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The following is a list of musical instruments, categorized by section. Please add to List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number also. See also List of instruments by nationality and Category:Musical instruments A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...
At various times, and in various different cultures, various schemes of musical instrument classification have been used. ...
The following is a list of musical instruments, categorized according to the Hornbostel-Sachs system by how they make sound. ...
Each nationality has a range of folk musical instruments which are common in the music of that group. ...
Wind instruments
- See also: List of woodwind instruments
Main article: Woodwind instrument. ...
A duduk The duduk (pronounced ) is a traditional woodwind instrument of Armenian origins. ...
A didgeridoo. ...
Fife from the American Civil War A fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore. ...
Hocchiku (also, hochiku or hotchiku) is a Japanese end-blown flute carefully crafted from terminal sections of bamboo. ...
The hun (hangul: 훈; hanja: 塤) is a Korean ocarina made of baked clay or ceramic. ...
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The khloy is a vertical duct flute from Cambodia. ...
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The koudi (Chinese: å£ç¬›; also spelled kou di) is a very small Chinese flute made from bamboo. ...
Girl playing the nose flute (Thomas Williams, 1858) The nose flute is a musical instrument played in Polynesia and the Pacific rim countries. ...
The ocarina (IPA: ) is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. ...
The paixiao (traditional: 排簫; simplified: 排箫; pinyin: páixiao; also pai xiao, pai-hsiao) is an ancient Chinese wind instrument, a form of pan pipes. ...
A palendag, a Philippine bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon people Also Pulalu - Manabo[1] The palendag is a type of Philippine bamboo flute, the largest one used by the Maguindanaon. ...
Pan pipes (also known as the panflute or the syrinx or quills) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length. ...
A palendag, a Philippine bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon people Also called Pulalu (Manabo)[1] and (Mansaka), Palandag (Bagobo)[2], Pulala (Bukidnon) and Lumundeg (Banuwaen). ...
Various recorders The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes — whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. ...
The ryÅ«teki (é¾ç¬›) is a Japanese transverse flute made of bamboo. ...
A shakuhachi flute, blowing edge up. ...
The Shinobue (ç¯ ç¬›) is a Japanese transverse flute that has a high-pitched sound. ...
A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee whistle, piston flute or less commonly jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorders and a tube with a piston in it. ...
Suling Suling is an Indonesian flute made out of bamboo used in gamelan ensembles. ...
The tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle, pennywhistle, or Irish whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. ...
The tonette is a small, end-blown flute made of plastic, which was once popular with elementary school children. ...
A tumpong, a Philippine bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon people Also Inci - Maranao The tumpong is a type of Philippine bamboo flute used by the Maguindanaon, half the size of the largest bamboo flute, the palendag. ...
The vertical flute is a special variation of the standard flute, or, more specifically, the transverse flute. ...
A washint is an Ethiopian end-blown flute with four finger holes. ...
The term flute most commonly applies to the popular transverse side-blown musical instrument made of metal. ...
This article is about the instrument in the flute family. ...
â™ This article is about the family of musical instruments. ...
The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. ...
A bass flute The bass flute is the bass member of the flute family. ...
The contra-alto flute (also called subcontrabass flute in G or subcontrabass flute) is one of the largest instruments in the flute family. ...
Contrabass flutes in G and C The contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute) is one of the rarer members of the flute family. ...
The subcontrabass flute is one of the largest instruments in the flute family. ...
The double contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute or subcontrabass flute) is the largest and lowest pitched flute in the world. ...
The willow flute, also known as sallow flute or overtone flute (Norwegian seljefløyte, Swedish sälgflöjt), is a Scandinavian folk flute, or whistle, consisting of a simple tube with a transverse fipple mouthpiece and no finger holes. ...
Xiao blowing hole (the hole faces away from the player, against the lower lip, when the instrument is played) The xiao (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: hsiao) is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. ...
The xun is a Chinese ocarina made of clay or ceramic. ...
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
Single reed instruments The alboka is a double clarinet coming from the Basque region of Northern Spain. ...
The arghul, also spelled argul, arghoul, arghool, argol or yarghul (Palestine), is a traditional Arabic musical instrument. ...
Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ...
The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, much smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets. ...
The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets in Eâ™ and D. None is common, but the most often used piccolo clarinet is the Aâ™ clarinet, playing nearly an octave higher than the Bâ™ clarinet. ...
The sopranino clarinets are members of the clarinet family, smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets but larger than the rare piccolo clarinets. ...
Eâ™ clarinet with Oehler system keywork. ...
Eâ™ clarinet with Oehler system keywork. ...
The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. ...
The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. ...
A saxonette is a woodwind musical instrument and a member of the clarinet family. ...
The basset-horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. ...
Two clarinettes damour. ...
The basset-horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. ...
The alto clarinet is a wind instrument of the clarinet family. ...
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ...
A contra-alto clarinet made by the clarinet-making company Selmer. ...
The contrabass clarinet is the largest common member of the clarinet family. ...
The term subcontrabass clarinet refers to any clarinet with range lower than that of the contrabass clarinet. ...
The term subcontrabass clarinet refers to any clarinet with range lower than that of the contrabass clarinet. ...
The launeddas, triple clarinet or triplepipe is a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes. ...
The mijwiz is a traditional musical instrument of ancient Egypt and the Levant. ...
The Octavin is a woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a single reed. ...
A Pibgorn is a reed instrument from Wales. ...
The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ...
The soprillo, a piccolo or sopranissimo saxophone, is the worlds smallest saxophone. ...
An E-flat sopranino saxophone (right). ...
In the early 20th century, the C soprano (pitched a whole step above the Bâ™ soprano) was marketed to those who wished to perform oboe parts in military band, vaudeville arrangements, or church hymnals. ...
The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ...
The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family. ...
Mezzo-soprano (left) and alto (right) saxophones. ...
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The C melody saxophone is a saxophone in the key of C, one whole step above the tenor saxophone. ...
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ...
The baritone saxophone, often called bari sax (to avoid confusion with the baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as baritone), is one of the larger and lower pitched members of the saxophone family. ...
The bass saxophone (or bass sax for short) is the second largest existing member of the saxophone family (or third largest, if the subcontrabass tubax is counted). ...
The contrabass saxophone is one of the lowest-pitched members of the saxophone family. ...
A B-flat subcontrabass tubax (right), the closest extant instrument to a subcontrabass saxophone. ...
A B-flat subcontrabass tubax (right). ...
The aulochrome is a new woodwind instrument invented by Belgian François Louis in 2001. ...
The Tarogato (Hungarian: tárogató, Romanian: torogoata) refers to two different woodwind instruments, both of them Hungarian. ...
The folgerphone (sometimes Folgerphone) is a wind instrument (or aerophone), classifiable as a woodwind rather than brass despite being made of metal, because it has a reed (cf. ...
Double reed instruments The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. ...
The contrabassoon, also contrafagotto or double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower. ...
// Small bassoons The bassoon family of double reed woodwind instruments is widely regarded as having only two members, unlike all of the other woodwind families, which have a multitude of varieties. ...
The bifora or pifara was a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the ancient shawm and particularly to the piffero of the northern Italian Apennines. ...
Bombardes from Kevrenn an Arvorig The bombarde is a French folk instrument from Brittany. ...
The French Cromorne is an instrument that has caused musicologists some confusion. ...
Various Crumhorns The crumhorn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
For the band, please see Dulzaina (band) The dulzaina is a Spanish double reed instrument in the oboe family. ...
The dulcian is a Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore. ...
Guanzi The guan (管; pinyin: guǎn; literally pipe or tube) is a Chinese double reed wind instrument. ...
Heckelphone The heckelphone is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons, introduced in 1904. ...
The piccolo heckelphone is a very rare woodwind instrument invented in 1904 by the firm of Wilhelm Heckel GmbH in Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany). ...
The kèn bầu is a double reed wind instrument used in the traditional music of Vietnam. ...
Nadaswaram, also spelt Nadhaswaram, and also called Nagaswaram, is one of the most popular classical instruments of south India and the worlds loudest non-brass acoustic instrument. ...
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ...
The piccolo oboe is the smallest and highest pitched member of the oboe family. ...
Baroque oboe damore, Denner copy The oboe damore is a woodwind instrument. ...
The cor anglais, or English horn, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the woodwind family. ...
Oboe da caccia The oboe da caccia (literally hunting oboe in Italian) is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music. ...
The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. ...
The contrabass oboe is a double reed woodwind instrument in the key of C, sounding two octaves lower than the standard oboe. ...
The Renaissance Rackett is a double-reed Wind instrument related to the Bassoon. ...
The reed contrabass in C, otherwise known as the contrabass(e) Ã anche, is a type of woodwind instrument. ...
The sarrusophone is a family of transposing musical instruments patented and placed into production by Pierre-Louis Gautrot in 1856. ...
The Soprano sarrusophone is a member of the sarrusophone family. ...
The alto sarrusophone is the alto member of the sarrusophone family. ...
A Triebert Tenor Sarrusophone from the 1920s The Bb tenor is a smaller type of sarrusophone, and has about the same range as a Tenor Saxophone. ...
The baritone sarrusophone, otherwise known as combat bassoon, has about the same range as the baritone sax, and is about the same size as a contrabass sarrusophone, but is only wrapped around once, whilst the contrabass wraps around twice. ...
The Bass Sarrusophone is the bass member of the sarrusophone family, with a range almost identical to a bass saxophone, and doesnt have a very rich history. ...
This is a small-pipe EEb Contrabass Sarrusophone. ...
The shawm was a Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family, made in Europe from the late 13th century until the 17th century. ...
The sralai is the only wind instrument in the Pinn Peat ensemble. ...
Two Suonas The suona (simplified: 唢å‘; traditional: å—©å¶; also called the laba å–‡å or haidi 海笛) is a Han Chinese shawm (oboe). ...
A surnay (surla, zurna, zournas) is a traditional folk shawm, developed in ancient Egypt. ...
The Tarogato (Hungarian: tárogató, Romanian: torogoata) refers to two different woodwind instruments, both of them Hungarian. ...
The trompeta china, a Cuban traditional wind instrument, is actually the Chinese suona, an instrument in the oboe family introduced to Cuba by Chinese immigrants during the colonial period (specifically the late nineteenth century). ...
A tromboon The tromboon is a musical instrument made up of the reed and bocal of the bassoon attached to the body of a trombone instead of the trombone mouthpiece. ...
Bagpipes (single and double reed) // Great Highland Bagpipe: perhaps the most well-known bagpipe. ...
Brass instruments (not necessarily made from brass) D Dießner alphorn players The alphorn is a wind instrument, consisting of a natural wooden horn of conical bore, having a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland and elsewhere. ...
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The bazooka is a folk musical instrument, a primitive version of a trombone, usually with a lower but less wide range. ...
Military bugle in Bâ™ The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small natural horn with no valves. ...
Military bugle in Bâ™ Bugler redirects here. ...
The Cimbasso is a brass instrument in the trombone family, with a bright sound. ...
Species Strombus gigas Strombus luhuanus Strombus pugilis A conch (pronounced in the U.S.A. as konk or conch(IPA: ) [1] is a sea-dwelling mollusk. ...
Bâ™ cornet The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. ...
Three different cornetts: mute cornett, curved cornett and tenor cornett The cornett, cornetto or zink is an early wind instrument, dating from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. ...
A didgeridoo. ...
The octocontrabass doulophone in C The term doulophone is derived from the classical Greek word δουλος meaning slave, for the reason that the instrument is - for the most part - unable to maintain a melody of its own, and so plays a subservient role with regard to other instruments in any ensemble...
The euphonium is a conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument. ...
A standard 3-valved Bb flugelhorn. ...
A modern-day yamabushi blows a horagai, or shell trumpet. ...
For other uses, see Horn. ...
The jug as a musical instrument reached its height of popularity in the 1920s, when jug bands, such as Cannons Jug Stompers were popular. ...
The mellophone is a brass instrument that is typically used in place of the French horn in marching bands or drum and bugle corps. ...
The ophicleide () is a family of conical bore, brass keyed bugles. ...
Roman tuba The Roman tuba is an ancient musical instrument, different from the modern tuba. ...
Four sackbutts: bass, alto, tenor, bass The Sackbut (var. ...
The saxhorn is a valved brass instrument with a tapered bore and deep cup-shaped mouthpiece. ...
A serpent is a bass wind instrument with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind instrument. ...
A shofar made from the horn of a kudu, in the Yemenite Jewish style. ...
Sousaphone player in Washington Square, New York City The sousaphone is a type of tuba often used in a marching band. ...
Known in the US as alto horn, in Germany as althorn, and in the UK as tenor horn, this brass instrument pitched in Eb has a conical bore (gradually widening), and normally uses a deep, cornet-like mouthpiece. ...
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ...
Trumpeter redirects here. ...
For other uses, see Tuba (disambiguation). ...
The Wagner tuba is a comparatively rare brass instrument that combines elements of both the horn and the tuba. ...
An Ophicleide in size between the bass and the keyed bugle. ...
Free reed instruments For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation). ...
Button Accordion is type of accordion which evolves from the older and more basic melodeon. ...
Bandoneon Cardenal (made by ELA for Hohner) The bandoneón is a free-reed instrument particularly popular in Argentina. ...
The bawu (simplified: 巴乌; traditional: å·´çƒ; pinyin: bÄwÅ«; also ba wu) is a Chinese wind instrument. ...
See the accordion article for features of the bayan that are common to all accordions. ...
Wheatstone English concertina, circa 1920 This article is about the musical instrument. ...
A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ...
A Harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ. ...
Jews harp, from an American Civil War camp near Winchester, Virginia A modern jews harp A metal Jews harp (demir-xomus) from Tuva The Jews harp, jaw harp, or mouth harp is thought to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world; a musician...
A khene player in Isan The khene (also spelled khaen, kaen and khen; Thai: à¹à¸„น) is a mouth organ whose pipes are connected with a small, hollowed-out wooden reservoir into which air is blown. ...
The lusheng (traditional: 蘆笙; simplified: 芦笙; also spelled lu sheng) is the Chinese name for a musical instrument with multiple bamboo pipes, each fitted with a free reed, which are fitted into a long blowing tube. ...
The mangtong (芒ç’; pinyin: mángtÇ’ng) is a Chinese end-blown free reed wind instrument. ...
A Hohner melodica The melodica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. ...
The terms melodeon and melodion can refer to any of several related musical instruments of the free reed aerophone family: A type of 19th century reed organ with a foot-operated vacuum bellows, and a piano keyboard. ...
The baroque organ in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by forcing pressurized air (referred to as wind) through a series of pipes. ...
The saenghwang (hanja: 笙簧) is a Korean wind instrument. ...
The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙, Pinyin shēng) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument (the first) consisting essentially of vertical tubes, in the Chinese orchestra. ...
The yu (竽; pinyin: yú) was a free reed wind instrument used in ancient China. ...
Voice This article is about the voice-type. ...
A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium or middle soprano in Italian) is a female singer whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i. ...
In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. ...
A countertenor is an adult male who sings in an alto, mezzo or soprano range, often through use of falsetto, or sometimes natural head voice. ...
This article is about Tenor vocalists in music. ...
ű For other uses, see Baritone (disambiguation). ...
A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ...
A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. ...
Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false) is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range, in the treble range. ...
For the visual effects technology, see ZOO Digital Group. ...
Death growl, also known as growled vocals, harsh vocals, death vocals, death grunts, ultimate, and also derogatorily or humorously — Cookie Monster vocals[1] is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the Death Metal music genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ...
Free aerophones Bulroarer may refer to the following: Bullroarer, a song on Midnight Oils Diesel and Dust CD. Bullroarer is the nickname of an ancestor of the Took clan of hobbits who was very tall (for a hobbit) and could ride a horse in J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of...
The lasso damore is a musical instrument made of corrugated plastic tubing, employed in some P. D. Q. Bach compositions such as the Erotica Variations. ...
A whip being used in a marching band pit ensemble The whip or slapstick is a percussion instrument consisting of two wooden boards joined by a hinge at one end. ...
It has been suggested that Fire siren be merged into this article or section. ...
String instruments -
This is a list of string instruments categorized according to the technique used to produce sound, followed by a list of string instruments grouped by country or region of origin. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone guitar for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The 3rd bridge guitar is an electric prepared guitar with an additional 3rd bridge. ...
Aeolian harp in the old castle of Baden Baden, from an article in Scientific American Supplement, No. ...
The ajaeng is a Korean string instrument. ...
Two Appalachian dulcimers The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, although contemporary versions of the instrument can have as many as twelve strings and six courses. ...
An Archlute by Matteo Sellas, Venice, 17th century The archlute (Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian ÐрхилютнÑ) a European plucked string instrument was developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficuties in the performance of solo music, and...
The arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass viola da gamba. ...
Also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanua))[1], aroding (Palawan)[2], kulaing (Yakan), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese). ...
The baÄŸlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean. ...
This article is about the instrument. ...
A Bandura and a Torban, at the Royal College of Music Julian Kytasty, plays a prima Chernihiv bandura The Experimental Bandura Тrio: Jurij Fedynsky, Julian Kytasty,and Michael Andrec Ken Bloom, plays a Kharkiv bandura Yuri Singalevych(Lviv) playing a diatonic bandura c. ...
For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments. ...
Bărbat was an early ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (circa 1277 - circa 1290). ...
A drawing of a baryton from 1880 The baryton is an obsolete bowed stringed instrument, in regular use up until the end of the 18th century. ...
Three Berimbaus The berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. ...
For other uses, see Biwa (disambiguation). ...
The Bordonua (Bordonúa) is a large, deep body (sound-boxes are usually 6 in or 15. ...
For bouzoukia, see nightclubs in Greece. ...
This article is about the stringed musical instrument. ...
A 10 string Chapman Stick The Chapman Stick is an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. ...
It is also possible that you want to know about the Cymbal instrument. ...
Yuri Landman (born 1-2-1973) is a dutch multi disciplined artist most well known for his work as an experimental luthier, but also active as a comic artist, illustrator, musician, singer, graphic designer and furniture designer. ...
A woodcut of a Cittern The cittern is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance, having evolved considerably since that time. ...
Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ...
A modern crwth in its case The crwth is an archaic stringed musical instrument, associated particularly with Wales, although once played widely in Europe. ...
The name cuatro can refer to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ...
The dahu (大胡, pinyin: dà hú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. ...
The đà n bầu is a Vietnamese one-stringed zither. ...
The đà n gáo is a Vietnamese bowed string instrument with two strings. ...
The đà n nguyệt (also called đà n nguyệt cầm, đà n kìm, moon lute, or moon guitar is a two-stringed Vietnamese traditional musical instrument. ...
The Ä‘Ã n tam tháºp lục (also called simply tam tháºp lục) is a Vietnamese hammered dulcimer with 36 metal strings. ...
The Ä‘Ã n tranh is a plucked zither of Vietnam. ...
The đà n tỳ bà is a Vietnamese traditional plucked string instrument. ...
A dadihu (the largest instrument shown), with other Chinese string instruments The dihu (低胡, pinyin: dīhú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. ...
Domra Domra (домра) is a long-necked Russian string instrument with three or four steel strings and a round resonator. ...
Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...
Dotar Khorasan The dutar (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Central Asia. ...
The duxianqin (独弦ç´, pinyin: dúxiánqÃn; lit. ...
Ektara (Bangla: à¦à¦•à¦¤à¦¾à¦°à¦¾) is a one string instrument used in Bangladesh and India. ...
Side view of an erhu. ...
The erxian (二弦, lit. ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
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A gayageum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings, although more recently variants have been constructed with 21 or other numbers of strings. ...
The Gehu is a Chinese instrument developed by Yang Yusen in the 20th century. ...
Geomungo is a traditional stringed musical instrument invented in Korea around 550 by famous musician Wang San-ak. ...
Gottuvadhyam also known as the chitravina, is an Carnatic music instrument played in Southern India. ...
For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ...
The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. ...
A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ...
A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ...
The chitarre battente (Italian: lit. ...
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Spanish guitar redirects here. ...
An electric guitar An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Example of a bottleneck, with fingerpicks and resonator guitar. ...
A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone guitar for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The 3rd bridge guitar is an electric prepared guitar with an additional 3rd bridge. ...
Guitarron The guitarrón (literally large guitar in Spanish, the suffix -ón denoting large) is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican 6-string acoustic bass played in mariachi bands. ...
The Gusli (гусли) is an ancient Russian musical instrument, a kind of a harp, not to be confused with Balkan Gusle. ...
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The guzheng, or gu zheng (Chinese: ; pinyin: gÇ”zhÄ“ng) or zheng (ç®) (gu- means ancient) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. ...
A diatonic hammered dulcimer made by Masterworks The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. ...
A hardingfele A Hardanger fiddle or hardingfele (Norwegian) is a traditional stringed instrument from Norway. ...
For other uses, see Harp (disambiguation). ...
Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
The huluhu (traditional: 葫盧胡; simplified: 葫芦胡; pinyin: húlúhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ...
Huqin are a family of instruments used in Chinese music. ...
Drawing of a hurdy gurdy A hurdy gurdy (alternately, hurdy-gurdy) is a stringed musical instrument. ...
An igil (Tuvan- игил) is a two-stringed Tuvan musical instrument (huur), it is called ikil in western mongolia, played by bowing the strings. ...
An Irish Bouzouki The Irish bouzouki is a slightly modified bouzouki Bouzoukis were introduced into Irish Traditional Music in the 1970s, by Johnny Moynihan and Alec Finn, and popularised by Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny. ...
The jiaohu (角胡; pinyin: jiǎohú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
Koistinen concert kantele with 38 strings A kantele, Finnish (or kannel) in Estonian, is a traditional plucked string instrument. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Kim (musical instrument). ...
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Komungo is a traditional stringed musical instrument from Korea. ...
The kora is a 21-string harp-lute used extensively by peoples in West Africa. ...
Japanese 13-stringed koto The koto (ç® or ç´) is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from Chinese zithers. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone zither for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The Moodswinger is a custom made string instrument made by Yuri Landman. ...
Also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanua))[1], aroding (Palawan)[2], kulaing (Yakan), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese). ...
Kutiyapi The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. ...
The Langeleik is a traditional stringed musical instrument from Norway. ...
The laruan (also called la ruan) is a relatively new Chinese string instrument blending the acoustics of the ruan with that of the Western cello. ...
The leiqin is a Chinese bowed string instrument. ...
The lirone, the bass member of the lira family of instruments, is a bowed string instrument with between 9 and 16 gut strings. ...
A medieval era lute. ...
“Lyres†redirects here. ...
The maguhu (馬骨胡; simplified: 马骨胡; pinyin: mǎgǔhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ...
This article is about the musical instrument. ...
The mandocello (sometimes spelled mandacello) is a musical instrument of the mandolin family. ...
mandola A mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Europe, Ireland, and UK) is a stringed musical instrument. ...
This article is about the musical instrument. ...
The Mohan veena is a stringed musical instrument used in Indian classical music. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone zither for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The Moodswinger is a custom made string instrument made by Yuri Landman. ...
Ranaldos Moonlander, Yuri Landman, 2007 The Moonlander is a biheaded electric guitar with 18 strings, 6 normal strings and 12 sympathetic strings. ...
Mongolian musician playing the Morin khuur The morin khuur or morin huur (from the Mongolian: морин хуур) or matouqin (from the Chinese: 馬é ç´) is a chordophone of Mongolian origin whose name roughly translates as horse-head fiddle in English. ...
For the device drawn across the strings of string instruments such as the violin to make them sound, see bow (music). ...
A nyckelharpa The nyckelharpa (Swedish for key harp) is traditional in Sweden. ...
This article is about the musical instrument. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone guitar for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The 3rd bridge guitar is an electric prepared guitar with an additional 3rd bridge. ...
A short grand piano, with the lid up. ...
A woman plays the pipa in the New York City Subways Times Square Station, 2004. ...
A psaltery is a stringed musical instrument of the harp or the zither family. ...
For the video game character from Legacy of Kain Series, see Rahab (Legacy of Kain). ...
The rebec in Virgin among Virgins (1509), by Gerard David. ...
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The rudra veena (also spelled rudra vina, and also called been or bin) is a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. ...
Hossein Alizadeh playing the sallaneh The sallaneh (سلانه) is a newly developed plucked string instrument made under the supervision of the Iranian musician Hossein Alizadeh, and constructed by Siamak Afshari. ...
An Okinawan sanshin The sanshin (三線, literally meaning three strings) is an Okinawan musical instrument, and precursor of the Japanese shamisen. ...
The santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy strings. ...
Chinese postage stamp depicting a sanxian The sanxian (Chinese: 三弦, pinyin sÄnxián, Wade-Giles san1-hsien2, lit. ...
The saung (also known as the saung-guak, or Myanmar harp, the countrys previous name was Burma) is a Burmese traditional musical instrument made of sixteen silk strings attached to a neck by red cotton tuning cords terminating in large tassels. ...
The saw sam sai (sometimes spelled saw samsai, and occasionally called simply sam sai; literally three stringed fiddle) is a traditional bowed string instrument of Thailand. ...
The se 瑟 (pinyin: sè) is an ancient Chinese stringed instrument. ...
Kitagawa Utamaro, Flowers of Edo: Young Womans Narrative Chanting to the Samisen, ca. ...
Hamid Motebassem Playing Setar Setar Azerbaijani Setar Setar (Persian: سه‌تار seh three tÄr string) is an Iranian musical instrument. ...
Diagram of some sitar parts. ...
This article is about the musical instrument. ...
The tamburitza (tamburica; diminutive of tambura) is the most popular instrument in Croatian folk music. ...
Iranian Tar Woman playing the tar in a painting from the Hasht-Behesht Palace in Isfahan Iran, 1669 Iranian Tar The tar is a long-necked, waisted lute found in Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and other areas near the Caucasus region. ...
A tea chest bass is a home-made musical instrument that uses a wooden chest of the type once used to deliver tea as the resonator for an upright stringed bass. ...
Theorbo A theorbo (from Italian tiorba, also tuorbe in French, Theorbe in German) is a plucked string instrument. ...
The timple is a traditional instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia. ...
The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. ...
Tro is the generic name for traditional bowed string instruments in Cambodia. ...
The trumpet marine, also known as the tromba marina, is a stringed instrument. ...
The tuhu (土胡, pinyin: tǔhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of instruments. ...
The ukulele (Hawaiian: , pronounced ; Anglicised pronunciation usually IPA: ), sometimes spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings. ...
The valiha is a bamboo tube zither from Madagascar. ...
Woman playing the Veena. ...
The vertical viola, or alto violin, is a stringed instrument with the range of a viola that is played in the manner of a cello. ...
The violin octet is a family of stringed instruments developed in the 20th century primarily under the direction of Carleen Hutchins; each instrument is based directly on the traditional violin and shares its acoustical properties, with the goal of a richer and more homogenous sound. ...
The Vichitra Veena is an Indian instrument. ...
Man playing the vielle. ...
Orpheus playing a vihuela. ...
Various sizes of viol, from Michael Praetorius Syntagma musicum (1618) Early Italian tenor viola da gamba, detail from the painting , by Raphael Sanzio, c. ...
The viola (French, alto; German Bratsche) is a bowed string instrument. ...
Viola dAmore from the mid eighteenth century (Library of Congress collection) The viola damore (Italian: love viol) is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. ...
For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ...
A violotta is a tenor viola (or tenor violin) invented by the German luthier Alfred Stelzner and patented in 1891. ...
Electric Washtub Bass 4 string washtub bass The washtub bass, or gutbucket, is an American folk instrument that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. ...
Xalam, also spelled khalam, is the Wolof name for a traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa. ...
The yaylı tanbur is a bowed lute from Turkey. ...
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Zhonghu The zhonghu (ä¸èƒ¡, pinyin: zhÅnghú) is a low-pitched Chinese bowed string instrument. ...
The zhuihu (å 胡, pinyin: zhùihú; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed bowed string instrument from China. ...
Concert zither The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music, most commonly in German-speaking Alpine Europe. ...
In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone zither for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The Moodswinger is a custom made string instrument made by Yuri Landman. ...
Percussion instruments - See also: List of percussion instruments
This is a listing of percussion instruments. ...
Drums A agung a tamlang, a Philippine bamboo slit drum of the Maguindanaon people The Agung a Tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. ...
A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ...
Bodhrán with tipper The bodhrán (IPA or ; plural bodhráns or bodhráin) is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65cm (10 to 26) in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45cm (14 to 18). The sides of the drum are 9 to 20cm (3...
Bongos Bongo drums or bongos are a percussion instrument made up of two small drums attached to each other. ...
Thayambaka performance by Mattanur Sankarankutty using chenda Chenda is a cylindrical wooden drum from Kerala state of India. ...
For other uses, see Conga (disambiguation). ...
CuÃca CuÃca is not a Brazilian friction drum often used in Samba music. ...
A dabakan beautifully designed with Maranao okkil designs The dabakan is a drum used in kulintang ensembles frequently referenced as in the shape of an hour-glass or a goblet. ...
The dhol (Punjabi: ਢੋਲ, ڈھول; Hindustani: ढोल, ڈھول; Armenian: Դոլ) dohol (Persian: ), is a drum (a percussion musical instrument) widely used in India and Pakistan, usually the Punjab region, the Indian/Pakistani province of Punjab, Maharastra and Gujarat. ...
The Dholak (sometimes dholaki) is a classical North Indian hand drum. ...
A basic student djembe A djembe (pronounced jem bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin covered hand drum, shaped like a large goblet, and meant to be played with bare hands. ...
The goblet drum (also chalice drum) is a goblet shaped hand drum used in Arabic, Assyrian, Persian, Balkan, Armenian, Azeri and Turkish music. ...
Janggu is the most widely used percussion instrument in most kinds of Korean traditional music. ...
Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. ...
Small drumhead of a khol The khol also known as a mrdanga is a terracotta two-sided drum used in northern and eastern India for accompaniment with devotional music (bhakti). ...
A Lambeg drum is a large Irish drum, beaten with curved malacca canes. ...
The mridangam is a percussion instrument from South India. ...
A Naqara was an especially large drum that was used by the Mongol in battle. ...
Octoban drums are usually grouped in sets of four or eight. ...
Sabar drum The sabar is traditional drum from the West African nation of Senegal. ...
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The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings, and with a set of snares (cords) stretched across the bottom head. ...
Steelpan (also known as steeldrums or pans, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Surdo drums in use The Surdo is a large bass drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, most notably samba. ...
A typical set of Tabla. ...
It has been suggested that Japanese_Taiko_Drumming be merged into this article or section. ...
Tan-Tan is a city in Morocco, in Province de Tan-Tan. ...
The taphon is a traditional drum of Thailand. ...
The Thavil The thavil is a barrel shaped percussion instrument from South India. ...
A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ...
A tom-tom (not to be confused with a tamtam) is a cylindrical drum with no snare. ...
Other Percussion Instruments The Array Mbira is a modern instrument coming down from African Thumb piano class/family, usually played by the thumbs and sometimes fingers commonly using metal tines. ...
The Ahoko is a traditional percussion instrument originating from the central part of Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast) in Africa. ...
The pair of gongs of the agung The Agungs are the largest gongs of the kulintang ensemble and represent the lowest pitch of all the instrumentation. ...
The pair of gongs of the agung The Agungs are the largest gongs of the kulintang ensemble and represent the lowest pitch of all the instrumentation. ...
A agung a tamlang, a Philippine bamboo slit drum of the Maguindanaon people The Agung a Tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. ...
The babendil The babendil is the single gong used in the kulintang ensemble usually handheld and struck with a flat stick of bamboo or rattan upon its rim to obtain sharp, distinct sounds. ...
A bell is a simple sound-making device. ...
Bianqing (Simplified Chinese: 编磬; Traditional Chinese: 編磬; Pinyin: biÄn qìng) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes, played melodically. ...
Bianzhong (ç·¨é˜) is an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells. ...
For the University of Regina student newspaper, see The Carillon. ...
Renoirs 1909 painting Dancing girl with castanets Castanets The castanets are a percussion instrument (idiophone), much used in Moorish music, Roma music, Spanish music and Latin American music. ...
A caxixi is a percussion instrument consisting of a closed basket with a flat-bottom filled with seeds or other small particles. ...
A carillon-like instrument with less than 23 bells is called a chime. ...
Chings (sometimes romanized as chhing) are small bowl-shaped finger cymbals of thick and heavy bronze, with a broad rim commonly used in Cambodia and Thailand. ...
Claves(pronounces Clar-vays) is a percussion instrument (idiophone), consisting of a pair of short (about 20-30 cm), thick dowels. ...
The cowbell is a percussion instrument. ...
Crotales (upper right) are often used with other mallet percussion Crotales, sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks. ...
For the Japanese rock band, see Cymbals (band). ...
For the handheld type of cymbal, see Clash cymbals. ...
The hi-hat stand has changed little since its invention. ...
A Zildjian 22 Z Custom Power Ride A ride cymbal is a type of cymbal that is a standard part of most drum kits. ...
A splash cymbal is a small cymbal used for an accent in a drum kit. ...
ZIL is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) is the language which Infocom used to produce their works of interactive fiction. ...
Cymbalum // Overview The cymbalum, cymbalom, cimbalom (most common spelling), ţambal, tsymbaly, tsimbl or santouri is a musical instrument found mainly in the music of Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Greece and Ukraine. ...
The fangxiang (also fang xiang, fang hsiang; æ–¹å“ or 方響 in Chinese, pinyin: fang1 xiang3) is an ancient Chinese metallophone. ...
Gamelan - Indonesian Embassy in Canberra A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. ...
American Gamelan is a style of gamelan based on Javanese gamelan instruments and music, but using primarily American made instruments and compositions. ...
A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. ...
A Gendér is a type of metallophone which is used a lot in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. ...
This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...
The four brass vertical hanging gongs of the Gandingan The gandingan is a set of four vertical bossed gongs and hung in ascending order from the lowest to highest pitch. ...
The gandingan a kayo, a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people The gandingan a kayo (translated means, “wooden gandingan,†or “gandingan made of woodâ€) is a Philippine xylophone and considered the wooden version of the real gandingan. ...
The Ganza is a particular type of rattle used as a percussion musical instrument. ...
A ghatam is a. ...
The glass marimba is a crystallophone that is similar to the marimba, but has bars of glass instead of wood. ...
An Armonica. ...
Most orchestral glockenspiels are mounted in a case. ...
A gong is one of a wide variety of metal percussion instruments. ...
Categories: Music stubs | Latin percussion | Idiophones ...
For other uses, see Hand (disambiguation). ...
A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. ...
Hang means hand in the Bernese German language, and is pronounced hung. ...
A pair of hosho. ...
1: Ipu (EE-poo)is a Hawaiian percussion instrument made from a single gourd. ...
Also called tagutok (Maranao) A kagul, a Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon people The kagul is a type of Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon with a jagged edge on one side, played with two beaters, one scarping the jagged edge and the...
Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the South-East Asian islands presently known as Indonesia and the Philippines. ...
A Philippine kulintang of the Maguindanaon people with 8 gongs stacked horizontally by pitch atop a wooden antangan [1] Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the Southeast Asian islands presently known as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. ...
The kulintang a kayo, a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people The kulintang a kayo (which literally is translated means, “wooden kulintang,†or “kulintang made of woodâ€) is a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people with eight tuned slabs arranged horizontally atop a wooden antangan (rack). ...
The kulintang a tiniok, a Philippine metallophone of the Maguindanaon people Also called kulintang a putao (Maguindanaon), sarunay, salunay, salonay, saronay, saronai, sarunai (Maranao) The kulintang a tiniok is a type of Philippine metallophone with eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung together via string atop a wooden antangan (rack). ...
Lamellaphone is a family of musical instruments. ...
Also called kwintangan kayo (Yakan) The luntang is a type of Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people, strung vertically, with five horizontal logs hung in ascending order arranged by pitch. ...
Maracas Maracas (sometimes called rhumba shakers) are simple percussion instruments (idiophones), usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried calabash or gourd shell (cuia - kOO-ya) or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans. ...
The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ...
The marimbaphone is a tuned percussion instrument. ...
Mbira Dzavadzimu in deze (top), Mbira Nyunga Nyunga (bottom), Hosho (bottom left). ...
Generally speaking, a metallophone is any musical instrument consisting of tuned metal bars which are struck to make sound, usually with a mallet. ...
Playing a musical saw A musical saw, also called a singing saw, is the application of a hand saw as a musical instrument. ...
A short grand piano, with the lid up. ...
Traditional Style Cactus Rainstick A rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such as beads or beans and has small pins arranged helically on its inside surface. ...
The ranat ek lek is a metallophone used in the classical music of Thailand. ...
The ranat thum lek is a metallophone used in the classical music of Thailand. ...
A rattle may be: bird-scaring rattle, a Slovene device used to drive birds off vineyards and a folk instrument football rattle, a noisy ratchet device for showing approval, used by sports fans. ...
Egyptian riq The riq (also spelled riqq or rik) is a type of tambourine used as a traditional instrument in Arabic music. ...
The shekere is a unique percussion instrument from Africa. ...
Rin gong at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto Singing bowls (also known as Tibetan Prayer Bowls, Himalayan bowls or rin gongs in Japan) are type of musical instrument classified as a standing bell. ...
An example of a slit drum from the Philippines known as a kagul by the Maguindanaon people[1] slit drums are percussion instruments, usually made from bamboo, that have parallel slits in one side and one slit across the middle, not always at the center point. ...
Spoons can be played as a makeshift percussion instrument, or more specifically, an idiophone related to the castanets. ...
Steelpan (also known as steeldrums or pans, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
“Buben†redirects here. ...
An old-fashioned triangle, with wand (beater) Angelika Kauffmann: LAllegra, 1779 The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. ...
A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ...
Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. ...
A typical udu The udu is an African vessel drum originated by the Igbo people of Nigeria. ...
A typical vibraphone. ...
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. ...
A whip being used in a marching band pit ensemble The whip or slapstick is a percussion instrument consisting of two wooden boards joined by a hinge at one end. ...
Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ...
The xylorimba (sometimes known as the xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone) is a pitched percussion musical instrument which is not a combination of the xylophone and the marimba but a xylophone with an extended range. ...
Electronic instruments The Denis dor (golden Dionysius - spelling variants: Denisdor and Denydor) is, in the broadest sense, the first electric musical instrument in history. ...
The Dubreq Stylophone was a miniature electronic musical instrument invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. ...
A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ...
Classic Hammond B-3 organ. ...
An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity started in the late 1960s, was at its greatest during the 1970s and still is big today. ...
A fingerboard synthesizer is a synthesizer with a ribbon controller user interface used to control parameters of the sound processing. ...
The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company until the 1970s. ...
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. ...
Roland Octapad The popular Octapad is a product line of inexpensive, electronic MIDI percussion controllers produced by the Roland Corporation. ...
Ondes martenot demonstrated by inventor Maurice Martenot The Ondes Martenot (or Ondes-Martenot or Ondes martenot or Ondium Martenot or Martenot or ondes musicale) is an early electronic musical instrument with a keyboard and slide invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot, and originally very similar in sound to the Theremin. ...
A Rhodes piano A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical musical instrument, a brand of electric piano. ...
An AKAI MPC2000 sampler Playing a Yamaha SU10 Sampler A sampler is an electronic music instrument closely related to a synthesizer. ...
Synclavier I The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer and sampler, manufactured by New England Digital. ...
For other uses, see Synthesizer (disambiguation). ...
Categories: Stub | Electronic music instruments ...
Léon Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]), or thereminvox, is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ...
Tonearm redirects here. ...
The Continuum is a music performance controller developed by Lippold Haken and sold by Haken Audio, located in Champaign, Illinois. ...
This article is about the machine. ...
Keyboard instruments For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation). ...
Bandoneon Cardenal (made by ELA for Hohner) The bandoneón is a free-reed instrument particularly popular in Argentina. ...
Circus calliope, lithograph by Gibson & Co. ...
For the University of Regina student newspaper, see The Carillon. ...
French type, four-octave Celesta The Celesta (IPA ) is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. ...
Large five-octave unfretted clavichord by Paul Maurici, after J.A. Haas The clavichord is a European stringed keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. ...
The glasschord (or glasscord) is a crystallophone resembles the celesta but uses keyboard-driven hammers to strike glass bars instead of metal bars. ...
Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ...
MIDI Keyboard A piano-style digital keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard. ...
Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ...
Classic Hammond B-3 organ. ...
The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company until the 1970s. ...
The baroque organ in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by forcing pressurized air (referred to as wind) through a series of pipes. ...
A short grand piano, with the lid up. ...
A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ...
An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity started in the late 1960s, was at its greatest during the 1970s and still is big today. ...
A grand piano from Schiedmayer & Söhne, Stuttgart. ...
The Janko keyboard is a musical keyboard layout for a piano designed by Paul von Janko. ...
Pooh Poppin Piano -- a diatonic one octave toy piano Child playing Keyskills 30 key toy piano The toy piano is a musical instrument, made as a childs toy, but which has also been used in more serious musical contexts. ...
The piano Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). ...
The viola organista was a musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci. ...
Other A glass harmonica A crystallophone is a musical instrument that produces sound from glass. ...
Peter Schickele (born July 17, 1935) is a composer and musical parodist. ...
Double suikinkutsu at Iwasaki Castle, Nisshin city, Aichi prefecture A suikinkutsu (Japanese: æ°´ç´çªŸ, literally: water koto cave) is a type of Japanese garden ornament and music device. ...
Waterflute (reedless) hydraulophone with 45 finger-embouchure holes, allowing an intricate but polyphonic embouchure-like control by inserting one finger into each of several of the instruments 45 mouths at the same time. ...
Plasma instrument during a 2007 May 4th performance using instruments from all five Classical Elements (Earth/Solid, Water/Liquid, Air/Wind, Fire/Plasma, and Quintessence/Idea) A plasmaphone is a musical instrument that produces sound either wholly acoustically, or produces the initial sound accoustically, the sound being later amplified, processed...
Quintephone as part of live performance. ...
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