List of national instruments (music)

For the company, see National Instruments.

This list contains musical instruments of symbolic or cultural importance within a nation, state, ethnicity, tribe or other group of people.

In some cases, national instruments remain in wide use within the nation (such as the Puerto Rican cuatro), but in others, their importance is primarily symbolic (such as the Welsh triple harp). Danish ethnologist Lisbet Torp has concluded that some national instrument traditions, such as the Finnish kantele, are invented, pointing to the "influence of intellectuals and nationalists in the nationwide promotion of selected musical instruments as a vehicle for nationalistic ideas".^[1] Governments do not generally officially recognize national instruments; some exceptions being the Paraguayan harp,^[2] the Japanese koto^[3] and the Trinidadian steelpan.^[4]

This list compiles instruments that have been alleged to be a national instrument by any of a variety of sources, and an instrument's presence on the list does not indicate that its status as a national instrument is indisputable, only that its status has been credibly argued. Each instrument on this list has a Hornbostel-Sachs number immediately below it. This number indicates the instrument's classification within the Hornbostel-Sachs system (H-S), which organizes instruments numerically based on the manner in which they produce sound.^[5]

Images and recordings are supplied where available; note that there are often variations within a national musical tradition, and thus the images and recordings may not be accurate in depicting the entire spectrum of the given nation's music, and that some images and recordings may be taken from a region outside the core of the national instrument's home when such distinctions have little relevance to the information present in the image and recordings. A number of countries have more than one instrument listed, each having been described as a national instrument, not usually by the same source; neither the presence of multiple entries for one nation, nor for multiple nations for one instrument, on this list is reflective of active dispute in any instance. Alternative names and spellings are given. These mostly come from alternative spellings within English or alternative methods of transliterating from a foreign language to English, such as the Chinese yangqin, also transliterated yang ch'in and yang qin. Others reflect regions or subcultures within a given nation, such as the Australian didgeridoo which is or has been called didjeridu, yidaki, yiraki, magu, kanbi and ihambilbilg in various Australian Aboriginal languages. All non-English words are italicized.

Nation	Instrument	Description Recording	H-S number	Image
Afghanistan	rubab[6][7] rabab	Short-necked three-stringed lute with sympathetic and drone strings, fretted and plucked with a plectrum, with a double-chambered body, the lower part of which is covered in skin, and with three main strings	321.321-6
Albania	Çiftelia Gajde Lahuta
Arab	oud[8]	Pear-shaped fretless stringed instrument, with five courses of two strings and a single eleventh string, a bent back and a bowl-shaped body, often with up to three soundholes, played with a pick	321.321-6
Argentina	bandoneón[9][10]	Button accordion with a box shape, played with both hands using buttons that produce two sets of notes per hand	412.132
Argentina	guitar[11][12]	Fretted stringed instrument with a hollow body and a soundboard	321.322
Armenia	duduk[7] daduk	Double-reed pipe with wide reeds made from pieces of cane in a duckbill-type assembly, generally diatonic and with a single octave range	421.211.12
Australian, Indigenous	didgeridoo[13][14] didjeridu, yidaki, yiraki, magu, kanbi, ihambilbilg	Straight trumpet without fingerholes, traditionally made from a trunk or thick branch of a tree, sometimes with a rim of beeswax around the blowing end, requires circular breathing	423.121.11
Austria, Czechia	Bock[15] Bockpfeife	Use of goatskins in constructing the bag, similar to the common use of other goat-terms for bagpipes in other nations	422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621
Azerbaijan	balaban[16][17]	Set of cylindrical shawm-like instruments, with an air reservoir like a bagpipe	422.121-62
Baganda peoples of Uganda	endongo[18]	Bowl lyre made of lizardskin with strings tied to a piece of wood inserted into two holes on two arms	321.21
Balochs	suroz[19]	Bowed string instrument with a long neck, similar to a fiddle or sarangi and played vertically	321.322	—
Bangladesh	dotara[20]	Small stringed instrument, with plucked metal strings, elongated belly as soundboard and narrow neck ending in a pegbox, decorated with carvings of animals and covered with skin	321.322
Bashkir	kurai[21][22]	Long open endblown flute with five fingerholes	421.111.12
Basotho	lesiba[23]	Stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with a single string and tuning noose attached both to a bow and a feather quill, with a frame made from a coconut shell	311.121.222
Bavaria	zither[24][25] Volkszither	Stringed instrument with a soundbox, with strings stretched across it, originally with four melody strings and no more than fifteen accompaniment strings	314.122
Bhutan	dranyen[26] dranyen, dramnyen	Seven-stringed lute, fretless, long-necked and double-waisted with rosette-shaped sound hole	321.321
Bolivia	charango[27] charanga	Fretted, hollow-bodied bowl lute, usually with four or five doubled strings, with as many as eleven tunings, traditionally made from an armadillo shell	321.321-6
Brazil	guitar[28] violão	Fretted six-stringed instrument with a soundboard and a hollow body, originally with steel strings, but now more commonly with nylon	321.322
Brazil	berimbau[29]	Single-stringed musical bow Toque de Angola on unaccompanied berimbauⓘ	311.121.221
Brazil	pandeiro[30]	Handheld frame drum with metal jingles (platinelas) attached, tuned through adjusting the tension of the head, can also be shaken or rasped	211.311 + 112.122
Bulgaria	gaida[31]	Bagpipe with three types of chanters, one a simple reed, open at one end, another a small, conical tube with eight fingerholes, one of which is the flea-hole (a small hole made out of a tube that can raise any note a half-step), and the last is a long, no-holed drone	422.22-62
China	guqin[32][33] qin	A plucked seven-string zither with open strings and a range of about four octaves	312.22
China	guzheng[34] zheng, gu-zheng	Half-tube zither, rectangular with three sound holes on the bottom, now with twenty-one strings most typically, pentatonic tuning, strings are plucked by hand	312.22-5
China	pipa[35]	Pear-shaped bowl lute with a neck, played by plucking	321.321-5
China	yangqin[7] yang ch'in, yang qin	Hammered dulcimer, with a trapezoidal sounding board and traditionally bronze strings, struck with rubber-tipped bamboo hammers	314.122-4
Colombia	Tiple Colombiano[36] Tiple[37]	Small guitar-like fretted instrument with twelve strings arranged in four triple-strung courses.	321.322
Costa Rica	marimba[38]	Xylophone-like instrument with gourd resonators, two sets of overlapping keys, struck with mallets	111.222-4
Corsica	cetera ceterina, cetara	A musical instrument of the cittern family, common in Corsica.	111.224-4
Crete	lyra[39]	Three-stringed fretted, pear-shaped instrument with a hollow body and a vaulted back, propped up on the knee	321.21
Croatia	tamburica and Lijerica[40][41] tamburitza	Lute-like stringed instrument with a long neck, picked or strummed, variable number of strings	321.321
Cuba	tres[42]	Guitar-like instrument with a neck and three courses of two strings each	321.322
Dagara peoples of Ghana	gyil[43]	Xylophone-like calabash gourd with holes covered in spider silk, wooden frame, struck with a hammer	111.222-4
Ecuador	rondador[44][45]	Set of chorded bamboo panpipes that produces two tones simultaneously, consisting of pieces of cane, placed side by side in order by size and closed at one end, played by blowing across the top of the instrument	421.112.11
Egypt, Ancient	harp[46]	Open harp, used in widely varying forms, though originally semi-circular and with five to seven strings, number of strings increased over time, while the size decreased	322.12
Egypt, Ancient	sistrum[47]	U-shaped frame drum with small rings that make sound when shaken	112.112
England	English concertina[7]	A small free reed instrument, usually hexagonal in shape. The instrument is played by moving bellows between the hands to blow air over reeds, each note being sounded by a button.	412.132
England	Northumbrian smallpipes[48]	Bellows-blown bagpipes from Northeastern England consisting of a single chanter (generally with keys) and usually four drones.	422.112
Etruria	kithara[49]	Stringed instrument with a deep soundbox made of two tables, connected by ribs, with strings attached to a tuning bar, played with a plectrum	321.22
Finland	kantele[1][50][51][52][53] kannel	Zither–harp, traditionally with five strings, now with up to thirty, held in the lap	314.122
Finland, especially Swedish-speaking Finns	violin[53][54]	Four stringed instrument, bowed, hourglass-shape and an arched top and back chords on a violinⓘ	321.322
Fula	tambin[55][56] sereendu, fulannu	Diagonal diatonic flute without a bell, made from a conical vine, with three finger-holes and a rectangular embouchere with two wings on either side	411.111.22
Galicia	gaita[57][58] gaita de fole, gaita galega	Diatonic bagpipe with a conical chanter and at least one bass drone, used to accompany both spiritual and secular, as well as lyric and dance music, usually accompanied by a drum (tambour)	422.211.2-62
Germany	waldzither[59] German lute, also applied to the lute guitar	Cittern with nine steel strings; tuned C, G G, C C, E E, G G; famous for allegedly been played by Martin Luther at the Wartburg	321.322
Greece, Ancient	aulos[60] auloi	Highly variant double-shawm with a cylindrical bore	422.121
Greece, Ancient	lyre[61][62]	Stringed instrument, strummed with a plectrum, with the free hand silencing unwanted strings, traditionally made from a tortoise shell	321.21
Greece, Modern	bouzouki[1]	String instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long neck, played with plectrum	321.321
Guatemala	marimba[63][64]	Xylophone-like instrument with gourd resonators, struck with mallets, with a two level keyboard so it can play the full chromatic scale	111.222-4
Hawaii	ukulele[65]	String instrument derived from the Portuguese braguinha, from the Hawaiian uku lele, jumping flea, referring to the swift fingerwork the instrument requires chords on a ukuleleⓘ	321.322
Hungary	cimbalom[66] czimbalom, cymbalom, cymbalum, ţambal, tsymbaly, tsimbl, santouri, santur	Chromatic hammered dulcimer with four legs	314.122-4	}}
Hungary	tárogató[67] töröksíp, Schunda-tárogató, magyar zurna	Woodwind instrument commonly used in Hungarian folk music. There are two variants, the original tárogató, also called töröksíp, which is a reed aerophone instrument similar to zurna. The modern tárogató was invented by József Schunda and resembles more to saxophone.	422.212	—
India	saraswati veena[68] vina	Semitonically fretted lute with a long, cylindrical shape, resting on two gourds	311.222
Indonesia	angklung[69][70]	Two bamboo tubes, closed at one end and with tongues, attached to a square frame, played by shaking from side to side, causing the tongues to vibrate	112.122
Iran	tar[71]	The musical instrument, which has 6 wires and is the main instrument in traditional Iranian music, is produced by Mazzrab.	314.122-4
Ireland	Irish Harp (Cruit or Cláirseach)	Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar	322.221
Ireland	Great Irish Warpipes Píob Mhór	In modern times this instrument is essentially identical to the Great Highland Bagpipe	422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621
Ireland	Uilleann Pipes Píobaí Uilleann, Union Pipes	Pump blown Bagpipe	{{{Number}}}
Israel	kinnor[72] David's harp	Biblically described historic instrument, probably a cithara; in modern Hebrew, refers to the violin	321.22
Italy	mandolin[73]	Stringed instrument Mandolin performanceⓘ	321.321
Japan	koto[74]	Long and hollow thirteen-stringed instrument	312.22-7
Jewish	shofar[75]	Horn, flattened by heat and hollowed, used for more religious than purely secular purposes, made from the horn of an animal, most typically a ram or kudu	423.121.1
Kazakhstan	dombra[76][77]	Fretted, long-necked lute with a round body, played by plucking with a plectrum	321.321-6
Kenya	nyatiti[78][79][80]	3-foot-long (0.91 m) harp, plucked with both hands, made of wood and goat or antelope skin	321.21-5
Khoikhoi	goura[81]	Single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch	311.121.222	—
Korea	gayageum[82][83] kayagum, kayago	zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings.	312.22-5
Kyrgyzstan	komuz[84][85]	Three-stringed fretless lute, made from wood with gut strings	321.321
Lanna (Northern Thailand)	pin pia[86]	Chest-resonated stick zither with two to five strings	311.221	—
Laos	khene[87] khaen	Mouth organ with bamboo tubes, attached in pairs to the mouthpiece, and with fixed free reeds	412.132
Latvia	kokles[88][89] kūkles	Diatonic, lute-like string instrument	314.122
Lebanon	darbuka[90] debakeh	Goblet-shaped hand drum	211.261.21
Lithuania	birbyne[91]	Aerophone, can be single- or double-reed, with or without a mouthpiece	422
Lithuania	kanklė[92]	Stringed instrument	314.122
Lobi peoples of Ghana	gyil[43]	Keyed calabash gourds with holes covered in spider silk, wooden frame	111.222-4
Madagascar	valiha[93][94]	Tubular zither	312.11
Mandinka of West Africa	balo[95][96] balafon, bala, balafo, bala, balaphone, balaphon, balaphong, balphone, balangi, balani, gyil	Set of wooden pieces, mounted on gourds, in a frame and played using two rubber-tipped mallets, held in hands with iron cylinders and rings attached to add a jingling sound	111.212 + 112.111	—
Maroons of Jamaica	abeng[97]	Aerophone made from the end of a cow horn with the tip broken off on the side, which is blown into	423.122.2
Mexico	marimba[98]	Xylophone-like instrument with wooden square tubes resonators, struck with mallets, with a two level keyboard so it can play the full chromatic scale	111.222-4
Mongolia	morin khuur[99][100] horse-head fiddle, igil	Two-stringed instrument, held between the legs, with a trapezoidal body and a horse's head typically carved on the upper edge of the pegbox	321.322
Montenegro	gusle[101]	Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg	321.321-71
Myanmar	saung-gauk[102] saung, Burmese harp	Arched harp with sixteen strings, attached to the harp with red cotton tassels	322.11
Nepal	madal[103]	Double-headed cylindrical drum, slightly bulging at the waist, held horizontally and played double-handed	211.212.1
Netherlands	fiddle[104]	Four-stringed instrument, bowed	321.322
Nicaragua	marimba[105]	Xylophone-like instrument with gourd resonators	111.222-4
Norway	Hardingfele[50][106][107] Hardanger fiddle	Ornately decorated fiddle with four main strings and four resonating strings beneath them, which are not touched by the bow	321.322-71
Norway	langeleik[50]	Rectangular zither with five or six strings, one melody string and several drone strings	314.122
Pakistan	Daf[108] dafli, dap, def, tef, defi, gaval, duf, duff, dof	It is a Pakistani version of frame drum musical instrument	211.311
Paraguay	harp, Paraguayan[109][110][111]	Diatonic harp with 32, 36, 38 or 40 strings, made from tropical wood and with songs in the Guarani language, with an exaggerated neck-arch, played with the fingernail	322.211
Peru	cajón[112][113]	Wooden box with a hole in one side, derived from containers used to transport agricultural products by portworkers	111.221
Peru	charango[114] charanga, chillador	Guitar-like instrument, most commonly with ten strings in two courses and made from an armadillo back	321.321-6
Philippines	Kudyapi[115]	rondalla plucked chordophone with 14 strings tuned F# B E A D G.	321.321
Polynesia	nose flute[116]	Flute, made from a single piece of bamboo, with three holes to blow into from the nostrils, with fingerholes	421.111.22
Portugal	Portuguese guitar[117]	Fretted stringed instrument with a hollow body	321.322
Puerto Rico	cuatro[118]	Fretted stringed instrument with a hollow body, derived from the Spanish tiple and other stringed instruments, made from carved wood with strings (ten, in five sets of two) of leather strips or dried animal gut	321.322
Rome, Ancient	tibiae[119] aulos (Greek name)	Double-reed shawm, played paired	422.122
Russia	Garmon[120]	Garmon, bellow-driven free reed with keys or buttons to modify the air flow chords on an accordionⓘ	412.132
Russia	balalaika[7]	Family of triangle-shaped lute-type instruments	321.32
Russia	gusli[121]	Zither-like instrument with between eleven and thirty-six strings, tuned diatonically	314.122
Russia	spoons[122]	Painted wooden teaspoons, used as a percussion instrument	111.141
Ryukyus of Japan	sanshin[123]	Three stringed banjo-like instrument, covered with snakeskin	321.312-6
Sakha	khomus[124]	jaw harp, made from a reed attached to a frame, plucked	121.221
Scotland	bagpipe, highland[1][125][126]	Bagpipe with a chanter, blowpipe, two tenor drones and a bass drone	422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621
Serbia	Accordion[127]	Accordion, bellow-driven free reed with keys or buttons to modify the air flow chords on an accordionⓘ	412.132
Serbia	frula[128] svirala, jedinka	End-blown wooden flute with six fingerholes	421.211.12
Serbia	gajda[31] Surle	Bagpipe with three types of chanters, one a simple reed, open at one end, another a small, conical tube with eight fingerholes, one of which is the flea-hole (a small hole made out of a tube that can raise any note a half-step), and the last is a long, no-holed drone	422.22-62
Serbia	gusle[129]	Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg Serbian gusleⓘ	321.321-71
Slovakia	fujara[130][131]	Endblown long bass diatonic fipple flute	421.211.12
Slovenia	accordion[132]	Accordion, bellow-driven free reed with keys or buttons to modify the air flow chords on an accordionⓘ	412.132
South Africa	lesiba rattle stick	The lesiba, and gora or goura, are members of a class of "unbraced mouth-resonated bow[s]" with a flattened quill attached to a long string, stretched over a hard stick, acting as the main source of vibration	423.121.12	—
Spain	guitar[12][133]	Fretted stringed instrument, long-necked with a flat soundboard and back, and incurved sides	321.322
Sweden	drejelire[50][53]	Hurdy-gurdy that uses a rosined wheel to create sound	321.322-72
Sweden	nyckelharpa[50][134]	Bowed keyed fiddle	321.322-71
Swedish Estonia	talharpa[135]	Bowed lyre with no fingerboard	321.22-71
Switzerland	alphorn[136][137]	Long wooden conical trumpet, bent at the end, with turned boxwood mouthpieces, traditionally used by herdsmen	423.121.12
Trinidad and Tobago	steelpan[4][138][139]	Barrel-shaped percussion instruments, tuned chromatically, originally made from discarded 55 gallon drums	111.241.2
Turkey	saz[140][141] bağlama, kopuz	Fretted lute with a long neck, pear-shaped body, and three courses of seven steel strings	321.321-6
Turkmenistan	dutar[142]	Plucked string instrument with two strings and a long neck, strummed or plucked	321.322
Tuva	igil[143] Horse-head fiddle	Small fiddle	321.322
Tuva	khomus[144]	Jaw harp, made from a reed attached to a frame, plucked	121.221
Tuva	morin khuur[143] Horse-head fiddle	Large fiddle with a wooden sound box and two strings attached to tuning pegs in the neck	321.322
Ukraine	bandura[145]	Diatonic, unfretted lute-like string instrument, traditionally carved from a single block of wood	321.321
United States	Appalachian dulcimer[146][147] dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, lap dulcimer, fretted dulcimer, dulcimore, et al.	Fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting is generally diatonic.	321.312-5
United States	banjo[148][149]	Membrane-topped four or five string fretted instrument, plucked or strummed with fingers or a plectrum. Probably African American in origin.	321.312-5
Uzbekistan	doira[150]	Round, flat drum with shakers made of metal inside and a horse-skin head	211.311 + 112.113
Uzbekistan	karnay[151][152]	Long brass trumpet with a mouthpiece	423.121.12
Venezuela	cuatro[153][154][155]	Guitar-like lute with four strings, usually strummed	321.322
Venezuela	harp, Venezuelan[155]	Diatonic harp, with an exaggerated neck arch, similar to the Paraguayan harp	322.211
Vietnam	đàn bầu[156]		321.22
Wales	crwth[156]	Six-stringed instrument with a flat fingerboard, fretless	321.22
Wales	harp, triple[157][158][159] telyn	Harp with no blades or levers, with three rows of strings, the outer two tuned in a diatonic scale and the inner one tuned to the extra semitones of the chromatic scale	322.212.1
Yugoslavia	gusle[160]	Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg Serbian gusleⓘ	321.321-71
Zimbabwe	mbira[161][162] thumb piano	Plucked lamellophone, consisting of staggered keys attached to a board, with a halved calabash gourd as resonator	122.12

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23. "Traditional Music & Dance". The Drum Cafe. Retrieved December 21, 2007. Discover the sounds of the lesiba, the Basotho national instrument with its harsh, bird-like sounds.
24. Grove, George (1954). Dictionary of Music and Musicians. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 1-147-22765-9. The zither may be considered the national instrument of Bavaria
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26. Broughton, Simon; Mark Ellingham (2000). World Music. James McConnachie. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-636-0.
27. Baumann, Max Peter (1997). "Review of Bolivie: Charangos et guitarrillas du Norte Potosi by Florindo Alvis and Jean-Marc Grassler". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 29 (1997): 200–201. doi:10.2307/768327. JSTOR 768327. S2CID 192949503. Among chordophones, the charango has become the Bolivian national instrument par excellence.
28. "Chamber Recital Programme". The Annual Glebe Music Festival. Glebe Music Festival. November 25, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. Born in Brazil, Murilo Tanouye began his musical pursuit by learning Jazz and Bossa Nova (sic) on the guitar, his country's national instrument.
29. Graham, Richard (Spring–Summer 1991). "Technology and Culture Change: The Development of the "Berimbau" in Colonial Brazil". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana. 12 (1). University of Texas Press: 1–20. doi:10.2307/780049. JSTOR 780049. Although this metamorphosis insured the emerging berimbau a higher social status as a Brazilian national instrument.
30. Ya Salaam, Kalamu. "When Brazil Came Calling" (Reprint). The New Black Magazine. Kalamu. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
31. "Bagpipes: A blast from the past". Independent.ie. November 30, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
32. "The Qin". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Endowed with cosmological and metaphysical significance and empowered to communicate the deepest feelings, the qin is the most prestigious of China's instruments.
33. Beijing Review, Issues 27-52. Beijing Review, original from the University of Michigan. 1981. p. 30.
34. "Dong Yi in Zheng Recital at the Great Hall of the People". Link Chinese. Retrieved December 21, 2007. As the most popular national instrument in China, zheng (also known as gu-zheng) is one of the eldest Chinese string instruments with a history of at least 2,500 years.
35. Millward, James. "From Camelback to Carnegie Hall: the Global Journey and Modern Makeover of the Pipa". AAS Annual Meeting. Retrieved December 22, 2007. I note the irony of this transformation: the modernization of the pipa as a Chinese national instrument entailed reworking it to fit the musical standards and contexts of polyphonic Western music.
36. Pinnell, Richard; Zuluaga, David Puerta (Autumn 1993). "Review of Los Caminos del Tiple by David Puerta Zuluaga". Ethnomusicology. 37 (3): 446–448. doi:10.2307/851728. JSTOR 851728.
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38. Marrs, Stuart. "Percussion in Costa Rica, 1972-82" (PDF). Percussion Studies. University of Maine. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2007. After all, the marimba is the "national instrument" of Costa Rica.
39. Dawes, Kevin (October 2003). "Lyres and the body politic: studying musical instruments in the Cretan musical landscape". Popular Music and Society. 26.3 (21): 263–283. doi:10.1080/0300776032000116950. S2CID 191621845. The island's "national" instrument, the lyra has become emblematic of the struggle that many Cretans experience in their attempt to retain a sense of a local identity.
40. "Croatia". National Geographic World Music. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The tamburica is a lute-like instrument similar to the turkish saz and is the national instrument of Croatia.
41. Erdely, Stephen (1979). "Ethnic Music in the United States: An Overview". Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council. 11. International Council for Traditional Music: 114–137. doi:10.2307/767568. JSTOR 767568. The tamburitza... is the national instrument of the Croatians.
42. McSweeney, Jim. "Nelson Gonzalez". Congahead. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The tres is the national instrument of Cuba, and at first glance you'd probably call it a guitar.
43. "About the Artists". El Taller Latino Americano. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. Gyil,... the grandmother of the keyboard family, is the national instrument of the Dagara and Lobi nations of Ghana in West Africa.
44. Bishop, Douglas. "A Worldwide History of the Panflute". Retrieved December 26, 2007. This family of pan flutes has many representatives: antara (Quechua) or siku (Aymara), chuli, sanka, malta (the most common variety of siku), toyo (bass siku), and rondador (Ecuador's national instrument, a chorded pan flute).
45. Sargeant, Winthrop (April 1934). "Types of Quechua Melody". The Musical Quarterly. 20 (2): 230–245. doi:10.1093/mq/XX.2.230. JSTOR 738763.
46. Gilman, Daniel; Coit, Harry; Thurston Peck; Frank Moore Colby), eds. (1906). "Egyptian Music". The New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 712. Although the harp always remained a national instrument, its popularity was later eclipsed by the lyre.
47. Peck, Harry Thurston (1897). Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. Harper & Brothers. ISBN 0-8154-0176-0.
48. Whittaker, W. G. (1940). "Eleven Northumbrian Folk Tunes". Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. 4 (1): 1–7. JSTOR 4521169.
49. Lawergren, Bo (January–June 1985). "Musikarchäologie als Traditionsforschung - A Lyre Common to Etruria, Greece, and Anatolia: The Cylinder Kithara". Acta Musicologica. 57 (Fasc. 1). International Musicological Society: 25–33. doi:10.2307/932686. JSTOR 932686.
50. Isaacson, Lanae H. (Winter 1995). "Folk og Kultur: Arbog for Dansk Etnologi og Folkemindevidenskab". Scandinavian Studies. 67.n1 (2): 142. Mette Muller's initial essay on the folk musical instruments of Denmark and Scandinavia ("Folk - Folkelig - Folkelige musikinstrumenter i Danmark") circles around the central question of why Denmark did not develop a uniquely national instrument in the same way as Norway (hardingfele and langeleik), Finland (kantele), and Sweden (nyckelharpa and drejelire).
51. Asplund, Anneli (December 2001). "The Kantele: Finland's National Instrument". Virtual Finland. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (T)he kantele is an essential part of the power of (the Kalevala and thus became), in the 19th century, the Finns' national instrument.
52. Moisala, Pirkko (Autumn 1994). "The Wide Field of Finnish Ethnomusicology". Ethnomusicology. 38 (3). Society for Ethnomusicology: 417–422. doi:10.2307/852108. JSTOR 852108. (Researchers) have run a long-term campaign to introduce the kantele, which has been branded the national instrument of Finland, into every school.
53. Andersson, Otto (October–December 1911). "On Violinists and Dance-Tunes among the Swedish Country-Population in Finland towards the Middle of the Nineteenth Century". Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft. 13 (1): 107–114. JSTOR 929299. While in Sweden the hurdy-gurdy occupies the rank of a national instrument, like the kantele among the Finns, the Swedish country-population has not adopted either of these instruments, but has instead chosen the violin.
54. Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 95. ISBN 0-415-96800-3.
55. Rouget, Gilbert; James Porter (January 1978). "Review of The Peuls by Simha Arom". Ethnomusicology. 22 (1): 224–225. doi:10.2307/851392. JSTOR 851392. This proportion is an accurate reflection of the importance of the flute among the Fula; it is, in a sense, their national instrument.
56. Calabash Music. "Fula Flute". National Geographic. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
57. El-Shawan, Salwa; Dorothe Schubarth (1991). "Review of Galicia: Derradeira Polavila". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 23. International Council for Traditional Music: 157–158. doi:10.2307/768420. JSTOR 768420. The record also features the gaita... which Galicians consider their national instrument
58. Trend, J. B. (January 1924). "Music in Spanish Galicia". Music & Letters. 5 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1093/ml/V.1.15. JSTOR 726256.
59. "Waldzither - Bibliography of the 19th century". Studia Instrumentorum. Retrieved March 23, 2014. Es ist eine unbedingte Notwendigkeit, dass der Deutsche zu seinen Liedern auch ein echt deutsches Begleitinstrument besitzt. Wie der Spanier seine Gitarre, der Italiener seine Mandoline, der Engländer das Banjo, der Russe die Balalaika usw. sein Nationalinstrument nennt, so sollte der Deutsche seine Laute, die Waldzither, welche schon von Dr. Martin Luther auf der Wartburg im Thüringer Walde (daher der Name Waldzither) gepflegt wurde, zu seinem Nationalinstrument machen. - Liederheft von C. H. Böhm (Hamburg, March 1919)
60. Herzka, H. S. "Dissemination and History". Instruments and Info. Reed Music Tradition. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2007. For the Greeks, it was the most important of wind instruments, a national instrument. It belonged to the entourage of the god Dionysus, god of fertility, wine, frenzy, ecstasy and rebirth.
61. "Review of Midiaeval Music: An Historical Sketch by Robert Charles Hope" (pdf). Saturday Review of Books and Art. New York Times. December 16, 1899. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
62. Roberts, Helen (February 1981). "Reconstructing the Greek Tortoise-Shell Lyre". Archaeology and Musical Instruments. 12 (3): 303–312. doi:10.1080/00438243.1981.9979805. JSTOR 124242.
63. Stone, Matthew (February 6, 2002). "Indigenous Music of Caribbean Central America". World Beat: Music From Somewhere Else. PopMatters. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (T)he marimba... has become Guatemala's national instrument.
64. Yurchenco, Henrietta (January 1966). "Review of The Marimbas of Guatemala by Vida Chenoweth". Ethnomusicology. 10 (1, Latin American Issue): 105–106. doi:10.2307/924197. JSTOR 924197. (The marimba) is truly a national instrument, enjoyed as much by primitive Indian as by sophisticated urbanite.
65. Cooper, Mike (2000). "Hawaii: Steel and Slide Hula Baloos". In Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (eds.). World Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 56. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. (Hawaiian craftsmen) began to use local kou and koa wood (in the manufacture of the braguinha) and before long the (ukulele) became a national instrument.
66. Hartmann, Arthur (1916). "The Czimbalom, Hungary's National Instrument". The Musical Quarterly. II (4): 590–600. doi:10.1093/mq/II.4.590. JSTOR 737942. (The cimbalom) is the one instrument which so deeply speaks to (the heart of the Hungarian people) which translates the melancholy of the deserts and which in every way expresses (the Hungarian) world of emotions.
67. Hartmann, Arthur (1916). "The Czimbalom, Hungary's National Instrument". The Musical Quarterly. II (4): 590–600. doi:10.1093/mq/II.4.590. JSTOR 737942. (The cimbalom) is the one instrument which so deeply speaks to (the heart of the Hungarian people) which translates the melancholy of the deserts and which in every way expresses (the Hungarian) world of emotions.
68. Frishmuth, Sarah S. (July 1905). "Stringed Instruments". Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. 3 (11). Philadelphia Museum of Art: 45–48. doi:10.2307/3793687. JSTOR 3793687. India has an infinite variety of lutes, the vina, her national instrument, having a...
69. "Visit by Indonesian Culture and Goodwill Delegate". Campus Flash. Kyoto Sangyo University. July 3, 2007. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2007. KSU students also enjoyed a performance with the Indonesian national instrument, the Angklung.
70. Perris, Arnold B. (September 1971). "The Rebirth of the Javanese angklung". Ethnomusicology. 15 (3). Society for Ethnomusicology: 403–407. doi:10.2307/850641. JSTOR 850641.
71. Norouzi, Khateren (September 16, 2006). "Iranian Music With Norwegian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra". Iran Press Service. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
72. "David's Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007. In Hebrew kinnor, also known as David's harp, is the national instrument of Israel.
73. Jahnel, Franz; Nicholas Clarke (2000). Manual of Guitar Technology: Chords Especially for Lefties. Bold Strummer. ISBN 0-933224-99-0. During the 18th Century (sic), the mandolin became associated with particular Italian districts or regions, and became the national instrument.
74. "Koto". Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
75. Wulstan, David (May 1973). "The Sounding of the Shofar". The Galpin Society Journal. 26. Galpin Society: 29–46. doi:10.2307/841111. JSTOR 841111. S2CID 192528689. It is clear that the word shofar was not used as the name of the Jewish national instrument until comparatively late.
76. Levin, Theodore C. "Kazakhstan". National Geographic World Music. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (The dombra) has become the national instrument of Kazakhstan.
77. Mirseitova, Sapargul (2005). "Kazakhstan and Its People" (PDF). WLT Kids. World Literature Today. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
78. Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 58. ISBN 0-415-96800-3. Much of Kenya's music is derivative of other Afropop forms, most obviously Congolese, but the singing, high-pitched guitar work, use of the national instrument, the nyatiti (a seven-stringed harp), and bottle percussion give it a unique, identifiable sound.
79. Verjee, Zain (August 30, 1999). "Journey through a rhythm nation". Kenya. BBC News. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
80. Radano, Ronald Michael; Philip Vilas Bohlman (2000). Music and the Racial Imagination. Houston A Baker, Jr. and Houston A. Baker. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-70199-9.
81. Balfour, Henry (January–June 1902). "The Goura, a Stringed-Wind Musical Instrument of the Bushmen and Hottentots". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 32. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 156–176. doi:10.2307/2842910. JSTOR 2842910.
82. "Kayagum 3". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
83. "Kayagum". University of Washington Libraries. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
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85. Golos, George S. (January 1961). "Kirghiz Instruments and Instrumental Music". Ethnomusicology. 5 (1). Society for Ethnomusicology: 42–48. doi:10.2307/924307. JSTOR 924307.
86. McGraw, Andrew (Summer–Fall 2007). "The Pia's Subtle Sustain: Contemporary Ethnic Identity and the Revitalization of the Lanna 'Heart Harp'". Asian Music. 38 (2): 115–142. doi:10.1353/amu.2007.0035. S2CID 194111957.
87. Morton, David; Brunet, Jacques (September 1974). "Review of Traditional Music of Southern Laos by Jacques Brunet". Ethnomusicology. 18 (3). Society for Ethnomusicology: 472. doi:10.2307/850536. JSTOR 850536. The "national instrument" of Laos is the khene.
88. Sheeter, Laura (October 29, 2005). "Latvia celebrates national instrument". BBC News. Retrieved December 17, 2007. Latvia's national instrument (is) the kokle... (which) is reasserting its place at the heart of contemporary Latvian culture.
89. Erdely, Stephen (1979). "Ethnic Music in the United States: An Overview". Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council. 11. International Council for Traditional Music: 114–137. doi:10.2307/767568. JSTOR 767568. Its revival was initiated (among Latvian-Americans in the United States) in the 1930s by Latvian folklorists, who claimed it to be their true national instrument.
90. Kerbaj, Mazen (March 2006). "Live in Beirut" (liner notes). Peter Brötzmann and Michael Zerang. Al Maslakh Records. Retrieved December 21, 2007. Zerang ensorcelled the crowd, especially when he played hard-core rhythms and extended techniques on the Lebanese national percussion instrument, the darbuka (or debakeh).
91. "Lithuania". Baltic and Finno-Ugric. Digelius Nordic Gallery. February 29, 2004. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
92. "The Baltic Countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania". Lithuanian-American Community. August 24, 1998. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2007. A wooden stringed instrument, similar to the zither, is considered a "national" instrument for all three countries. The Estonian kannel, the Latvian kokle, and the Lithuanian kankle, though similar in design, have distinctive styles.
93. "Afropop Glossary". Afropop. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. zither, national instrument of Madagascar, similar in sound to the kora
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97. DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell (Spring–Autumn 1998). "Remembering Kojo: History, Music, and Gender in the January Sixth Celebration of the Jamaican Accompong Maroons". Black Music Research Journal. 18 (1/2). Center for Black Music Research - Columbia College Chicago: 67–120. doi:10.2307/779395. JSTOR 779395.
98. "New England Conservatory Presents the World Premiere of Robert Xavier Rodriguez's El Día de los Muertos". Sequenza21. November 15, 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2007. Eschewing all drums except timpani, the score "utilizes a rich assortment of pitched percussion instruments, with prominent use of two marimbas (the marimba being the national instrument of Mexico as well as an apt musical representation of skeletons)," according to the composer.
99. Pegg, Carole (2000). "Mongolia and Tuva: Sixty Horses in My Herd". In Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (eds.). World Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. pp. 191–192. ISBN 1-85828-636-0.
100. Bayarsaikhan, B.; Jeremy Stoun. Morinkhuur: The Mongolian Horse-head Fiddle (Reprint). Retrieved December 17, 2007. (The morin khuur) is the instrument most associated with Mongolian traditions and culture... (W)e hope this book will help foreigners learn to play the Morin Khuur and spread the word about Mongolia's national instrument throughout the world. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
101. "Montenegrin Music". Visit Montenegro. Retrieved December 21, 2007. The beginnings of vocal – instrumental music in Montenegro are neither extravagant nor mystical... the warm sound of fife (reed), patriotic singing of players of gusle (Montenegrin national instrument) or simply a song of the shepherdess in the mountain – were the first, but for Montenegrin music most significant melodic expression.
102. "Arched Harp". Annotated Checklist of Musical Instruments From East Asia on Display at the National Music Museum. National Music Museum. Retrieved December 21, 2007. This highly decorative harp, formerly associated with the Buddhist dynasties that ruled Burma for centuries, is the national instrument of Myanmar.
103. "Dance & Music". Nepal Dance School. Retrieved December 21, 2007. The madal is the national instrument of Nepal.
104. Dwight, John Sullivan (1859). Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature.
105. "Nicaragua Information". World InfoZone. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The marimba, an instrument similar to a xylophone, is the national instrument.
106. "Norwegian Hardanger Music and Dance at UMC Feb. 15". UMUC News. University of Minnesota, Crookston. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The Hardanger fiddle is considered Norway's national instrument.
107. Bjorndal, Arne (1956). "The Hardanger Fiddle: The Tradition, Music Forms and Style". Journal of the International Folk Music Council. 8. International Council for Traditional Music: 13–15. doi:10.2307/834737. JSTOR 834737. In Norway, the national instrument has come to be the Hardanger fiddle.
108. Ali, Ayesha (11 May 2018). "What is the National Musical Instrument of Pakistan?". Pakistan General Knowledge. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
109. "The Harp: A Latin American Reinvention". BBC. July 6, 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2007. In Paraguay, (the harp) became the national instrument.
110. Schechter, John M.; Daniel E. Sheehy; Ronald R. Smith (Spring–Summer 1985). "The New Grove: Latin America". Ethnomusicology. 29 (2). Society for Ethnomusicology: 317–330. doi:10.2307/852145. JSTOR 852145. The distinctive Paraguayan harp... is featured as lead instrument in hundreds of ensembles in that country, where it is the national instrument.
111. "Paraguayan Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007. (C)haracterized by a large soundbox with a rounded base, very light weight, closely spaced light tension strings (usually nylon), a relatively flat harmonic curve, and with the strings running up through the centre of the neck, which are tuned with gear-style tuners (like a guitar). Almost all harps of this style are played with the fingernails, in very rhythmically intricate music. This is the national instrument of Paraguay, and is commonly found throughout South America, Central America, and in parts of Mexico
112. Rosenberg, Dan. "Afro Peruvian". Afropop. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. These wooden boxes were soon developed into the cajon, the large wooden box that today is the national instrument of Peru.
113. Fairley, Jan (2000). "Andean Music: Beyond the Ponchos". In Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; McConnachie, James; Duane, Orla (eds.). World Music: The Rough Guide. Based on an interview with Susana Baca, a Peruvian singer. Rough Guides Ltd. pp. 284–285. ISBN 1-85828-636-0.
114. Bennett, Caroline. "Music in Peru". Viva Travel Guides. Retrieved December 17, 2007. Native music consists primarily of stringed instruments reminiscent of mandolins and Spanish guitars, including the charanga—Peru's national instrument.
115. Aning, Jerome (November 23, 2007). "Rondalla maestro makes strong pitch for banduria". Inquirer Entertainment. Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2007. A respected rondalla maestro is pushing for the adoption of the banduria as the country's national musical instrument to stimulate interest in its study and cultivation.
116. Person, Adam; Brant Himes; Mike Harris. "Aerophones" (PDF). Ethnic Instruments Catalog. Seattle Pacific University. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2011. These flutes are found in other regions but particularly in Polynesia where the nose flute is the "national" instrument.
117. "Biographical Notes". XVII Macao Internacional Music Festival. Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2007. His book, The Portuguese Guitar, Lisbon 1999, is the first monograph on this national instrument's origins and historical evolution, iconography, organological study and repertoire.
118. Figueroa, Frank M. (June–July 2002). "The Cuatro: Puerto Rico's National Instrument". Latin Beat Magazine. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (F)irst and foremost, the cuatro is Puerto Rico's national instrument.
119. Ginsberg-Klar, Maria E. (February 1981). "The Archaeology of Musical Instruments in Germany during the Roman Period". World Archaeology. 12 (3, Archaeology and Musical Instruments): 313–320. doi:10.1080/00438243.1981.9979806. JSTOR 124243. The tibiae (is) an instrument that may be characterized as the national instrument of the Romans.
120. Von Busack, Richard (August 21–27, 2003). "Accordion Manifesto!" (Reprint). Metroactive. North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved February 17, 2007. In Russia, the accordion is practically the national instrument.
121. Hoerburger, Felix (1952). "Proceedings of the Fourth Conference Held at Opatija, Yugoslavia: Correspondence between Eastern and Western Folk Epics". Journal of the International Folk Music Council. 4: 23–26. doi:10.2307/835837. JSTOR 835837.
122. "Spoons as Russian Folk Music Instrument". Russia-IC. June 26, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
123. Tokita, Alison McQueen; David Hughes. "Context and Change in Japanese Music" (PDF). Retrieved December 17, 2007. (I)n the Ryukyus... the sanshin – the Ryukyuan 'national instrument' and direct ancestor of the shamisen – will be favoured.
124. Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam (June 1996). "Flights of the Sacred: Symbolism and Theory in Siberian Shamanism". American Anthropologist. New Series. 98 (2): 305–318. doi:10.1525/aa.1996.98.2.02a00070. JSTOR 682889.
125. Moore, John Weeks (1880) [1854]. "Bagpipe" . Complete Encyclopaedia of Music. New York: C. H. Ditson & Company.
126. Lysloff, René T. A.; Jim Matson (Spring–Summer 1985). "A New Approach to the Classification of Sound-Producing Instruments". Ethnomusicology. 29 (2). Society for Ethnomusicology: 213–236. doi:10.2307/852139. JSTOR 852139.
127. Broughton, Simon; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo (2000). World Music. Rough Guides. pp. 274. ISBN 1-85828-635-2. Its place is now occupied by the accordion which has become the foremost national instrument since its introduction.
128. "Meeting of the Flute - Frula Festival Of Morava". Cultural Corridors of South East Europe. Retrieved December 26, 2007. Indigenous music performed on the frula – a Serbian national instrument
129. "'Spinning Out of Control': Rhetoric and Violent Conflict" (PDF). June 1, 2006. p. 4. Retrieved December 21, 2007. The cartoon shows a minuscule Cosic sitting on Milosevic's lap, while the latter is playing the gusle, the Serbian national instrument.^{[permanent dead link]}
130. "Presidents of Latvia and Slovakia unveil Detva Folklore Festival". Chancery of the President of Latvia. July 8, 2006. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2008. van Gasparovič presented Vaira Vike-Freiberga with the Slovakian national instrument fujara that has been included in the UNESCO List of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005.
131. Randy Raine-Reusch (May 2002). "Fujara - Slovakia". World Instrument Gallery. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
132. Gobetz, Edward. "Acculturation and Assimilation". Slovenian Americans. Multicultural America. Retrieved December 26, 2007. Since the 1970s there has been an unprecedented surge of interest in Slovenian music (especially the accordion as the national instrument), language, genealogy, history, culture, customs, folklore, and other aspects of Slovenian heritage.^{[permanent dead link]}
133. Jensen, Melton (September 1994). "Review of Iberia 1990: Otto fantasie per chitarra di autori spagnoli contemporanei by Alís, Bertomeu Salazar, Fernández Alvez, García Abril, Juliá, Marco, Prieto, Ruiz López, Gabriel Estarellas, Angelo Gilardino". Notes. 51 (1): 423–426. doi:10.2307/899279. JSTOR 899279.
134. Flores, Gypsy (August 3, 2005). "Swirling and Whirling on the Swedish Dance Floor". PopMatters. Retrieved December 21, 2007. The nyckelharpa is considered Sweden's national instrument.
135. Andersson, Otto (August 1970). "The Bowed Harp of Trondheim Cathedral and Related Instruments in East and West". The Galpin Society Journal. 23. Galpin Society: 4–34. doi:10.2307/842060. JSTOR 842060.
136. Helgelson, Rachel (April 28, 2003). "Switzerland's Music: An Annotated Bibliography". Retrieved December 21, 2007. The alphorn is considered Switzerland's national instrument.
137. "The Swiss National Instrument". Swiss Alpine Music. Retrieved December 21, 2007. In 1827 the musicologist Joseph Fétis pronounced the alphorn to be the Swiss national instrument.
138. "NIU Steel Band leaders Teague, Alexis, share honors, dream big about steelpan's place in music world". Northern Illinois University. September 13, 2005. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2007. (In Trinidad and Tobago), the steel pan was invented and remains the national instrument.
139. Montagu, Jeremy (January–February 1965). "What is a Gong?". Man. 65. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: 18–21. doi:10.2307/2796036. JSTOR 2796036.
140. "Saz". Glossary. National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2007. Considered the national instrument of Turkey.
141. Koprulu, Mehmed Fuad; Devin DeWeese (2006). Early Mystics in Turkish Literature. Translated by Leiser, Gary; Robert Dankoff. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-36686-0.
142. "Puppet Theatre". Washington Folk Festival. June 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. There was great admiration for his virtuosity on their national instrument
143. Wilson, Sue (June 2, 2003). "Yat-Kha, The Ferry, Glasgow". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on December 1, 2013. Tiuliush also plays the morinhuur and the igil, daddy and baby versions of the Tuvans' national instrument, the horse-headed fiddle, held like a small cello and with two strings, each comprising up to 130 hairs from a horse's tail.
144. Pareles, John (July 10, 1993). "Review of From Half a World Away, Tuva's Unearthly Songs". Review/Music. New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2007. The national instrument of Tuva, the khomuz (jaw harp), also depends on a drone and virtuosically shaped overtones, as a solo piece demonstrated on Thursday night.
145. Jarosewich, Irene. "Roman Hrynkiv hopes to give the bandura international stature". Ukraine Weekly. Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The bandura will always be known as Ukraine's national instrument.
146. Long, Lucy M. (2001). "Appalachian dulcimer". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5. ‎
147. Marcuse, Sibyl; Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary; W.W. Norton & Co.; New York: 1975. Appalachian Dulcimer.
148. Hill, Errol; James Vernon Hatch (2003). A History of African American Theatre. Don B. Wilmeth. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62443-6.
149. Bailey, Jay (January–March 1972). "Historical Origin and Stylistic Developments of the Five-String Banjo". Journal of American Folklore. 85 (335). American Folklore Society: 58–65. doi:10.2307/539129. JSTOR 539129.
150. Corneli, Zoe (February 22, 2007). "Stanford Pan-Asian Musical Festival". The World. PRI. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. Abbos Kasimov, the premier percussionist from Uzbekistan, is playing his national instrument, the doira.
151. "Rhythms of Uzbekistan: Featuring Shod & Lyazgi". Event Listings. Festival of World Culture. Archived from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
152. IA Jahon (August 9, 2007). "'Tashkent' Musicians Capture Attention In UK, Gain Appraisal". Embassy of Uzbekistan in Korea. Retrieved April 26, 2008. the magic sound of karnay (the Uzbek national music instrument)^{[permanent dead link]}
153. Vandervort, Leland. "Andean Instruments". Musica Andina. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The cuatro has a very dry sound and is often strummed in syncopation with the rhythm of many musical forms originating from Colombia and Venezuela. The cuatro is also considered the "national instrument" of these two countries.
154. Lloyd, A. L. (March 1965). "Folklore Tachirense by L. F. Ramon y Rivera and Isabel Aretz". Journal of the International Folk Music Council. 17 (1): 14–15. doi:10.2307/942277. JSTOR 942277. This small, four-stringed, guitar-like lute, the national instrument of Venezuela...
155. Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 349. ISBN 0-415-96800-3. The cuatro rivals the harp as the national instrument
156. Edgerly, Beatrice (1942). From the Hunter's Bow: The History and Romance of Musical Instruments. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
157. Chorley, Henry Fothergill; Henry G. Hewlett (May 1, 1880). "The National Music of the World". The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular. 21 (447). Musical Times Publications Ltd.: 240–241. doi:10.2307/3357258. JSTOR 3357258. Much is said... about Welsh airs and the national instrument, the harp
158. Marson, John (October 1970). "Reviews of Harp Music". The Musical Times. 111 (1532): 1029–1030. doi:10.2307/957286. JSTOR 957286. A people which could cherish the triple harp so long after the rest of the world had dismissed it as obsolete must have more than mere tradition to guide its composers to the national instrument
159. "Triple Harp". Dolmetsch Online. Retrieved December 21, 2007. Today the triple harp is the national instrument of Wales
160. Lord, Albert B. (1936). "Homer and Huso I: The Singer's Rests in Greek and Southslavic Heroic Song". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 67. The Johns Hopkins University Press: 106–113. doi:10.2307/283230. JSTOR 283230.
161. "Music in Zimbabwe". Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. March 16, 2006. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2007. The instrument is, in slightly varying forms, several centuries old and is found in many parts of Africa, but only in Zimbabwe has it risen to become something of a national instrument
162. Nidel, Richard (2005). World Music: The Basics. Routledge. pp. 81. ISBN 0-415-96800-3. The mbira is inextricably associated with Zimbabwean traditional music, and is truly the national instrument.

Remove Madal from Nepal. It is not a national instrument of Nepal.

Further reading

The following are specifically referenced above or are book-length or extended scholarly works documenting a specific national instrument, not including collections of songs.

• African American: Conway, Cecelia (1995). African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia : A Study of Folk Traditions (1st ed.). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-893-2.
• African American: Gura, Philip F.; James F. Bollman (1999). America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2484-4.
• African American: Linn, Karen (1994). That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06433-X.
• Argentina: Muñoz, R. (1952). Technology of the Argentina Guitar. Buenos Aires.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Argentina: Penón, Arturo; Javier García Méndez; Manuel Román; Marcelle Guertin (1988). The Bandonion: A Tango History, A Memoir of Arturo Penón (Petite histoire du bandonéon et du tango). Translated by Tim Barnard. London, Ontario: Nightwood Editions. ISBN 0-88971-111-9.
• Argentina: Pinnell, Richard T.; Ricardo Zavadivker (1993). The Rioplatense Guitar. Bold Strummer Guitar Study Series: No. 3. Westport, Connecticut: Bold Strummer. ISBN 0-933224-42-7.
• Arab: Bilezikjian, John (2006). Hal Leonard Oud Method. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-07786-4.
• Armenia: Nercessian, Andy (2001). The Duduk and National Identity in Armenia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4075-8.
• Australia: Schellberg, Dirk (1994). Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques. Binkey Kok. ISBN 90-74597-13-0.
• Australia: Moyle, A. (1981). "The Australian Didjeridu: A Late Musical Intrusion". World Archaeology. 12 (3): 321–331. doi:10.1080/00438243.1981.9979807.
• Baganda (Uganda): Makubuya, James Kika (1995). Endongo: The Role and Significance of the Baganda Bowl Lyre of Uganda. Los Angeles: University of California.
• Bavaria: Alpenfolklorismus, Volksmusik, Bayern-Pop. Niederbayerische Blätter für Volksmusik; Nr. 7 (in German). Dingolfing: Wälischmiller'sche Buchdruckerei. 1986.
• Brazil: Crowdy, Denis (2001). "Hybridity and Segregation in the Guitar Cultures of Brazil". In Andy Bennett; Kevin Dawe (eds.). Guitar Cultures. Oxford, New York: Berg. ISBN 1-85973-429-4.
• Brazil: Gregory, Jonathan (2007). A Comprehensive Guide to Brazilian Pandeiro. Booksurge. ISBN 978-1-4196-7284-2.
• China: Gao, Ming (1980). The Lute: Gao Ming's Pipa Ji (Pi pa ji). Translations from the Oriental Classics. Translated by Jean Mulligan. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04760-6.
• China: Myers, John (1992). The Way of the Pipa: Structure and Imagery in Chinese Lute Music. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-455-5.
• Finland: Rahkonen, Carl John (1989). The Kantele Traditions of Finland. Indiana University.
• Ancient Greece: Schlesinger, Kathleen; J.F. Mountford (1970). The Greek Aulos. Groningen: Bouma's Boekhuis. ISBN 90-6088-027-7.
• Guatemala: Armas Lara, Marcial (1964). El renacimiento de la danza guatemalteca y el origen de la marimba. José de Pineda Ibarra (in Spanish). Guatemala, Centro Editorial: Ministerio de Educación Pública.
• Guatemala: Chenoweth, Vida (1964). The Marimbas of Guatemala. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press.
• Guatemala: Pellicer, Sergio Navarrete (2005). Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala. Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-292-8.
• Hawaii: Beloff, Jim (1997). The Ukulele: A Visual History. Emeryville, California: Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-454-5.
• India: Annapoorna, L. (1996). Veena Tradition in Indian Music. Kanishka. ISBN 81-7391-140-1.
• Ireland: Armstrong, Robert Bruce (1970). The Irish and Highland Harps. Introduction by Seóirse Bodley. New York: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-7165-0073-6.
• Ireland: Clark, Nora Joan (2003). The Story of the Irish Harp: Its History and Influence. North Creek Press. ISBN 0-9724202-0-7.
• Ireland: Rimmer, Joan (1969). The Irish Harp. Cork: Mercier Press for the Cultural Relations Committee. ISBN 0-85342-151-X.
• Japan: Adriaansz, Willem (1973). The Kumiuta and Danmono Traditions of Japanese Koto Music. Los Angeles: University of California. ISBN 0-520-01785-4.
• Japan: Johnson, Henry (2004). The Koto: A Traditional Instrument in Contemporary Japan. Hotei. ISBN 90-74822-63-0.
• Japan: Kubota, Hideki (1986). Yakumogoto no shirabe: Shinwa to sono kokoro (八雲琴の調べ : 神話とその心 / 窪田英樹) (in Japanese). Ōsaka-shi: Tōhō Shuppan. ISBN 4-88591-144-3.
• Japan: Wade, Bonnie C. (1976). Tegotomono: Music for the Japanese Koto. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-8371-8908-X.
• Latvia: Niles, Christina Jaremko (1980). The Baltic Folk Zithers: An Ethnological and Structural Analysis (M.A.). UCLA.
• Lithuania: Niles, Christina Jaremko (1980). The Baltic Folk Zithers: An Ethnological and Structural Analysis (M.A.). UCLA.
• Mexico: Kaptain, Laurence (1992). The Wood That Sings: The Marimba in Chiapas, Mexico. Everett, Pennsylvania: HoneyRock. ISBN 0-9634060-0-0.
• Mexico: Solís, Ted (1983). The Marimba in Mexico City: Contemporary Contexts of a Traditional Regional Ensemble (Ph. D.). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Mongolia: Marsh, Peter K. (2004). Horse-Head Fiddle and the Cosmopolitan Reimagination of Mongolia. Routledge. ISBN 0-203-00551-1.
• Mongolia: Santaro, Mikhail (2005). Strings That Conquered the World: Morin Khuur, the Mongolian Horse-head Fiddle. Admon. ISBN 99929-0-376-7.
• Norway: Een, Andrea Ruth (1977). Comparison of Melodic Variants in the Hardingfele Repertoire of Norway. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Norway: Goertzen, Chris (1997). Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-30049-8.
• Norway: Hopkins, Pandora (1986). Aural Thinking in Norway: Performance and Communication With the Hardingfele. Foreword by Jan-Petter Blom. Appendix by Magne Myhren. New York: Human Sciences Press. ISBN 0-89885-253-6.
• Portugal: Cabral, Pedro Caldeira (1999). The Portuguese Guitar. Lisbon.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Sardinia: Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin Weis (1969). The Launeddas: A Sardinian Folk-music Instrument. University of Michigan. Akademisk forlag.
• Scotland: Cannon, Roderick David (2002). The Highland Bagpipe and Its Music. John Donald. ISBN 0-85976-549-0.
• Scotland: Donaldson, William (2000). The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, 1750-1950: Transmission, Change and the Concept of Tradition. East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland: Tuckwell Press. ISBN 1-86232-075-6.
• Scotland: MacNeill, Seumas; Frank Richardson (1987). Piobaireachd and Its Interpretation: Classical Music of the Highland Bagpipe. Donald. ISBN 0-85976-176-2.
• Scotland: Manson, Wiliam Laird (1901). The Highland Bagpipe: Its History, Literature, and Music. Harvard University. A. Gardner. ISBN 0-7158-1213-0.
• Spain: Schirmer, G. (1986). Spanish Guitar Music: Guitar Solo. Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-7935-3583-2.
• Spain: Gupta, Rahul (2001). The Symphony Spanish Guitar Book. Gyan Sagar Publication. ISBN 81-7685-015-2.
• Sweden: Ling, Jan (1979). Nyckelharpan: studier i ett folkligt musikinstrument (in Swedish). Prisma.
• Switzerland: Bachmann-Geiser, Brigitte (1999). Das Alphorn : vom Lock- zum Rockinstrument (in German). Bern: P. Haupt. ISBN 3-258-05640-4.
• Trinidad and Tobago: Adams, Norman Darway; Austin O Agho (2005). Stories in Steel: The True Account of the Invention of the Steelpan. Morvant, Trinidad: Jhullian Graphics. ISBN 976-8194-50-2.
• Trinidad and Tobago: Hayward, Rachel (1993). The Steelpan Handbook. Piper Publications.
• Wales: Andersson, Otto Emanuel (1973). The Bowed-Harp: A Study in the History of Early Musical Instruments. Additional footnotes by Kathleen Schlesinger. New York: AMS Press. ISBN 0-404-56503-4.
• Wales: Ellis, Osian (1991). The Story of the Harp in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales. ISBN 0-7083-1104-0.
• Zimbabwe: Berliner, Paul (1981). The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 0-226-04379-7.
• Zimbabwe: Brenner, Klaus-Peter (1997). Chipendani und Mbira: Musikinstrumente, nicht-begriffliche Mathematik und die Evolution der harmonischen Progressionen in der Musik der Shona in Zimbabwe. Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse: 3. Folge, Nr. 221 (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 3-525-82372-X.