Instrument Families - Plucked
Guitar Family
"Other" Family
Guitar
Asturias
Composed by Isaac Albéniz
Performed by Ana Vidovic
Balalaika
Performed by Valentina Nikeshicheva
Guitar (1679 A. Stradivari Sabionari)
Santiago de Murcia – Tarantela
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Banjo
(American Instrument of African Origin –
Also used in Irish Music)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Performed by Willow Osborne
Balalaika and Guitar
Mardjandja (Gypsy Song)
Performed by Alexander Paperny (Balalaika) &
Satoshi Oba (Guitar)
Banjos and Fiddles (Irish)
Performed by Anna Ludlow, Gilligan Boucher &
the Celtic Umbrella Band
Harp Guitar
Moonlight Sonata
Composed by Beethoven
Performed by Brin Addison
Babatoni (Zimbabwe)
Performed by Gasper Nali
Harp/ Lyre Family
Guit-Steel
Highway Patrol (US Country)
Performed by Junior Brown
Aeolian Wind Harp
On the Irish Coast
Fiddle and Guitar (Irish)
Performed by Unknown
Lyre
Hurrian Hymn no. 6
(The Oldest Known Melody – c. 1400 B.C.)
Performed by Michael Levy
Guitarron (Mexico)
Improvisation
Performed by Taylor Fuentes
Begena (Ethiopia)
Performed by Unknown
Lute Family
Zither Family
Archlute (Arciluto)
Allet du Dauphin
Performed by Robert Ballard
Appalachian Dulcimer (Mountain Dulcimer)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (US Folk/ Bluegrass)
Performed by Stephen Seifert
Domra
Nightingale
Composed by Alexander Aliabieve
Performed by Peter Omelschenko and the Russian Folk Orchestra
Autoharp (Irish)
Performed by Karen Mueller
Domra
Performed by Vera Makhan and the Academic Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments
Autoharp (Modern)
Fields of Gold
Composed by Sting
Performed by Jo Ann Smith
Oud (‘Ud)
Udi 20 Secme Klasik Eser
Performed by Unknown
Koto
Tegoto (Japanese)
Michio Miyagi
Rubab
Rag: Bayag (Odo Sanupran) (Afghanistan)
Performed by Mohamed Omar
Keyboard Family
Harpsicord (Arpicordo)
Barafostus Dreame
Transcribed by Francis Tregian
Performed by Unknown
Theorbo
Prelude et Allemande
Performed by Robert de Visée
Ukulele
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Performed by Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo’ole