| Name | Image | Description | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chonguri |  | Chonguri is a four-string unfretted lute from Western Georgia. It is played by plucking and strumming. Three of the strings are fingered, while the fourth is a drone string. It is used almost exclusively for the accompaniment of singing. Another traditional Georgian string instrument is called panduri. Chonguri is longer than panduri and it does not have frets. The image shows a chonguri and a panduri unusually united into one instrument. The longer neck one is the chonguri. | |
| Panduri |  | Panduri is a traditional Georgian three-string instrument widely spread in all regions of Eastern Georgia: such as Pshavkhevsureti, Tusheti, Kakheti and Kartli. Panduri is generally used as an accompaniment instrument. There are two kinds of this instrument in Georgia: one of them is panduri and another is called chonguri. Chonguri looks like panduri but it represents a completely different instrument. The panduri is shorter than chonguri and it has frets. Panduri is a three-string lute (played by strumming) from the highland and lowland regions of Eastern Georgia, and rarely found in Western Georgia ( Upper Imereti and Racha). | |
| Zurna |  | The zurna (also called Surnay, birbynė, lettish horn, surla, sornai, zournas, zurma) is a woodwind instrument with a double reed, popular in the towns of Eastern Georgia and also in Kartlian villages. It has 7 or 8 finger holes above and one finger hole below. The Zurna had often been featured in the Ottoman military bands. |
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