Folk and World Music Instruments

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Qanun- See kanun.

Qanoun – See kanun.

Qaraqsh -  See karkabas.

Qaraqueb – See karkabas .

Qarkeb - See karkabas .

Qasab- Lebanese double-pipe.

Qasbah - Moroccan bamboo flute.  

Qengkari - small Korean gong.

Qin - Chinese musical instrument. Qin is also a generic term for instruments. 

Quanoon – See kanun.

Quena – end blown flute originating in the Andean region of South America. Crafted from bone, bamboo, various woods.

Quenacho - large Quena.

Quica – Brazilian friction drum.

Quijada de burro- the dried jawbone of a dead donkey ornamented with bells used as a percussion instrument in Spanish America, especially in Peru. It is struck with the palm for a soft sound or scraped with a stick.

Quinto- the smallest of the conga drums.  

Quiribillos - Colombian bamboo rattle.

Quitiplás - Venezuelan percussion instrument made from bamboo. Bamboo tubes of various lengths are struck against the ground crating a unique sound that in Spanish sounds like Qui-ti-plá (kee-tee-plah).

Qupuz - See Kopuz.

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