Stringed instruments

1. Bowed string instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, electric bass

2. Plucked string instruments: Harp, guitar, electric guitar, erhu, guqin, pipa, guzheng.

Woodwind instruments

1. Lip-singing categories: flute, piccolo

2. Reed-singing categories: clarinet, oboe, English horn, bassoon, saxophone , harmonica, flute, sheng, suona, xiao

Brass instruments

1. Brass instruments: trumpet, cornet, trombone, French horn, tuba

Keyboard instruments

1. Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, accordion, electronic keyboard

Percussion instruments

1. Tuned percussion instruments: timpani, xylophone

2. Atonal percussion instruments: snare drum, bass drum, triangle, gong, tambourine, castanets, maracas, cymbals, dulcimer, chime, wooden fish, cloud gong

~~ Generally speaking, drums are the most common percussion instruments, and others are generally not used in pop music~~~