| Name | Image | Description | Video |
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| Bandola |  | The Bandola is a small pear-shape chordophone found in Venezuela and Colombia. It is related to the Bandurria. There are 3 main types of Bandolas: Bandola Llanera, Bandola Andina Colombiana and Bandola Oriental. | |
| Culoepuya |  | The culo'e puya drums, also known as culoepuya, culo e puya, or culepuya, are a battery of three small drums (prima, cruzao, and pujao) originally from Venezuela, with a Kongo lineage. They are used in an ensemble also known as redondo drums, after the dance motion and the circle which forms around the dancers during performance. | |
| Furro |  | The furro is a a friction drum from Venezuela. It is a percussion instrument consisting of a single membrane stretched over a sound box, whose sound is produced by the player causing the membrane to vibrate by friction. It is used in zulian traditional music such as parranda and gaita. | |
| Mina |  | The Mina drum (Tambor Mina) is the largest of the drums that have origins in the Barlovento, Miranda region of Venezuela. They are used during the celebrations of St. John the Baptist and the Midsummer. It is a specialized form of the Cumaco drum. Its origins have been traced to the Mina civilization, which occupied what is now Benin in Africa. | |
| Tambora |  | The Tambora (from the Spanish word tambor, meaning "drum") is a name for a group of Afro-Caribbean musical instruments. Its origins came along with the African slaves brought by the Europeans during the colonization of The Americas. It is used in many Latin American countries musical styles; in the Dominican musical folkloric styles and merengue, the Cumbia in Colombia , and the Venezuelan gaita. In Venezuelan Gaita music, the tambora is a one-headed drum played with sticks. The player can sit on it or put it on a stand to perform rhythms on the instrument. | |
| Venezuelan Cuatro |  | The cuatro of Venezuela has four single nylon strings, tuned (ADF#B). It is similar in shape and tuning to the ukulele, but their character and playing technique are vastly different. Most Venezuelan rhythms rely on the cuatro as their rhythmic and harmonic base. It is used in most genres of the different regions of Venezuela, such as Joropo in the Llanos, Gaita in Zulia, Galeron in the Oriente or calypso in Guayana. |
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