The agogo güiro (or tone block) is a wooden idiophone inspired by the güiro—a Latin American, scraped idiophone made from a hollow gourd—and the agogô—an Afro-Brazilian, bell idiophone. The agogo güiro consists of one to three open, hollow, wooden…
Ankle bells are idiophones consisting of a handful of small bells that are attached to a strip of fabric, leather, or a like material which is then wrapped around the ankle and bound.
The banjo ukulele is a plucked and strummed box-lute chordophone. It is a hybrid instrument comprising of the body of a banjo with the fretboard, 4 strings, and the tuning of a ukulele. They were created to capitalize on the popular consumption of…
Hollow, plastic, percussion tubes that are color coded and tuned to a musical pitch by length. They can be struck together or against nearly any surface.
Also known as tubular bells, the chimes is an idiophone made from metal tubes. The most common type of chimes, standing chimes, have tubes that are arranged in a row from shortest to longest hanging from a large metal frame and produce a sound…