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Folk and World Music Instruments

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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. 

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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

• Iberian Traditional Instruments, with descriptions and photos about Spanish and Portuguese musical instruments. 

• Instrumentos Musicais Tradicionais Portugueses 

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Pote - Brazilian clay drum derived from the Nigerian udu drum. 

Pote. Courtesy of Earthshaking Music. Buy it now.

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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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