these instruments create sound through the vibration of a player's lips on the mouthpiece
Starts with
C
A pair of similar instruments are struck together or struck against each other to create sounds, such as cymbals and castanets
Starts with
D
Electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns
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E
Musical instruments that produce sound electronically or produce its initial sound traditionally and then are electronically amplified
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F
Refers to wind instruments that have a freely vibrating reed and the pitch depends on the size of the reed. A good example is the accordion
Contains
G
Musical instrument played by turning a handle, which is typically attached to a wheel sounding a series of drone strings, with keys worked by the left hand.
Starts with
H
Musical instrument consisting of a frame supporting a graduated series of parallel strings, played by plucking with the fingers
Contains
I
Part of some musical instruments, such as a recorder or pipe, that the player puts into his or her mouth and blows
Contains
J
Box-shaped percussion instrument used in Flamenco, played by slapping the front or rear faces
Starts with
K
A large bowl-shaped metal drum with a parchment or plastic head usually struck with wooden sticks covered in felt
Starts with
L
Plucked chordophone with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.
Starts with
M
Musical instruments that use vibrating stretched membranes or skin to produce sound
Contains
N
Military and orchestral percussion instrument having several gut, nylon, wire, or wire-covered silk strings (snares) stretched across the lower, or snare, head
Starts with
O
Group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
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P
keyboard musical instrument having wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard
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R
Bowed chordophone instrument of the Medieval era and the early Renaissance
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S
African musical instrument consisting of a row of narrow metal pieces, that you play with your fingers and thumbs
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T
Deep-pitched brass wind instrument with valves and wide conical bore
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U
Plucked stringed instrument. It normally has four strings, a fretted fingerboard
Starts with
W
Scraped idiophone with ridges on its surface sometimes used in some types of folk and country music
Starts with
X
Musical instrument with wooden bars that is played by hitting it with small hammer-like mallets.
Contains
Y
Electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies
Starts with
Z
Friction membranophone consisting of a pot-shaped body, a membrane and a stick attached through the centre
