A rich variety of musical instruments are known from Georgia. Among the most popular instruments are blown instruments, like the soinari, known in Samegrelo as larchemi (Georgian panpipe), stviri (flute), gudastviri (bagpipe), string instruments like changi (harp), chonguri (four stringed unfretted long neck lute), panduri (three stringed fretted long neck lute), bowed chuniri, known also as chianuri, and a variety of drums. Georgian musical instruments are traditionally overshadowed by the rich vocal traditions of Georgia, and subsequently received much less attention from Georgian (and Western) scholars. Dimitri Arakishvili and particularly Manana Shilakadze contributed to the study of musical instrument in Georgia.
Wind instruments
Larchemi (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂá á©áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) / Soinari (Georgian: á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) - ancient Georgian pan-pipe style instrument.
Salamuri (Georgian: á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá£á áÂÂ) - a Georgian wind instrument resembling a recorder, widespread across regions.
Pilili (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) - small pipe instrument used in regions such as Adjara.
Gudastviri (Georgian: áÂÂá£áÂÂáÂÂá¡á¢áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) / Stviri (Georgian: á¡á¢áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) - Georgian droneless double-chantered bagpipe.
Duduki (Georgian: áÂÂá£áÂÂá£áÂÂáÂÂ) - a double-reed wind instrument found in Georgia.
Zurna (Georgian: áÂÂá£á áÂÂáÂÂ) - loud conical-bore reed instrument used for festive/outdoor occasions.
Brass wind instruments
Sankeri (Georgian: á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) - a bugle-like brass instrument in Georgian tradition.
String instruments
Panduri (Georgian: á¤áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá£á áÂÂ) - a three-string plucked fretted lute from eastern Georgia.
Chonguri (Georgian: á©áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá£á áÂÂ) - long fretless four-string lute from western Georgia.
Chuniri (Georgian: áÂÂá£áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) / Chianuri (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá£á áÂÂ) - bowed string instrument from the mountains of Georgia.
Changi (Georgian: á©áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) - a harp-like string instrument from the Svaneti region.
Percussion instruments
Doli (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) - double-headed drum used widely in Georgian folk music.
Daira (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂ) - frame drum (similar to tambourine) used across Georgia.
Tsintsila (Georgian: áªáÂÂáÂÂáªáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) - small cymbals used in folk ensembles.
Diplipito (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¢áÂÂ) - lesser-known percussion (membranophone) in Georgian tradition.
Georgian Accordion
Garmoni (Georgian: áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ) - diatonic button accordion introduced into Georgian folk tradition in the 19thâÂÂ20th centuries.