Tan Dun is widely recognized for using non-traditional and organic instruments in his compositions.

He is known for the variety of instruments he uses in his music, using over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings.

In this format, they produced their 2007 album "Paper the Walls", which was more reminiscent of traditional chamber folk music while featuring many non-traditional instruments.

TriPod uses non-traditional instruments in the melodic line (bass, brass, theremin & woodwinds).

Other skills include extended techniques such as improvisation, musical montage, preparing instruments, using non-traditional instruments, and other methods of sound production.

The music genre is based on the idea of performing Jenkka music using non-traditional instruments.

Brian Jones experimented with the use of non-traditional instruments such as the sitar and slide guitar in their early days.

The 1980s are commonly associated with the usage of synthesizers, thus, synthpop music and other electronic genres featuring non-traditional instruments exploded in popularity.

One of the non-traditional instruments Agalloch has been known to use is the skull of a deer.

Many included works are essentially experiments with sound, using a variety of non-traditional instruments including homemade circuits, tape ribbon and early synthesisers.