* Sitar: a plucked stringed instrument from India
* Tabla: a pair of tuned drums from India
* Djembe: a skin-covered goblet-shaped drum from Africa
* Didgeridoo: a long wooden trumpet-like instrument from Australia
* Erhu: a two-stringed fiddle from China
* Guzheng: a plucked zither from China
* Koto: a 13-stringed zither from Japan
* Shamisen: a three-stringed plucked instrument from Japan
* Sitar: a long-necked stringed instrument from India
* Oud: a short-necked stringed instrument from the Middle East
Wind instruments:
* Flute: a woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bore and a single reed
* Clarinet: a woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bore and a single reed
* Oboe: a woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double reed
* Bassoon: a woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double reed
* Trumpet: a brass instrument with a cylindrical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece
* Trombone: a brass instrument with a cylindrical bore and a slide
* French horn: a brass instrument with a conical bore and a bell
* Tuba: a brass instrument with a conical bore and a large bell
* Bagpipe: a wind instrument with a reservoir of air that is used to power a set of pipes
Percussion instruments:
* Drum: a membranophone instrument that consists of a stretched membrane that is struck to produce sound
* Gong: a large metal disk that is struck to produce sound
* Cymbal: a pair of metal plates that are struck together to produce sound
* Castanet: a pair of small wooden shells that are struck together to produce sound
* Maracas: a pair of rattles that are filled with seeds or beads and shaken to produce sound
* Xylophone: a percussion instrument that consists of a set of wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sound
* Vibraphone: a percussion instrument that consists of a set of metal bars that are struck with mallets to produce sound
Other instruments:
* Voice: the human voice is the original musical instrument
* Theremin: an electronic instrument that is played by moving the hands through an electromagnetic field
* Synthesizer: an electronic instrument that can produce a wide variety of sounds
* Sampler: an electronic instrument that can record and playback sounds
* Sequencer: an electronic instrument that can control the timing of events