Mine (Zimbabwean 🇿🇼) is the mbira.
For a feel of the sound: https://youtu.be/R5RMYh-n3LU?si=1gMWzw6l6UxxpiLr
Jah Prayzah the guy singing is a renowned musician.
They seem to be using the mbira in modernized covers, but the metal pestle order seem the same as the more traditional looking ones.
P/S I’m not self promoting the YouTube link. It just shows how the mbira sounds unedited.
Ugly stick. 🇨🇦
Didgeridoo
Australia! 🇦🇺
I’m not Korean, but I’ve lived here for twenty years. Gayageum is probably the most famous Korean instrument, but I’m partial to the haegeum. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OfsFoUell4Y&pp=ygUSaGFlZ2V1bSBpbnN0cnVtZW50
The drum kit or set - USA:
I didn’t realize the drum set originated in the U.S. but it makes sense with jazz.
And I believe the electric guitar as well! George Beauchamp, along with Adolph Rickenbacker developed the first electromagnetic pickups.
Another unrelated U.S. one that comes to mind is the sousaphone
Also electric guitar, electric bass, and synthesizer are all from the US also
Wow… Portugal
The Trautonium.
Wow reminds me of The Hobbit
Saxophone!
USA alone is too easy, so I’m gonna go with Ohio. Edison invented the phonograph, which made listening to music anytime and anywhere a reality. The Wurlitzer organ was from Cincinnati, but i should be fair and say that while it was developed in Cincinnati, production was done in New York.
You could also add the Fender strat and the Gibson Les Paul to that list
Wait how are those ohioan
The cajon in Peru is emblematic of traditional Creole music that is often played in songs during lunch or party meals. Just hearing it makes me hungry!!
Btw the mbira has a beautiful sound, do you know if it’s difficult to learn?Thank you! I think the mbira requires similar dexterity to a piano if I’m not mistaken.
Canada gave us the Ugly Stick and the Sackbut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica
I think that one is neat. Apparently the US is also responsible for the Electric Guitar, so there’s that.
If you’ve listened to Nordic metal at all I’m sure you’ve heard it in some song
One of my faves so far
I now wonder if the Mbira is related to the Marimba? They sound very similar, though it seems the Marimba is more central African?
Bacon.
I don’t know if this counts but in my parent’s native Cuba there’s the bongo which has African roots. It’s a fundamental instrument in Cuba’s various local genres such as Son Cubano from which Salsa (not the condiment) derives from. Listening to the mbria I can definitely hear the similarities between native African music and Cuban music.
