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  2. Traditional Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Kokiriko (筑子、 こきりこ) – a pair of sticks which are beaten together slowly and rhythmically; Shakubyoshi (also called shaku) – clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks; Mokugyo (木魚, also called 'wooden fish') – woodblock carved in the shape of a fish, struck with a wooden stick; often used in Buddhist chanting

  3. Xylophone - Wikipedia

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    The xylophone-like ranat was used in Hindu regions (kashta tharang). In Indonesia, few regions have their own type of xylophones. In North Sumatra, The Toba Batak people use wooden xylophones known as the Garantung (spelled: "garattung"). Java and Bali use xylophones (called gambang, Rindik and Tingklik) in gamelan ensembles.

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Xylophone: Ghana, Uganda, Zambia Pitched 111.212 Idiophone The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets Xylorimba: Pitched 111.212 Idiophone Yanggeum: Korea Pitched Chordophone A type of Hammer dulcimer Yangqin: China Pitched Chordophone Type of hammered dulcimer. Yuka: Congo ...

  5. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Taiko - Wikipedia

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    Bachi are sticks used specifically for taiko performance, and can be slightly thicker than typical drum sticks. The sticks for playing taiko are called bachi, and are made in various sizes and from different kinds of wood such as white oak, bamboo, and Japanese magnolia. [123] Bachi are also held in a number of different styles. [124]

  7. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    111.2 Percussion idiophones – The instrument is struck either with a non-sonorous object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground) 111.21 Percussion sticks 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks in a range of different pitches combined into one instrument, such as a xylophone provided its sounding components ...

  8. Hand percussion - Wikipedia

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    Tapping two sticks together is the simplest form of hand percussion, and has developed a place in traditional music all over the world. Indigenous Australians use clapping sticks alongside the didgeridoo , and claves are an integral part of South American music.

  9. Bamboo musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the instrument include various types of woodwind instruments, such as flutes, and devices like xylophones and organs, which require resonating sections. In some traditional instruments bamboo is the primary material, while others combine bamboo with other materials such as wood and leather.