Traditional Philippine musical instruments

Philippine traditional musical instruments are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones.

Aerophones

 * Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta)
 * Diwas
 * Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga)
 * Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga)
 * Tumpong – bamboo flute
 * Tulali – flute with 6 holes
 * Bansik – bamboo flute with three holes of the Negrito people in Zambales
 * Tambuli – Carabao horn

Chordophones

 * Litguit – a three-stringed bamboo violin of the Aeta people
 * Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick
 * Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997
 * Budlong – bamboo zither
 * Kolitong – a bamboo zither
 * Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people
 * Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao

Membranophones

 * Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao)
 * Gandang – double-headed barrel drum (Maranao)
 * Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao)
 * Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloi)
 * Gambal – war drums

Idiophones

 * Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit drum)
 * Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame
 * Bungkaka – bamboo buzzer
 * Gandingan – set of four large hanging knobbed gongs
 * Kagul – scraper
 * Kulintang – set of eight tuned gongs placed horizontally in an ornate frame, tuned pentatonic scale|pentatonically.
 * Gabbang – bamboo xylophone (Yakan, Batak, B'laan, Sama-Bajau, Tausūg)
 * Luntang – wooden beams hanging from a frame (Maguindanaon)
 * Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight, tuned knobbed metal plates strung on a wooden frame (Maguindanaon)
 * Babandil – small gong
 * Saronay – eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung over a wooden frame (Maranao)
 * Tongatong – stamping tubes of the Kalinga people