The Roll is traditionally made from a wooden barrel, on which a beef skin is stretched by nails or ropes. The musician sitting in califourchon on the roll, hits the skin with his hands open. The roulèr holds a deep bass sound that resonates in the earth and body.

The kayamb is made with stems of sugar cane flower and seeds of saffron maron or conflor. Shaken laterally, it produces an acute and cadenced sound that accompanies the voice and other instruments. We find the cousins of kayamb, with different names, in Mozambique, Kenya, the Comoros archipelago, or Madagascar.

The bobr or sank is a rope instrument, composed of a wooden bow, a calabasse as a resonance box and a metal or choka rope.
The musician holdse bobr in one hand, the calabasse against his torso and with the other hand pats on the rope, equipped with a rod which is called a batavek.
The movement of the calabasse on the torso of the percussionist changes the resonance of the sound. Some musician pinch the rope with their index finger, others with a stone to change the note.
The bobr, produces a bumblebee note that gives it a bewitching appearance. He can often be confused with his best-known cousin, the Berimbao of Brazil.

The fisher is an instrument made from a piece of bamboo. It is struck with wooden sticks, producing a sound round and soft, while remaining percussive. It brings an additional rhythmic seat to the Maloya, in addition to the other percussions.

Formerly made from a metal barrel, the sati is now generally made of a sheet in tole placed on a stand. He's hit with wooden sticks. It produces a its dry and metallic, adding contrast and accentuation which defines the rhythm of the Maloya.