A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it...
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This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Celesta Crystallophone Glass Harmonica Glass...
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electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting...
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Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories (classified by the material from which the instruments were made) known as...
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Musical instruments of the Indian subcontinent can be broadly classified according to the Hornbostel–Sachs system into four categories: chordophones (string...
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In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer...
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Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They...
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experimental musical instrument (or custom-made instrument) is a musical instrument that modifies or extends an existing instrument or class of instruments, or...
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Arabic musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: string instruments (chordophones), wind instruments (aerophones), and percussion...
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In organology, the study of musical instruments, many methods of classifying instruments exist. Most methods are specific to a particular cultural group...
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This is a list of medieval musical instruments used in European music during the Medieval period. It covers the period from before 5th into the 15th A...
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The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple...
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A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings). Samples may comprise elements such as...
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Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: classical, Western and folk. Most of Persian...
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Musical Instrument Museum or Museum of Musical Instruments may refer to: Worldwide: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Musical Instruments Museum, Rome...
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A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of...
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many musical instruments. In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the instrument include various types of woodwind instruments, such...
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A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing...
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The pochette is a small stringed instrument of the bowed variety. It is a small violin-like instrument designed to fit in a pocket, hence the name "pochette"...
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Traditional Korean musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Korean string instruments include those that...
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A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. They exist in many forms...
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rub) are used as a percussion instrument, employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz...
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The triangle, or musical triangle, is a musical instrument in the percussion family, classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification...
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In music production, the recording studio is often treated as a musical instrument when it plays a significant role in the composition of music. Sometimes...
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is a type of musical instrument called a handpan, fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Trinidad & Tobago steelpan instrument. It was created...
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covered in tight animal skin. Also this musical instrument originated from ancient nomads. This musical instrument is much forgotten today in Mongolia. (Shanz...
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Traditional French musical instruments, known as instruments traditionnels in French, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of France...
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The word shaker describes various Percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music. They are called shakers because the method of creating...
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Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (株式会社河合楽器製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, TYO: 7952) is a musical instrument manufacturing...
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The Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation (鈴木楽器製作所, Suzuki Gakki Seisakusho) is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer. Founded in 1953 as a manufacturer...
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