument of Japan. Typically they have 13 strings – but you can get them with more too, and they were initially played in Japanese court music.
What is Otamatone? Otamatone is a cute, quirky, and fun to play electronic musical toy characterized by its eighth note-shaped body, adorable moving mouth, and silly, buzzing, amusingly off-key "voice."
Shamisen. The shamisen resembles a guitar, with a long, thin neck and a small rectangular body covered with skin. It has three strings, with the pitch adjusted by tuning pegs on the head, like a guitar or violin, but without frets. It's played with a large triangular plectrum that's used to strike the strings.