Instruments that accompany Kabuki, Wayang Kulit and Peking Opera

A thin ornamental rope is typically used to link two pieces of oak or bamboo, forming this basic Japanese musical instrument.

• Piccolo

• Oboe

• Wooden Clappers

• Drums

Known by another name, "bamboo flutes," these instruments are utilized in kabuki theater and other folkloric performances. They are made of basic bamboo and available in various lengths.

• Shamisen

• Shinobue

• Drums

• Trumpet

The "Chinese lute" is an instrument with a wooden body shaped like a pear and between 12 and 31 frets. 

• Flute

• Chinese Flute

• Xianzi

• Pipa

Is a kind of Chinese lute with fretless plucking. Usually composed of stretched snakeskin, the body is available in several sizes. A pick made of animal horn is used to pluck the instrument.

• Xianzi

• Cymbals

• Pipa

• Chinese Flute

Originated in ancient China originally from Persia. It is a classic Chinese instrument that is typical. Moreover, it is frequently referred to as bayin in Guangdong province and laba in China, which both mean "horn" in Chinese.

• Suona Horn

• Pipa

• Yueqin

• Gongs

It is played with mallets, a type of percussion beater with a large, felted head. 

• Cymbals

• Basic Hanging Gongs

• Drums

• Gongs

Membranophones that produce sound when they are pounded on the skin with a hand or a wooden object, whereas gongs are idiophones that generate sound through vibration.  

• Suona Horn

• Shinobue

• Yuequin

• Gendang ibu and gendang anak

Moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings, played with a spectrum, used for accompanying local operas.

• Yuequin

• Gongs

• Shamisen

• Taiko

Is a stringed instrument that is plucked. With a neck and strings stretched across a resonant body, its construction is akin to that of a guitar or banjo.

• Pipa

• Wayang Kulit

• Shamisen

• Suina Horn

A small, portable drum used in Nō, nagauta (dance music), geza (off-stage Kabuki theater music), and traditional folk music.

• O-tsuzmi

• Ko-tsuzumi

• Gongs

• Taiko