The following traditional musical instruments of the various Sabahan ethnic groups are divided according to the way in which they work:
IDIOPHONES: Instruments made with materials which produce sounds when scraped, rubbed, hit and without further intervention of other materials.
Example :
1. Gong
2. Kulintangan (smaller than gong) 
MEMBRANOPHONES: Instruments where a membrane is stretched across a hallow body (the ‘resonator’) and then made to vibrate by rubbing/hitting.
Example : 1. Drum
CHORDOPHONES: Consist of Chord and Resonator. Vibrations are produced when the chord is scraped by a bow or plucked with fingers and amplified by a resonator (unsually a hollow compartment).
Example: 1. Tongkungan
2.Sundatang
AEROPHONES: Instruments with a column of air within a cylinder or cone. The sound is produced when this air is vibrate by the player’s lips or nose or a single/double reed or by air passing across the top of the tube. Sabah’s aerophones are mainly played solo and for personal pleasure.
Example :
1. Sompoton
2. Bungkau
3.Turali Bamboo Nose Flute
4. Suling
Source:
http://www.sabahtravelguide.com/culture/default.ASP?page=musical_instruments
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