* Sitar - plucked string instrument from India
* Kora - plucked string instrument from West Africa
* Charango - plucked string instrument from South America
* Guzheng - plucked string instrument from China
* Oud - plucked string instrument from the Middle East
Percussion instruments:
- Djembe - goblet-shaped drum from West Africa
- Tabla - pair of hand drums from India
- Cajon - box-shaped drum from Peru
- Udu - clay vessel drum from Nigeria
- Gong - large metal disk instrument from Southeast Asia and East Asia
Wind instruments:
- Didgeridoo - wind instrument from Australia
- Erhu - two-stringed fiddle from China
- Shakuhachi - bamboo flute from Japan
- Ney - end-blown flute from the Middle East
- Bansuri - transverse flute from India
Other instruments:
- Hang - steel tongue drum
- Kalimba - thumb piano
- Accordion - free-reed aerophone
- Hurdy-gurdy - stringed instrument played with a crank
- Theremin - early electronic instrument