| 100% | SYNTHS | 6 | Tech instruments famous in 1980s music |
| 44% | SYNTH | 5 | Keyboard prevalent in 1980s music, for short |
| 43% | FLUTE | 5 | Instrument in much Jethro Tull music |
| 43% | CASTANET | 8 | Instrument heard in Spanish folk music |
| 42% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Instruments heard in Scottish music |
| 42% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument popular in jazz music |
| 42% | SAX | 3 | Instrument used in jazz music |
| 41% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument popular in folk music |
| 41% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in bluegrass music |
| 41% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument heard in Indian music |
| 41% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument in some psychedelic music |
| 41% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument used in bluegrass music |
| 41% | SYNTH | 5 | Instrument used in electronic music, for short |
| 41% | STEELGUITAR | 11 | Instrument in much Hawaiian music |
| 41% | STEELGUITAR | 11 | Instrument in some Hawaiian music |
| 40% | ORGANS | 6 | Instruments that provide music in churches |
| 40% | SITARS | 6 | Instruments in Hindustani music |
| 40% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument in Hindustani music |
| 40% | SYNTH | 5 | Instrument in electronic music |
| 39% | VIOL | 4 | Instrument in Vermeer's "The Music Lesson" |
| 39% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument prominent in Deep Purple's music |
| 39% | SYNTH | 5 | Instrument in electronic dance music, for short |
| 38% | VIOL | 4 | Instrument seen in Vermeer’s “The Music Lesson” |
| 38% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument often heard in jazz music |
| 38% | MIZMAR | 6 | Traditional wind instrument in Egyptian folk music |
| 37% | ONCD | 4 | Like much music, starting in the late 1980s |
| 37% | TUBA | 4 | Big brass instrument in banda music |
| 36% | TRUMPET | 7 | Brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz music |
| 36% | CASTANETS | 9 | Wooden shelled instruments used in Flamenco music |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | Prominent instrument in raga music |