folk instruments
Handmade musical tools
Folk instruments are musical instruments associated with traditional or vernacular music rather than classical or orchestral traditions.
They typically evolved within specific cultures for community music-making: fiddles, banjos, accordions, dulcimers, bagpipes.
The category is loose—what counts as folk varies by region and era.
She learned several folk instruments while traveling through the Appalachians.
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- dulcimerStringed percussion instrument
- string bandMusicians on plucked instruments
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
harmonica · jaw harp · tin whistle · mandolin · bagpipes · zither · lute · hurdy-gurdy · balalaika · sitar · ukulele · concertina · tambourine · hand drum · wooden · handmade · acoustic · rustic
- folk culturetraditional patterns, traditional dress, traditional crafts, wedding customs, Christmas customs
- folk collectionsproverbs, legends, myths, fairy tales, nursery rhymes
- folk musicCeltic revival, singer-songwriter, traditional music, traditional songs, traditional ballads
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- Bengali Musicsari, swang
- Japanese Musicgagaku, shamisen, koto, taiko, biwa
folk instrumentssynthesizers
Electronic sound-generating instruments
electronic instruments · drum machines · electric guitars · samplers · turntables
folk instrumentspipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
grand piano · concert harp · French horn · bassoon · precision instruments
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