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Bagpipe

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Wind instrument popular in Eastern and Western Europe that has several tubes, one of which plays the melody while the others sound the drones, or sustained notes; a windbag is filled by either a mouth pipe or a set of bellows.

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Violin

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Soprano, or highest-ranged, member of the bow-string family.

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Viola

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Bowed-string instrument of middle range, the second-highest member of the violin family.

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Violoncello/Cello

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Bowed-string instrument with a middle-to-low range and dark, rich, sonority; lower than a viola.

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Double Bass/Contra Bass/Bass Viol

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Largest and lowest pitched member of the bowed string family.

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Strings (Instruments)

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Bowed and plucked instruments whose sound is produced by the vibration of one or more strings. Also Chordophones.

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Harp

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Plucked-string instrument, triangular in shape with strings perpendicular to the soundboard.

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Guitar

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Plucked-string instrument originally made of wood with a hollow, resonating body and a fretted finger board, types include acoustic and electric.

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Acoustic Guitar

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A guitar designed for performing without electronic amplification.

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Electric Guitar

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A guitar designed for electronic amplification.

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Banjo

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Plucked-string instrument with round body in the form of a single-headed drum and a long, fretted neck, brought to the Americas by African slaves.

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Mandolin

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Plucked-string instrument with a rounded body and fingerboard, used in some traditional musics and in country Western music.

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Woodwinds (Instruments)

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Instrumental family made of wood or metal whose tone is produced by a column of air vibrating within a pipe that has holes along its length.

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Flute

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Soprano-range woodwind instrument, usually made of metal and held horizontally.

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Piccolo

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Smallest woodwind instrument, similar to the flute but sounding an octave higher.

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Oboe

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Soprano-range, double reed woodwind instrument.

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English Horn

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Double reed woodwind instrument, larger and lower in range than the oboe.

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Clarinet

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Single reed woodwind instrument with a wide range of sizes.

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Bass Clarinet

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Woodwind instrument, with the lowest range, of the clarinet family.

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Bassoon

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Double reed woodwind instrument with a low range.

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Contrabassoon

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Double reed woodwind instrument with the lowest range in the woodwind family. Also double bassoon.

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Saxophone

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Family of single reed woodwind instruments commonly used in wind and jazz bands.

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Trumpet

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Highest pitched brass instruments that changes pitch by means of valves.

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French Horn

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Medium range valve brass instrument that can be played “stopped” with the hand as well as open.

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Trombone
Tenor range brass instrument that changes pitch by means of valves.
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Brass (Instrument)
Wind instrument with a cup shaped mouthpiece, a tube that flares into a bell, and slides or valves to vary the pitch. Most often made of brass or silver.
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Tuba
Brass ranged brass instrument that changes pitch by means of valves.
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Cornet
Valved brass instrument similar to the trumpet but more mellow in sound.
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Bugle
Brass instrument that evolved from the earlier military, or field, trumpet.
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Fluegelhorn
Valved brass instrument resembling a bugle with a wide bell, used in jazz and commercial music.
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Euphonium
Tenor range brass instrument resembling the tuba.
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Sousaphone
Brass instrument adapted from the tuba with a forward bell that is coiled to rest over the player's shoulder for ease of carrying while marching.
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Percussion (Instruments)
Instrument made of metal, wood, stretched skin, or other material that is made to sound by striking, shaking, scarping, or plucking.
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Timpani/Kettledrums
Percussion instrument consisting of a hemispheric copper shell with a head of plastic or calfskin, held in place by a metal ring and played with soft or hard padded sticks. A pedal mechanism changes the tension of the head, and with it the pitch. Also Kettledrums
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Xylophone
Percussion instrument with tuned blocks of wood suspended on a frame, laid out in the shape of a keyboard and struck with hard mallets.
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Marimba
Percussion instrument, a mellower version of the xylophone; of African origin.
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Vibraphone
A percussion instrument with metal bars and electrically driven rotating propellers under each bar that produces a vibrato sound, much used in jazz.
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Glockenspiel
Percussion instrument with horizontal, tuned steel bars of various sizes that are struck with mallets and produce a bright metallic sound. German for "Set of Bells"
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Celesta
Percussion instrument resembling a miniature upright piano, with tuned metal plates struck by hammers that are operated by a keyboard.
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Chimes/Tubular Bells
Percussion instrument of definite pitch consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes of various lengths suspended from a frame and struck with a hammer.
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Snare Drum/Side Drum
Small cylindrical drum with two heads. | Percussion instrument that do not produce a definite pitch
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Bass Drum
Percussion instrument played with a large, soft-headed stick; the largest orchestral drum.
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Tom-Tom
Cylindrical drum without snares.
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Tambourine
Percussion instrument consisting of a small round drum with metal plates inserted in its rim; played by striking or shaking.
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Castanets
Percussion instrument consisting of small wooden clappers that are struck together; widely used to accompany Spanish dancing.
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Triangle
Percussion instrument consisting of a slender rod of steel bent in the shape of a triangle, struck with a steel beater. Gives off a bright, tinkling sound
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Cymbals
Percussion instrument consisting of two large circular brass plates of equal size that are stuck sideways against each other.
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Gong
Percussion instrument consisting of a broad, circular metal disk suspended on a frame and struck with a heavy mallet; produces a definite pitch. See also Tam-Tam
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Tam-Tam
A flat gong of indefinite pitch. See also gong
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Gamelan
Musical ensemble of Java or Bali, made up of gongs, chimes, metallophones, and drums, among other instruments.
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Piano
Keyboard instrument whose strings are struck with hammers, controlled by a keyboard mechanism; pedals control dampers in the strings that stop the sound when the finger releases the key.
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Organ
Wind instrument in which air is fed to the pipes by mechanical means; the pipes are controlled by two or more keyboards and a set of pedals.
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Harpsichord
Early Baroque keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills instead of being struck with hammers like the piano.

Music Appreciation (19 decks)

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