Discover the richness and diversity of musical instruments from around the globe. Learn how different families of instruments create sound and browse our featured instruments below.
A plucked string instrument at the heart of folk and popular music.
The backbone of rhythm, played with sticks or mallets.
An elegant aerophone producing sound from the flow of air across an opening.
A graceful triangular instrument plucked to create enchanting chords.
The grand keyboard instrument used across classical and modern genres.
A brass instrument with woodwind qualities, invented in the 1840s.
A pair of hand drums central to Hindustani classical music.
An iconic brass instrument known for its clear, bright tone.
The high‑pitched string instrument essential to orchestras and folk music.