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What is the national instrument of Israel?

kinnor List of national instruments (music) Nation Instrument H-S number Israel kinnor David's harp 321.22 Italy mandolin 321.321 Japan koto 312.22-7 Jewish shofar 423.121.1 100 more rows

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Nation Instrument Description

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

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

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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

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 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

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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 cuatro[36]

Fretted stringed instrument with a hollow body and with four strings 321.322

Colombia Tiple Colombiano[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]

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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

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 North East 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

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 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

( help · info ) 321.322

Hungary cimbalom[66]

czimbalom, cymbalom, cymbalum, ţambal, tsymbaly, tsimbl, santouri, santur Chromatic hammered dulcimer with four legs 314.122-4

Indonesia angklung[68][69]

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[70]

The musical instrument, which has 6 wires and is the main instrument in traditional Iranian music, is produced by Mazzrab. 314.122-4

Ireland Great Irish Warpipes Píob Mhór

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Ireland Uilleann Pipes Píobaí Uilleann, Union Pipes

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Israel kinnor[71]

David's harp Biblically described historic instrument, probably a cithara; in modern Hebrew, refers to the violin 321.22

Japan koto[73]

Long and hollow thirteen-stringed instrument 312.22-7

Jewish shofar[74]

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[75][76]

Fretted, long-necked lute with a round body, played by plucking with a plectrum 321.321-6

Kenya nyatiti[77][78][79]

3-foot-long (0.91 m) harp, plucked with both hands, made of wood and goat or antelope skin 321.21-5

Khoikhoi goura[80]

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 —

Kyrgyzstan komuz[83][84]

Three-stringed fretless lute, made from wood with gut strings 321.321

Lithuania birbyne[90]

Aerophone, can be single- or double-reed, with or without a mouthpiece 422

Mandinka of West Africa balo[94][95]

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

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112.111 —

Maroons of Jamaica abeng[96]

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[97]

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[98][99]

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[100]

Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg 321.321-71

Myanmar saung-gauk[101]

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saung, Burmese harp Arched harp with sixteen strings, attached to the harp with red cotton tassels 322.11

Nepal madal[102]

Double-headed cylindrical drum, slightly bulging at the waist, held horizontally and played double-handed 211.212.1

Norway Hardingfele[50][105][106]

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[107]

dafli, dap, def, tef, defi, gaval, duf, duff, dof It is a Pakistani version of frame drum musical instrument 211.311

Peru cajón[111][112]

Wooden box with a hole in one side, derived from containers used to transport agricultural products by portworkers 111.221

Peru charango[113]

charanga, chillador Guitar-like instrument, most commonly with ten strings in two courses and made from an armadillo back 321.321-6

Philippines Kudyapi[114]

rondalla plucked chordophone with 14 strings tuned F# B E A D G. 321.321

Polynesia nose flute[115]

Flute, made from a single piece of bamboo, with three holes to blow into from the nostrils, with fingerholes 421.111.22

Puerto Rico cuatro[117]

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

Russia gusli[120]

Zither-like instrument with between eleven and thirty-six strings, tuned diatonically 314.122

Ryukyus of Japan sanshin[122]

Three stringed banjo-like instrument, covered with snakeskin 321.312-6

Sakha khomus[123]

jaw harp, made from a reed attached to a frame, plucked 121.221

Serbia frula[127]

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[128]

Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg

( help · info ) 321.321-71

Slovakia fujara[129][130]

Endblown long bass diatonic fipple flute 421.211.12

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][132]

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

Swedish Estonia talharpa[134]

Bowed lyre with no fingerboard 321.22-71

Switzerland alphorn[135][136]

Long wooden conical trumpet, bent at the end, with turned boxwood mouthpieces, traditionally used by herdsmen 423.121.12

Turkey saz[139][140]

bağlama, kopuz Fretted lute with a long neck, pear-shaped body, and three courses of seven steel strings 321.321-6

Turkmenistan dutar[141]

Plucked string instrument with two strings and a long neck, strummed or plucked 321.322

Tuva khomus[143]

Jaw harp, made from a reed attached to a frame, plucked 121.221

Tuva morin khuur[142]

Horse-head fiddle Large fiddle with a wooden sound box and two strings attached to tuning pegs in the neck 321.322

Ukraine bandura[144]

Diatonic, unfretted lute-like string instrument, traditionally carved from a single block of wood 321.321

United States Appalachian dulcimer[145][146]

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

Uzbekistan doira[149]

Round, flat drum with shakers made of metal inside and a horse-skin head 211.311

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112.113

Venezuela harp, Venezuelan[153]

Diatonic harp, with an exaggerated neck arch, similar to the Paraguayan harp 322.211

Wales crwth[154]

Six-stringed instrument with a flat fingerboard, fretless 321.22

Yugoslavia gusle[158]

Stringed instrument, round, typically with one string bound at the top of the neck with a tuning peg

( help · info ) 321.321-71

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