| Name | Image | Description | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaita de fole |  | Gaita de fole is a Portuguese bagpipe from the Tras Os Montes region. | |
| Pandeiro |  | The pandeiro is a hand frame drum of Portugal, Brazil and Galicia (Spain). There are two important distinctions between a pandeiro and the common tambourine. The tension of the head on the pandeiro can be tuned, allowing the player a choice of high and low notes. Also, the metal jingles (called platinelas in Portuguese) are crisper, drier and less sustained on pandeiros than on the tambourine. This provides clarity when swift, complex rhythms are played. It is held in one hand, and struck on the head by the other hand to produce the sound. Typical pandeiro patterns are played by alternating the thumb, fingertips, heel, and palm of the hand. A pandeiro can also be shaken to make sound, or one can run a finger along the head to create a "rasp" noise. | |
| Portuguese Guitar |  | The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese: guitarra portuguesa) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses comprising of two strings each. It is most notably associated with fado, a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal. |
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