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Folk and World Music Instruments
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Pahleta - Portuguese double reed instrument. It has five holes and the end section is bell shaped.
Pahu - Tahitian double-headed bass drum made out of hollowed out coconut trunks, covered by either shark skin or calf skin.
Pahu Tupa'l Rima - Tahitian single membrane drum.
Paigu - a Chinese set of seven small tuned drums.
Pai-hsiao - Chinese pan flute, is one of the most ancient of Chinese musical instruments, and is similar to its Western counterpart.
Pailas - a term for a smaller version of the Cuban timbales.
Pakawaj - a North Indian double-ended barrel drum made out of light wood.
Pakhawraj - See Pakawaj.
Palito - small Cuban stick.
Palmas - handclap percussion used in Flamenco music (Spain) and in some Spanish American countries.
Palos - a drum from the Dominican Republic.
Palo de lluvia - rain stick in Spanish.
Palwei - Burmese flute.
Pandeireta - Galician tambourine (Spain).
Pandereta - Spanish and Spanish American tambourine.
Pandeiro - Frame drum or tambourine of Portugal, Brazil and Galicia (Spain).
Pandero - large Spanish and Spanish American frame drum.
Pandero cuadrado - Spanish square frame drum.
Panderoa – Basque frame drum.
Pandouri - see Panduri.
Panduri – fretted three-string lute from Georgia.
Pan-hu - Chinese bowed lute with the sound box covered by a thin slice of wood.
Panjitar - Afghan five-string lute derived from the tar.
Panjtar - a Uighur tar with a long neck.
Pan-ku - Chinese drum.
Panpipe - a set of tuned pipes joined together in a bundle shape.
Paraguayan harp - a 36 string harp usually built by Guaraní Indians.
Paranku – a small one headed Okinawan frame drum (Japan).
Pata - corrugated iron plate that is struck percussively (Mozambique).
Patala - Burmese xylophone.
Pate - slit log drums from the Cook Islands.
Patenge - Congolese frame drum held between the legs, the pitch can be changed by the pressure of the heel on the skin.
Pattalar – Burmese xylophone made of bamboo or copper.
Pennywhistle - see tin-whistle.
Pífano - small high pitched flute used in Spanish military bands and also found in the Andes region.
Piffaro - Italian shawm.
Pingullo - small six hole wooden flute resembling a whistle. Found throughout Andean region and originating in Ecuador.
Pinquillo – See pingullo.
Piob Mhor - great Highland Bagpipe of Scotland with a conical chanter and 3 drones.
Pipa
Pipiolu - Italian whistle.
Pito - whistle in Spanish.
Pito herreño - traverse flute from the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain).
Pistoñ - bass bombarde.
Pitos de paragüeiros - a wooden triangular whistle in the shape of a horse used in Galicia by traveling knife and blade sharpeners who would announce their trade by playing the whistle (Spain).
Plectrum - finger pick.
Pletia - small support drum played with sticks (Ghana).
Po - Chinese cymbals.
Portuguese musical instruments
Pote - Brazilian clay drum derived from the Nigerian udu drum.
Pretia - small high tone drum (Ghana).
Prim - a small tamburitza which normally carries the melody (Croatia).
Psaltery – one of the most ancient instruments. It is a raised wooden board or box with sound holes, with strings stretched parallel to the soundboard and attached at either side by wooden pegs or metal pins.
Pu'ili - double bamboo sticks , 35-60 cms long (18-26 inches), from Hawaii (USA).
Puk - Klezmer bass drum.
Pung - Indian barrel drum.
Pungi - an Indian reed instrument used by snake charmers in India.
Pustua - drum (Mozambique)
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