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Musical instruments that start with S
Looking for musical instruments that begin with S? Here are 27 of them in alphabetical order, from “Sackbut” to “Synthesizer”.
Musical instruments starting with S
- Sackbut
- Santooralso Santur
- Sanxian
- Sarangi
- Sarod
- Saxophonealso Sax
- Sazalso Baglama
- Serpent
- Shakeralso Egg shaker
- Shakuhachi
- Shamisen
- Shawm
- Shehnai
- Sheng
- Shinobue
- Sho
- Shofar
- Singing bowl
- Sitar
- Sleigh bells
- Slide whistlealso Swanee whistle
- Snare drum
- Sousaphone
- Spoons
- Steel drumalso Steelpan
- Suona
- Synthesizeralso Synth
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 27 of the 196 musical instruments (14%).
- Shortest: “Saz”. Longest: “Slide whistle”.
- 5 names have more than one word.
- 7 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many musical instruments start with S?
- 27 of the 196 musical instruments in Icillion start with S, for example Saxophone, Snare drum and Synthesizer.
- What is the longest name among musical instruments that start with S?
- The longest is “Slide whistle” and the shortest is “Saz”.
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