Vocabulary

clerk of court

duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle)

bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)

sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

small gong (used in gagaku)

Jew's harp

hurdy-gurdy

electric organ

ondes Martenot (electronic musical instrument)

quena (Andean flute)

Pleioblastus chino (species of bamboo grass)

bamboo arrow shaft

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

culm (hollow stem of a grass)

dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

noh flute (transverse bamboo flute with seven holes; approx. 39 cm long)

sliver (strand of loose fibers)

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)

Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)

dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

(hammered) dulcimer

qanun (Near-Eastern string instrument)

cymbalom (large Hungarian dulcimer); cimbalom

se (ancient Chinese plucked zither, usu. with 25 or 23 strings)

personal organiser (e.g. Filofax)

saung (Burmese harp)

oud (lute-like instrument of Arab and Turkish origin)

kithara (ancient Greek musical instrument); cithara

sarangi (violin-like instrument of Indian origin)

morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin); matouqin

morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin)

rebab (stringed instrument of Arabic origin)

small hand drum

mridangam (double-headed barrel drum of Indian origin)

tabla (Indian hand drums)

tabula rasa

dram (unit of weight); drachm

Ainu mouth harp