The INSTRUMENTS used by Grupo Condor are in one of three categories: strings, winds, or percussion.

String instruments were introduced to Latin America by the Spaniards. The indigenous populations then created versions of their own using the materials available to them. Latin American stringed-instruments come in many different sizes and shapes, with a varying number of strings.

Among the wind instruments are the zampoñas, known as "pan pipes" in other parts of the world. They are usually constructed of bamboo tubes of varying length, each tube tuned to a different note. Zampoñas are played in pairs, sometimes tied together. Their sizes vary from 5 inches to 5 feet in length. Each size has its own name.

Another wind instrument is the quena, sometimes spelled as kena. This is a single bamboo reed flute. It was originally constructed of bone, gold, copper, or clay. It varies in size and key.

A large variety of percussion instruments are used in Latin American folk music, many made of materials found in the surroundings. They range from wood boxes for drums to goat hooves and horses' jawbones. Many of the percussion instruments evolved from African influences in the culture.