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This category includes musical instruments used in Russia, or by people from Russia outside Russia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russian musical instruments . Subcategories
Traditional instruments from Altay include: Amirgi-Marok: a wind instrument used to coax deer; Adishi-Marok: a wind instrument made of birch bark; Ikili: a stringed instrument with a long neck and strings made from animal sinews and played with a bow; Komus: a jaw harp made of wood traditionally, though now more frequently metal
Balalaikas are often used for Russian folk music and dancing. The balalaika family of instruments includes instruments of various sizes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest: the piccolo balalaika, prima balalaika, secunda balalaika, alto balalaika, bass balalaika, and contrabass balalaika. There are balalaika orchestras which consist solely ...
This music is closely tied in with village life and traditions. It was usually not performed by professional musicians. From the Central Committee's resolution of 1932, [4] which prescribed musical literacy (in parallel to the drive to industrialise the Soviet Union), there has been a marked decline in authentic folk performance practice.
Khromka (Russian: хро́мка, khromka) is a type of Russian garmon (unisonoric diatonic button accordion). It is the most widespread variant in Russia and in the former USSR . Nearly all Russian garmons made since the mid of the 20th century are khromkas.
Svirel (Russian: свирель) is a Slavic woodwind instrument of the end-blown flute type traditionally used in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. [1] [2] It is a parallel-bore flute. The six-hole versions are similar to the tin whistle; the ten-hole versions are fully chromatic. [3] The traditional Russian svirel has not been extensively studied.
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The zhaleika (Russian: жале́йка), also known as bryolka (брёлка), is a Slavic wind instrument, most used in Belarusian, Russian and sometimes Ukrainian ethnic music. [1] Also known as a "folk clarinet" or hornpipe.