| 100% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument popular in folk music |
| 61% | UKULELE | 7 | Four-stringed instrument popular in Hawaiian music |
| 61% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in bluegrass music |
| 61% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in Indian music |
| 61% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument used in bluegrass music |
| 60% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument popular in jazz music |
| 59% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument in some psychedelic music |
| 56% | CASTANET | 8 | Instrument heard in Spanish folk music |
| 55% | UKULELE | 7 | Stringed instrument that's popular in Hawaii |
| 55% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument that's popular in bluegrass |
| 55% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Stringed instrument in some bluegrass and folk bands |
| 54% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument that's a staple in country music |
| 54% | SAMISEN | 7 | Guitar-like stringed instrument in Japanese music |
| 51% | SKIFFLE | 7 | Type of folk music popular in the UK in the 1950s |
| 47% | BALALAIKA | 9 | Plucked musical instrument used in Russian folk music |
| 46% | VIOL | 4 | Instrument popular in Shakespeare's day |
| 45% | SEEGER | 6 | Big name in folk music |
| 45% | ARLO | 4 | First name in folk music |
| 45% | GUTHRIE | 7 | Family name in folk music |
| 45% | ZITHER | 6 | String instrument common in Central European folk music placed horizontally and plucked |
| 45% | BANJOS | 6 | Folk music instruments |
| 45% | AIRGUITAR | 9 | Imaginary stringed instrument for rock music |
| 45% | ARLO | 4 | Big name in folk music history (*) |
| 44% | MIZMAR | 6 | Traditional wind instrument in Egyptian folk music |
| 44% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument used in bluegrass |
| 44% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument in Hindi cinema |
| 43% | PETER | 5 | Paul and Mary's partner in folk music |
| 43% | UKE | 3 | Stringed instrument in Waikiki, for short |
| 43% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in Bollywood soundtracks |
| 43% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument in ancient Greek art |