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Characters from Sesame Street and related productions who can play musical instruments.
Abby Cadabby
- Trombone, Abby's Flying Fairy School: Fairy Face the Music
- Timpani, "Episode 4326"
- Guitar, "Two Different Worlds"
Baby Bear
- Trumpet, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
- Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
- Ukelele, "The Sesame Street Alphabet"
- Piano, Do the Alphabet
Bert
- Guitar, "I Got a Song"
Big Bird
- Drum, Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
- Glockenspiel, Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
Big Jeffy
- Keyboards, Episode 3898
- Drums, Episode 2867
Bob
- Vocals
- Piano, music teacher by profession
Buster the Horse
- Piano, "What's the Name of That Song?"
Cookie Monster
- Bass drum, "Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You", "Two Different Worlds"
- Ukulele, Ernie Presents the Letter "U"
Count von Count
- Pipe Organ, Number of the Day segments and several songs
- Guitar, "You Gotta Count My Blue Suede Shoes"
- Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
- Violin, "The Transylvania Polka"
Don Music
- Piano, virtually every sketch he appears in
Elmo
- Drum, Episode 3950, Episode 4031, Episode 4062
- Cymbals, Elmo's World: Sleep
- Piano, Elmo's World segments
- Violin, Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
- Trumpet, Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments
- Guitar, "Elmo's Ducks"
- Tambourine, "Two Different Worlds"
Ernie
- Bugle, "Dance Myself to Sleep"
- Drums, several sketches
- Piano, Episode 0900, "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" pageant
- Saxophone, "Put Down the Duckie"
- Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
- Ukulele, Sesame Street sketch
Forgetful Jones
- Guitar, "I'll Always Remember I Love You"
- Piano
Grover
- Banjo, Bert & Ernie Sing-Along
- Guitar, "Two Different Worlds"
- Güiro, Global Grover: Puerto Rico
- Taiko drum, Global Grover: Hawaii
- Xylophone, "The Sesame Street Alphabet"
Hoots the Owl
- Saxophone, at Birdland and almost every appearance
- Tuba, Episode 2255
Little Chrissy
- Piano, virtually every appearance
Little Jerry
- Guitar, "Rock 'N Roll Star"
Mr. Snuffleupagus
- Ukulele, episode 4069
Murray Monster
- Piano, Murray Has a Little Lamb, "Two Different Worlds"
Ovejita
- Saxophone, Murray Has a Little Lamb
Prairie Dawn
- Piano, Sesame Street Pageants and art show segments on Play with Me Sesame
Rosita
- Guitar, Spanish Word of the Day
- Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
Simon Soundman
- Vocals (ability to mimic any sound)
Slimey
- Sousaphone, Episode 1736 and Episode 2906
- Clarinet, sketch with John Candy
- Tuba, Episode 3448
Stinky the Stinkweed
- Harmonica, episode 3531
Sully
- Bass, Ernie and Bert sketch
- Piano, Episode 0926, Episode 1736, Episode 2443
Telly Monster
- Bassoon, Sesame Street News Flash sketch
- Cymbals, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
- Guitar, "Three Sides Now"
- Sousaphone, Episode 4259, "The Sesame Street Alphabet" (referred to as a tuba)
- Triangle, various
- Tuba, Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
- Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
Wolfgang the Seal
- Horns, Episode 2638, Episode 2972, Episode 3265
- Glockenspiel in Episode 4171
- Trumpet ("Antarctica!")
Zoe
- Piano, Episode 3910, Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
- Trombone, Episode 3994
- Tambourine, Sesame Sings Karaoke