Brazil:

Atabaque – The atabaque is a hand drum and has a Afro-Brazilian origin. There are three types of atabaque drums. The tallest of
the three is called the Rum, which produces a low sound. 
Cavaquinho – The Cavaquinho is a small guitar-style instrument. Cavaquinhos are made from wood and are outfitted with four wire
strings. This small brazilian guitar type instrument is used often in Samba and Chorinho style music. When people see the
Cavaquinho the first time, they think it looks like the Ukulele.
Pandeiro – A pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil and is played by holding it in one hand and striking its head
with the other hand to make music.

Indonesia:
Angklung- Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes
attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a distinctive resonant pitch when being vibrated. Each
angklung only plays one note.
Kulintang- Kolintang or kulintang is a bronze and wooden percussion instrument native to eastern Indonesia and also
The Philippines. In Indonesia it is particularly associated with Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, however it also
popular in Maluku and Timor.
Sasando-  is a plucked string instrument native of Rote island of East Nusa Tenggara. The parts of sasando are
a bamboo cylinder surrounded by several wedges where the strings are stretched, surrounded by a bag-like fan of
dried lontar or palmyra leaves (Borassus flabellifer), functioned as the resonator of the instrument.

Russian:
Balalaika- is a wooden, three-stringed instrument of Russian origin, with a characteristic triangular body. The
balalaika is played by strumming and plucking with the fingers of the right hand. An important part of balalaika
technique is the use of the left thumb to fret notes on the bottom string, where it is often used to form chords.
treschyotka- is a kind of rattle which produces a variety of percussion sounds. It is formed from many wooden slats
threaded together on a string. Were often used in wedding ceremonies and were decorated with ribbons, flowers
and sometimes little bells.
Buben- Buben, or tambourine, is a hand-held percussion instrument with a narrow round frame and a membrane
(rawhide or manmade) stretched over one side.

Venezuela:
Harp- In Venezuela there are two types of harp: the harp from the plains, a traditional instrument in
the music of Venezuelan and Colombian plains, and the central harp, limited to the central states of
Aragua and Miranda, some areas of central Carabobo state and the capital region.
Maracas- Maracas are an idiophone instrument because of their stand-alone vibration and lack of additional
tautness. Maracas are made of the dry fruit of the calabash tree and filled with dry seeds. The seeds are selected
according to the size of the fruit.
Cuatro(four-string guitar)- The cuatro, Venezuela's cultural heritage, is a four-string, wooden musical instrument
of far-off origin. It arrived in Venezuela concomitantly with the earlier conquerors. It is totally hand-made. Some
families have devoted for generations to manufacturing. For such purpose, they use cedar and pine.
Turkey:
Baglama- Baglama is the most commonly used string folk instrument in Turkey. It takes different names according
to the regions and according to its size such as Baglama, Divan Sazi, Bozuk, Çögür, Kopuz Irizva, Cura, Tambura, etc.
Tar- Tar is a Turkish folk instrument played with a plectrum (tezene). It is widely used in the Kars region. It is also a
commonly used instrument in Azerbaijan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Georgia. Its body is composed of two bowls of
different size and is generally made from mulberry trees. The gögüs section is covered with a membrane taken
from the heart of water buffaloes or cattle. Sap section is from hard wood and fish line pitches are tied onto
[Link] are two main groups of strings on tar. Those in the first group are used in playing the tune and consists of
three groups of two strings. The other group of strings are called Kök and Zengi and are tuned according to the
mode to be used and enhance the tone.

China:
Pipa(pi-pa or p'i-p'a) - four-stringed lute with 30 frets and pear-shaped body. The instrumentalist holds the pipa
upright and play with five small plectra attached to each finger of the right hand.
Yueqin- moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings, played with a spectrum, used for accompanying
local operas. "Yue" stands for "the moon" in Chinese.
Guqin- seven-stringed zither without bridges, the most classical Listen to guqin music Chinese instrument with
over 3000 years of history.

Korea:
Yanggum- is a percussion string instrument which is sounded by Chae (bamboo-made, thin plectra).The name
Yanggum means the Western harp. This kind of instruments are wide spread in the world as traditional national
instruments, and were introduced into the professional music of circles of Korea in the 18th century.
Tanso- Tanso is made up of 2 words. Tan means short and so is a generic term for wind [Link] is a
most popular Korean wind instrument together with other so, Tongso (Korean Flute).Formerly, it was made of
bamboo, but now it is made of synthetic resin as a result of several [Link] sound is clear and beautiful
with its emotional, penetrating timbre. The sound is wide and soft in the law range; bright and beautiful in the mid-
range; penetrating in the high [Link] came to be played after the middle of the 15th century, and it was
especially favored by woodcutters for this clear [Link], it had 4 holes in the front, and one hole in the
back, and rendition was confined to heptachord compositions.
Hae Gum- is a percussive bow string instrument which is very popular in Korea [Link] Gum resembled Chinese
Ho Gung in its structure and rendition, but we can find its originality in our traditional Korean climate. Hae Gum is
made up of 2 strings and played by a bow with the instrument placed on the player's [Link] bow has a string of
horse tail hair and is held by the right hand. So, Hae Gum is called the two string harp.

Greece:
Lyra- The LYRA of the Greeks of Pontos (Black Sea region of Asia Minor) is also known as the Kementse. It is played
like a violin (violi) with a primitive style bow, but the musicians hold the lyra in an upright position. Sometimes they
rest the instrument on their knee when they are sitting, and sometimes it is held out in front of them. They
sometimes even dance in front of the dancers while holding the lyra in that way. The lyra usually has three strings.
There are several tunings. Common tunings include: a-a-d, e-a-d, and many others.
Bouzouki- The bouzouki is the main or lead folk instrument found in the taverna style or rebetiki music of the
seaports and urban areas of Greece. The bouzouki is the descendent of ancient Greek and eastern instruments. In
ancient times the name of this long-necked string instrument was the "trichordo" or "three stringed instrument."
During the Byzantine period, it had many names including "tambouras," "yiongari," "pantouri," and others. It has
three pairs of strings tuned re, la, re (D, A, D). In the 1950's, a bouzouki with four pairs of strings tuned to the
intervals of the high four strings of the guitar was developed. It is tuned down one key from the guitar's tuning to
(C, F, A, D).
Tzouras- The tzouras is a long necked string instrument which is in the bouzouki family of instruments. The tzouras
is also called a tambouras, and is similar to the ancient and Byzantine forms of the long necked stringed instruments.
The body of the tzouras is smaller than that of a bouzouki.

Peru:
Pomatinyas- little drums made of puma skin.
Pinkullo- wind instrument similar to a flute.
Huancar or wankara- large drum used by men.