Folk and World Music Instruments

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Zaabia - a small gourd rattle from the Dagomba people of Ghana.

Zambomba - (pronounced tham-bom-bah) ancient friction drum from Spain used in Christmas songs.

Zamfona - Galician term for hurdy gurdy.

Zampogna - Neapolitan (Italian) bagpipe with 2 drones and 2 conical chanters. Zampona - Andean pan flute. 

Zanfona - (pronounced than-foh-nah) Spanish hurdy gurdy. It is also known as zanfonía and zanfoña.

• Asociación Ibérica de la Zanfona. Iberian Zanfoña (Hurdy Gurdy) Association.

• Zanfona. Instrument maker's page about the Castilian zanfona. In Spanish. Includes contact information for those interested in purchasing instruments.

Zanfonia - (pronounced than-foh-nee-ah). It is also known as zanfona and zanfoña.

Zanfoña - (pronounced than-foh-nyah) Spanish hurdy gurdy. It is also known as zanfona and zanfonía.

Zapateado - tapping or foot stomping used in Spanish Flamenco and Mexican dancing.

Zarb - 1. Iranian drum made of wood. 2 - A single-skinned, lap drum. It is also known as a ‘dumbek,’ a name that comes from the two principle tones that the drum produces: a deep thump (dum) and a tight snap (bek).

Zhaleika - Russian wind instruments with a single reed. Made out of cow horn or wood.

Zheng - See Guzheng.

Zhonghu - Chinese bowed lute.

Zília - Greek term for finger cymbals.

Zils - Syrian finger cymbals.

Zingla - Kosovar Albanian small metallic finger cymbals.

Zirbaghali - an Afghan goblet-shaped drum with a single head.

Zither - the family name of all plucked or strummed instruments that have strings stretched across a wooden sounding board box.

Zongore - Romanian term for guitars.

Zumbadera – Spanish buzzer. A small thin piece of wood tied to a rope, whish is shaken in the air. Used in spanish carnival celebrations.

Zumbadora - See zumbadera.

Zummarah - Egyptian double reed pipe.

Zurna - 1. Double reed Turkish instrument also found in the Balkans. 2. Armenian single-reed instrument, which is important in many facets of Armenian culture like holidays, weddings, harvests and outdoor gatherings. At one point the instrument was used to accompany tight-rope walkers with the traveling circus. It is usually played in a duet where the second Zurna player will hold a drone tone called “dahm.”

Zuur - Mongolian flute.

Zvargulu josta - Latvian belt with bells.

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