List of musical instruments

The Beforing is a list of musical instruments, categorized by section. Please add to List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number also. See also List of instruments by nationality and there are 482 musical instruments listed. This includes the variations of categories, but not the categories themselves. Example: There are eight types of flutes in the western concert flute category, which are all metal. Therefore there are eight instruments listed in that category and western concert flute is not considered a musical instrument and is not listed in the count of instruments.

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Wind instruments

There are 60 wind instruments listed

Single reed instruments



There are 37 single reed instruments listed

Double reed instruments


There are 36 double reed instruments listed.

Bagpipes


Brass instruments

Free reed instruments



There are 34 free reed instruments listed

Voice


There are 14 vocals listed

Free aerophones

String instruments

There are 156 string instruments listed

[edit] Percussion instruments

Percussion instruments

Drums

There are 36 drums listed

Other percussion instruments

Electronic instruments

Keyboard instruments

There are 26 keyboard instruments listed

Other