In “Chapter 5”, Equipment of “Player’s Handbook” these d&d 5e musical instruments have been mentioned. Those instruments are mentioned below too, which are most popular in 5e players handbook.
| Birdpipes | Pan pipes or satyr pipes, also known as the shalm, these are sacred to Lliira and popular with wood elf and wild elf bards. |
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| Glaur | Short, curved horns like a cornucopia. Played with valves, glaur sound like trumpets, while those without valves, known as gloon, have a more mournful sound. |
| Hand Drum | A double-headed skin drum fitted with handles along its side. |
| Longhorn | A Faerilnian flute of sophisticated make, found only in areas with skilled artisans, as in great cities or elven enclaves. |
| Shawm | A double-reed instrument similar to an oboe or a bassoon, popular with gnomes, who have developed some bellows-powered versions. |
| Songhorn | A recorder, a simple type of flute, usually carved from wood. |
| Tantan | A tambourine, a popular instrument with halflings and humans south of the Dalelands. |
| Thelarr | Also known as a whistlecane, a simple and easy-to-make wind instrument cut from a reed. They are so simple, in fact, that skilled bards frequently make and give them away to children-to the parents' delight or regret. |
| Tocken | A hanging set of carved oval bells, usually played with a pair of light wooden hammers (or open handed). They are most common in underground cultures, where the resonant tones can carry. |
| Wargong | A metal gong, traditionally made from a shield, particularly the s hield of an enemy. Both goblins and dwarves make and play wargongs, their sound echoing through tunnels in the Underdark. |
| Yarting | A southern instrument from Arnn and Calimshan that is a Faerilnian analog to the guitar Numerous variations have spread across the continent. |
| Zulkoon | A complex pump organ that originated with the zulkirs of Thay, who use it in the casting of their spells. It is considered to have a dramatic, but sinister, sound. |
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