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	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]	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
India	saraswati veena[67] vina	Semitonically fretted lute with a long, cylindrical shape, resting on two gourds	311.222
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	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[71] David's harp	Biblically described historic instrument, probably a cithara; in modern Hebrew, refers to the violin	321.22
Italy	mandolin[72]	Stringed instrument Mandolin performanceⓘ	321.321
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	—
Korea	gayageum[81][82] kayagum, kayago	zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings.	312.22-5
Kyrgyzstan	komuz[83][84]	Three-stringed fretless lute, made from wood with gut strings	321.321
Lanna (Northern Thailand)	pin pia[85]	Chest-resonated stick zither with two to five strings	311.221	—
Laos	khene[86] khaen	Mouth organ with bamboo tubes, attached in pairs to the mouthpiece, and with fixed free reeds	412.132
Latvia	kokles[87][88] kūkles	Diatonic, lute-like string instrument	314.122
Lebanon	darbuka[89] debakeh	Goblet-shaped hand drum	211.261.21
Lithuania	birbyne[90]	Aerophone, can be single- or double-reed, with or without a mouthpiece	422
Lithuania	kanklė[91]	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[92][93]	Tubular zither	312.11
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 + 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] saung, Burmese harp	Arched harp with sixteen strings, attached to the harp with red cotton tassels Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_national_instruments_(music) Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.  Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk