DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16
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DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16
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| Belongs to Class | AllowedValueSet | A Set of allowed values. | |
| AVS Members | Accordion | Family of box-shaped bellows-driven free-reed aerophones. Played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel called reeds. These vibrate to produce sound inside the body. Valves on opposing reeds of each note are used to make the instrument's reeds sound louder without air leaking from each reed block. The performer normally plays the melody on buttons or keys on the right-hand manual, and the accompaniment, consisting of bass and pre-set chord buttons, on the left-hand manual. |
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ReedInstrument Child: Bandoneon Child: ChromaticButtonAccordion Child: Concertina Child: Cordovox Child: Melodeon Child: Musette Child: PianoAccordion Child: ToyAccordion |
| Bandoneon | Type of concertina (a free-reed instrument made of expanding and contracting bellows with buttons or keys on both ends) that is especially popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It has been a mainstay of tango ensembles since the 1910s. It was developed by the German instrument dealer Heinrich Band in the early 18th century, was introduced to Argentina and Uruguay by German and Italian immigrants in the late 19th century, and has historically been produced primarily in Germany. |
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Accordion |
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| ChromaticButtonAccordion | Accordion with buttons, rather than keys, arranged chromatically, rather than diatonically. |
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Accordion |
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| Concertina | Free-reed musical instrument made up of expanding and contracting bellows with buttons or keys on both ends. It was developed in England and Germany in the early 19th century. |
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Accordion |
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| Cordovox | Line of electronic accordions produced in the mid-20th century. |
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Accordion |
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| Melodeon | Button accordion on which the melody-side keyboard contains one or more rows of buttons with each row producing the notes of a diatonic scale. The bass side of the keyboard has fewer buttons, arranged in pairs, with one button of each pair playing the root of a chord and the other the corresponding major or minor triad. |
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Accordion |
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| Musette | Chromatic, bellows-blown bagpipe that was popular in French court and art music in the Baroque era. |
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Accordion |
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| PianoAccordion | Accordion with a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano or organ keyboard. |
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Accordion |
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| ToyAccordion | Small accordion designed for children, typically with a single octave of diatonic buttons. |
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Accordion |
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| AcousticBassGuitar | Deep four-stringed guitar that usually plays the bassline one note at a time. | ||
| BabyBass | Small electric upright bass with a muffled, warm sound. | ||
| Bass | The largest and lowest member of either the guitar or viol family that typically has 4-6 strings. |
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StringInstrument Child: BassViol Child: PiccoloBass Child: UprightBass Child: WashtubBass |
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| ElectricBassGuitar | Guitar with four strings, each tuned an octave lower than the first four strings of a regular guitar. | ||
| FretlessBassGuitar | Bass guitar with no frets to divide pitches into semitones. The lack of frets gives the instrument a distinctive playing style, and the strings buzzing directly against the wood of the fingerboard rather than frets gives it a distinctive sound. | ||
| PiccoloBass | Smaller bass guitar that is usually tuned one octave higher than a standard bass guitar. |
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Bass |
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| UprightBass | A double bass, typically plucked. Played in jazz and other early 20th century popular music styles. Large and wooden, the Upright Bass has a deep and rich tone. |
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Bass |
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| WashtubBass | A single string attached to an upside down bucket and a vertical stick. |
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Bass |
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| DrumMachine | Electronic instrument which sequences patterns for synthesized or sampled drum sounds. | ||
| Breakbeat | Extended drum break samples lifted from classic rock/funk/R&B/etc. records. Repetitive and often chopped together. |
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DrumKit |
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| DrumKit | Various drums set up together and played by a single performer. Typical instruments included are the kick drum, snare drum, toms, hi-hat, and cymbals. |
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PercussionInstrument Child: Breakbeat Child: DrumSample |
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| DrumSample | Recorded samples of drums or an instrument that plays such samples. |
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DrumKit |
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| 12-StringElectricGuitar | Electric guitar with 12 strings in 6 choruses so that the normal guitar strings are doubled, giving the instrument a richer sound. |
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Guitar |
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| 12-StringGuitar | Guitar with 12 strings on 6 choruses so that the normal guitar strings are doubled, giving the guitar a rich sound. |
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Guitar |
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| AcousticGuitar | A guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification. |
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Guitar |
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| BahianGuitar | Brazilian four or five stringed guitar with a shorter neck than a standard guitar. |
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Guitar |
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| BajoSexto | Mexican 12-string guitar. |
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Guitar |
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| BaritoneGuitar | Guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. |
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Guitar |
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| BaroqueGuitar | Small-body guitar with five gut strings and moveable gut frets. |
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Guitar |
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| ChapmanStick | 10 or 12-stringed fretted instrument in the guitar family that produces sound by the performer tapping on the strings, allowing the player to play multiple lines simultaneously. Invented by Emmett Chapman in the early 1970s. |
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Guitar |
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| NylonStringGuitar | Guitar with nylon or gut strings used to play classical music. |
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Guitar |
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| DobroGuitar | Guitar with a metal resonant chamber built into the body, which gives the instrument a more resonant sound than a standard guitar. Usually tuned to an open chord and played with a slide. |
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Guitar |
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| ElectricGuitar | A guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which are then sent through an amplifier. |
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Guitar |
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| ElectricSitar | A kind of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the sitar. |
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Guitar |
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| FryingPanGuitar | Early kind of lap steel guitar. The body is small, made of metal, and resembles a frying pan. Played with a slide. |
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Guitar |
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| Guitar | Six-stringed, fretted instrument. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. |
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StringInstrument Child: AcousticGuitar Child: BahianGuitar Child: BajoSexto Child: BaritoneGuitar Child: BaroqueGuitar Child: ChapmanStick Child: DobroGuitar Child: ElectricGuitar Child: ElectricSitar Child: FryingPanGuitar Child: Guitarron Child: LapSteelGuitar Child: NylonStringGuitar Child: Pedabro Child: PedalSteelGuitar Child: PortugueseGuitar Child: RenaissanceGuitar Child: RomanticGuitar Child: TenorGuitar Child: Tiple Child: TouchGuitar Child: Tres Child: TwelveStringElectricGuitar Child: TwelveStringGuitar Child: ViolaCaipira |
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| Guitarron | Large, deep-bodied Mexican guitar with six strings. Used in mariachi music. The standard tuning is A1, D2, G2, C3, E3, A3. |
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Guitar |
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| LapSteelGuitar | Steel guitar held horizontally in the performer's lap and plucked with picks attached to the fingers. Usually played with a slide. Common in Hawaiian, Country, Bluegrass, and Western Swing styles. |
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Guitar |
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| Pedabro | Pedal steel guitar with a dobro resonator cone. |
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Guitar |
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| PedalSteelGuitar | Horizontal guitar on a stand that is played with a slide on one hand and picked with finger picks on the other. The pedals change certain string tunings to achieve different open tunings. There are typically two sets of strings on the instrument - one set of strings is tuned to an open E Major chord and the other is tuned to a C6 chord. |
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Guitar |
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| PortugueseGuitar | Distinctively bright-sounding lute instrument with 12 strings in 6 courses. Most commonly associated with Fado music. |
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Guitar |
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| RenaissanceGuitar | Earliest modern guitar. It had 8 strings in 4 courses. |
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Guitar |
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| RomanticGuitar | Early version of a six single course guitar used during the Romantic period. Predecessor of the modern classical guitar. |
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Guitar |
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| TenorGuitar | Small four-string guitar that was developed so tenor banjo players could double on guitar. |
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Guitar |
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| Tiple | Soprano guitar with 12 strings in 4 triple courses. Mainly associated with Colombia. |
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Guitar |
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| TouchGuitar | Guitar that is either designed or modified to be played in a fretboard finger tapping style. |
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Guitar |
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| Tres | Cuban guitar with three double courses. |
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Guitar |
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| ViolaCaipira | String instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques. It is slightly larger than a violin, and has a lower pitch and deeper sound. A standard orchestral instrument. |
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Guitar |
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| AcousticKeyboard | Keyboard instrument which produces sound by plucking or striking strings. |
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Keyboard |
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| Celesta | Soft and twinkly-sounding small 3-5 octave keyboard in which hammers strike steel bars placed over wooden resonators. |
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Keyboard |
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| Chamberlin | Developed by Wisconsin inventor Harry Chamberlin and produced from 1956 up to the early 80s. An innovative keyboard instrument with key-triggered tape heads that activate and play back seconds-long clips of instrument recordings. Harry Chamberlin recorded most of the sounds himself in his home studio. Only officially distributed in the US and Canada. The famous Mellotron was developed as a somewhat illicit copy of Chamberlin instruments brought to the UK by a Chamberlin salesman. The Chamberlin can be heard on David Bowie's Low, as well as on many other major recordings from the 60s and 70s. |
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Keyboard |
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| Clavichord | European stringed keyboard instrument used from medieval times through the Classical period. The strings are struck with small metal blades called tangents. The instrument is rather quiet, and because of this, was historically used as a practice instrument and compositional aid. | ||
| Clavinet | Electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by Hohner from the 1960s to the early 1980s. Pressing the keys causes small rubber pads to perform a 'hammer on' on the steel strings, the vibrations of which are transmitted by electro-magnetic pick-ups to an amplifier. The Clavinet can be heard in many major funk and R&B recordings, such as Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition' and War's 'Low Rider'. | ||
| Dulcitone | Keyboard instrument designed in the 1860s. It produces sound with felt hammers which strike pitched tuning forks. |
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Keyboard |
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| ElectricPiano | Keyboard instrument in which struck strings, reeds, or tines are electronically amplified. |
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Keyboard |
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| Harpsichord | Keyboard instrument used in Europe from the 1500s to the 1800s. The keys control plectrums which pluck the strings. It is particularly associated with Baroque music. Compared to later keyboard instruments such as the fortepiano, which strike rather than pluck strings, it lacks dynamic range. | ||
| Keyboard | Any instrument primarily distinguished by its use of the Western musical keyboard. |
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AcousticKeyboard Child: Celesta Child: Chamberlin Child: Dulcitone Child: ElectricPiano Child: Mellotron Child: Optigan Child: Organ Child: Pianet Child: Piano Child: Rhodes Child: SampledKeyboard Child: ToyPiano Child: VakoOrchestron |
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| Mellotron | Keyboard instrument that reads tape loops of recorded instruments to generate sound. It also has preset loops of full bands. The Mellotron was developed in 1963 as a somewhat illicit copy of tape-based Chamberlin instruments stolen and brought to the UK by a Chamberlin salesman. Prominently featured on 'Strawberry Fields Forever' by The Beatles and 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie, in addition to many other rock recordings of the 60s and 70s. |
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Keyboard |
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| Optigan | Consumer-focused keyboard instrument produced in the 1970s by Optigan Corporation, a subsidiary of Mattel. Plastic discs could be loaded in, from which preset accompaniments and sounds could be played. Despite its intention for the consumer market, sounds recorded for and on the Optigan have found their way into many professional recordings, including recordings by Fiona Apple and Blur, and the soundtrack to the third season of David Lynch's Twin Peaks. |
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Keyboard |
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| Pianet | Electric piano produced by Hohner from the 60s through the 80s. There are two primary designs, those prior to 1977, and those from 1977 to the end of production. The earlier models feature stainless steel reeds for producing sound, variable capacitance pick-ups, and leather activation pads. The later models feature rolled spring-steel reeds, electro-magnetic pick-ups, and molded silicone rubber activation pads. It can be heard on recordings such as 'Let It Be' by The Beatles and 'Joy to the World' by Three Dog Night. |
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Keyboard |
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| Rhodes | Keyboard instrument with hammer-struck metal tines which are amplified via an electromagnetic pickup plugged into an external amplifier and speaker. The first proper Fender Rhodes was released in the mid-1960s, as an improvement on an earlier design that Harold Rhodes created to provide an affordable keyboard for the military to use in therapy for recovering soldiers. The Fender Rhodes has a warm, distinctive sound that has played a major role in jazz since the late 1960s, and which has been prominently used by other popular artists and bands such as Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, and Steely Dan. |
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Keyboard |
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| SampledKeyboard | Any keyboard instrument which produces sound by playing back recorded samples when keys are pressed. |
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Keyboard |
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| Spinet | Smaller harpsichord with strings set at an angle of about 30 degrees to the keyboard, going to the right. Like all harpsichords, the keys control plectrums which pluck the strings to produce sound. | ||
| VakoOrchestron | Developed as a professional version of the Optigan (a consumer-focused organ which reads optical discs containing instrument and band recordings to produce sound). The Orchestron's violin sounds can be prominently heard on Foreigner's 'Cold as Ice'. Compared to the more popular and common Chamberlin and Mellotron, the Orchestron is known primarily for its low fidelity and murky atmospheres. |
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Keyboard |
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| Virginals | Smaller, simpler harpsichord, with strings set parallel to the keyboard. Like all harpsichords, the keys control plectrums which pluck the strings to produce sound. | ||
| ElectricOrgan | Electronic keyboard instrument derived from and originally intended to emulate the harmonium, pipe organ, and theater organ. |
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Organ |
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| HammondOrgan | Electric organ with two hand-played keyboards and a foot-controlled bass keyboard. Hammonds have drawbars which can be pushed and pulled in and out to additively synthesize a variety of timbres. Released in 1935, the Hammond was the first popular electric organ. It was originally marketed as a budget substitute for pipe organs, but soon took on a life of its own, particularly as a common and fundamental instrument in gospel, blues, jazz, and rock music. Commonly played with a rotating Leslie speaker cabinet, which, depending on the speed of rotation, can create either a chorus or vibrato effect. |
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Organ |
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| LowreyOrgan | Electric organ invented by Frederick Lowrey. It was the most popular organ in the world during the 1960s and 1970s. It is primarily differentiated from its precursor, the Hammond organ, by its 'automatic accompaniment' features, such as the preset drum patterns which can be heard on Timmy Thomas's 'Why Can't We Live Together', and subsequently on Drake's 'Hotline Bling', which samples that song. Like the Hammond, the Lowrey is an electric organ with two hand-played keyboards and a foot-controlled bass keyboard. Lowreys have drawbars which can be pushed and pulled in and out to additively synthesize a variety of timbres. |
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Organ |
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| Organ | Keyboard instrument which produces sound by blowing air through pipes or across reeds. |
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Keyboard Child: ElectricOrgan Child: HammondOrgan Child: LowreyOrgan Child: PipeOrgan Child: PositiveOrgan Child: PumpOrgan |
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| PipeOrgan | Keyboard instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through organ pipes. Each pipe has a fixed pitch. A Pipe Organ often contains multiple ranks of pipes with different timbres, pitches, and volumes that can be used in different combinations by use of stops. |
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Organ |
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| PositiveOrgan | Small pipe organ that is built to be easily portable. Common between the 10th and 18th centuries in chapels and small churches, as a chamber organ, and to play the basso continuo in ensembles. |
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Organ |
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| PumpOrgan | A type of free-reed organ that creates sound as air flows past a framed, vibrating piece of thin metal. It was intended to be a smaller, portable version of a pipe organ, and was widely used in small churches and private homes in the 19th century. |
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Organ |
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| BarrelOrgan | Mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated. The basic principle is the same as a traditional pipe organ, but rather than being played by an organist, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning a crank, or by clockwork driven by weights or springs. Pieces of music are encoded onto wooden barrels (or cylinders), which are analogous to the keyboard of the traditional pipe organ. A person (or in some cases, a trained animal) which plays a barrel organ is known as an organ grinder. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| BicyclePump | A bicycle pump - a performer puts their finger over the valve to produce squeaky sounds from pumping. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| ChurchBells | [missing definition] |
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OtherInstrument |
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| Comb | A comb with a piece of tissue paper placed around it. Air is passed through it and the paper vibrates like a kazoo. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| Dictophone | Very old personal audio recorder produced by Alexander Graham Bell, sometimes used to record music for its distinctive grainy quality. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| HohnerGuitaret | Small electronic kalimba held like a guitar. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| JewsHarp | Small metal instrument placed in the performer's mouth. A piece of metal is plucked with the finger and the pitch and harmonic content of the sound is shaped with the mouth. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| Kazoo | An instrument that is sung into. A small piece of paper in the instrument adds a buzzing quality to the sung pitch. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| MusicBox | Crank-operated instrument with a rotating metal cylinder. The metal cylinder has small bumps that pluck metal tines as the cylinder rotates. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| Omnichord | Electronic instrument with buttons to select pitch and chord quality. When the buttons are pressed, the selected chord is produced. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| OtherInstrument | An Instrument other than the ones listed. |
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BarrelOrgan Child: BicyclePump Child: ChurchBells Child: Comb Child: Dictophone Child: HohnerGuitaret Child: JewsHarp Child: Kazoo Child: MusicBox Child: Omnichord Child: SpectrasonicsOmnisphere Child: Turntable |
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| SpectrasonicsOmnisphere | Popular software synthesizer and sampler produced by Los Angeles-based Spectrasonics. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| ToyPiano | Small piano meant to be played by children, with sound produced by small pitched metal rods instead of strings. |
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Keyboard |
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| Turntable | The moving back and forth of a vinyl record on a turntable for a high-pitched scrubbing or scratching sound. Common performance style among early hip-hop DJs. |
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OtherInstrument |
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| AfricanPercussion | Includes many instruments, such as shakers, rope-tensioned skin-headed drums, and mallet instruments. Well known African percussion instruments include Djembe, Shekere, Talking Drum, Udu, Caxixi, etc. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| AgogoBells | Two or more forged metal bells. Agogo in Yoruba means single or multiple bells. Agogo bells are believed to be the oldest samba instrument. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Angklung | An Indonesian instrument made of carved pitched bamboo tubes. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Anvil | An anvil struck with a hammer or metal mallet. Brake drums or various metal objects are often used in place of an actual anvil. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Atumpan | An African talking drum used by the Ghanaian Akan people. Typically played in pairs, the Atumpan (pl.) provide the bass part in Adowa dance ensembles. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Balafon | An African xylophone instrument that has been around since at least the 12th century. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BassDrum(Concert) | A large, low-pitched, skin-headed drum, mounted on a frame and struck with a large (usually wool or felt) mallet. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BassDrum(Kick) | A large, low-pitched drum that is usually a part of a drum set. It rests on its side on the floor and is struck by a beater attached to a foot pedal. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bata | A two-headed, hour glass-shaped drum, with one head larger than the other. Used by natives of Yoruba. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BellTree | Various pitched bells, arranged one inside of another and mounted on a stand. A metal mallet is run across the bells to make a sweeping mystical sound. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bendir | A single-head, wooden frame drum from Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Berimbau | A single string attached to a stick. The string is struck with another stick and resonates through a resonator on the back of the tension stick. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BinghiDrum | A drum made and used for Jamaican Nyabinghi music. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bodhran | An Irish Frame Drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BodyPercussion | Percussive sounds created by striking or slapping the body. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bombo | The Bombo Criollo is a Latin American bass drum with skin heads that have fur still on them. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BomboLeguero | An Argentinian drum with a shell made from a hollowed tree trunk and a head made from animal skin. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bones | Two bones that click clack together. Used throughout many cultures. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bongos | An Afro-Cuban percussion instrument - a pair of small open bottom drums (one high, one low). |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Bottles | Bottles pitched by filling with different amounts of water. Sound is produced by striking the bottle or blowing across the opening of the bottle. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| BrazilianPercussion | Instruments include various sizes of drums, bells and shakers. Popular instruments include Pandeiro, Surdo, Repinique, Tamborim, Agogo bells, etc. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| Cabasa | A cylindrical piece of wood with washboard-like metal material wrapped around it, and strings of loose, moveable, metal beads wrapped around the corrugated metal material. Sound is produced when the beads are moved across the corrugated metal. The modern, metal cabasa was developed in the 1960s by Martin Cohen as a variation on traditional African instruments. Commonly used in Latin Music. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Caixa | A Brazilian, snare-like instrument. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Caja | Meaning box in Spanish, Caja is a small drum held between the legs and played with the hands. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cajon | A wooden box instrument originating from Peru with a thin side which is hit and slapped by the performer. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Calabash | A Cameroonian instrument made out half of a dried Calabash fruit. The shell like dried fruit is struck with the hand and dragged across sticks to cause the shell to vibrate. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Carillon | A massive instrument consisting of a set of at least 23 bronze, cup-shaped bells hung in the bell tower of a church or municipal entity. Commonly found on American college campuses. The bells are played by keyboards resembling the form of a typical keyboard, but in which the keys are large lever-like sticks called batons. The batons can be pressed down by hands (and feet, as carillons often have pedal keyboards in addition to hand keyboards) to mechanically activate levers and wires connected to metal clappers that strike the inside of the bells. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Castanet | Small shell like pieces of would strung together in pairs clicked and clacked together with the hands. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Caxixi | Various sized shakers with wood shells attached to the bottom of small woven baskets. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Chimes | Sometimes referred to as tubular bells, Chimes are pitched metal tubes struck with hammers. They also usually have dampening mechanisms. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Chocalho | A Portuguese shaker with metal jingles. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Clapstick | Two sticks clicked together. They produce a sound similar to claves. Used by the Aborigines. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Claves | A pair of hardwood sticks used to make a hollow sounds when struck together. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Claypot | A Clay Pot struck with a mallet. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Congas | Tall, narrow, single-headed drums from Cuba. Used in Afro-Cuban Music. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cowbell | A metal bell struck with a stick. Used commonly in Latin music. Favored by Christopher Walken. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Crotales | Small, chromatically tuned brass discs which produce sound when struck with a mallet. The sound is shimmery and rich in overtones. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cuica | A Brazilian single-head drum. A stick attached to the head on the inside of the drum is rubbed to make a squeaking sound, and the other hand presses on the drum head to change the pitch. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cymbal(Crash) | A lathed and hammered disc of metal that is struck with a stick on the edge of the cymbal. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cymbal(Ride) | A lathed and hammered disc of metal that is struck with a stick on the face of the cymbal. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cymbal(Suspended) | A lathed and hammered disc of metal that is rolled on with mallets to make a whoosh effect. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Cymbals | Two lathed and hammered discs of metal that are struck against one another. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Daf | A large Middle Eastern frame drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Damaru | A small, double-headed, hourglass-shaped drum used in Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist rituals. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Davul | A large, two-headed, Turkish drum, played with mallets and sticks. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Dayereh | A medium-sized Middle Eastern frame drum with jingles. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Defi | A large Greek tambourine popularly used in music of the Epirus region. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Dhol | Dhol can refer to many different two headed drums in India and Pakistan. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Dholak | A two-headed Indian folk drum with a large head and a small head. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Djembe | A rope-tuned, single-head, hourglass-shaped drum originating in West Africa. It is a loud, versatile, solo drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Dohol | A large yet shallow two headed drum originating in the middle east. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Doumbek | A single-headed, hourglass-shaped drum, with a high ringing pitch. It has ties to drums of many cultures across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| DrumSticks | Drum sticks. They can hit stuff or be clicked together. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Duggi | Small, kettle-shaped Indian drums used in the folk music traditions of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, as well as in Bangladeshi Bual music. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Dunun | The name for a family of West African drums. The drums have rawhide skin heads on both sides and are rope-tensioned. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| ElephantBell | An Asian bell with a half dome of solid metal and a bottom portion of metal tines. There is a dangling metal piece inside the bell which strikes the sides of the bell. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| FingerClicks | The Percussion-Unpitched Instrument Finger Clicks. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| FingerCymbals | Teeny tiny cymbals that are sometimes attached to the fingers. They are attached to one another by a string and are struck together. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| FingerSnaps | Snap yo fingers! Do ya step! You can do it all by yoself! |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Flexatone | A thin sheet of metal attached to a handle. There are two beaters that are attached to the sheet of metal that strike the metal when the instrument is shaken. The performer bends the metal sheet to change the pitch. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| FolkloricPercussion | Differs based on culture. Some examples include taiko drums in Japanese culture and frame drums in Celtic and Scandinavian cultures. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| FootStomp | The Percussion-Unpitched Instrument Foot Stomp. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Frog | A wooden frog with ridges on its back. A stick is dragged across the ridges to produce a croaking noise. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Gambang | A wooden xylophone instrument used in Indonesia and the southern Philippines. Typically played in gamelan music and kulintang music. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Gamelan | A traditional Indonesian kind of music. There are many Gamelan instruments including Bonang, Gendèr, Gongs, Kendang, Kenong, Peking, Saron, and Slenthem. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Ganga | Also known as tbel, a Ganga is a large double-headed drum, played with one curved stick and one straight stick. It originated from Morocco. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| GlassHarmonica | A rotating cylinder with attached, pitched, glass bowls. A performer touches the bowls and the bowls vibrate in response. Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| GlassHarp | A table of pitched wine glasses played by fingers rubbed on the rim. An ancestor of the glass harmonica. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Glockenspiel | A small, high-pitched, metallic mallet instrument, often used in orchestras. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Gong | A circular tuned metal plate originating in Southeast Asia. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Guacharaca | A thin hollow instrument made from the cane-like trunk of a palm tree. Ridges are carved into the cane and it is played by dragging a metal brush across the ridges. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Guache | A large metal shaker instrument from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Guira | A tin tube with holes punched through it. The tub is scraped with a stiff metal brush. The guira is a Dominican instrument. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Guiro | A hollow gourd with ridges on one side that are scraped with a small stick. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| HandBells | Hand-held bells rung by one or multiple performers. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| HandChimes | Hand-held, tuning fork-type chimes rung in a similar way to hand bells. Originally intended to be a training tool for prospective handbell ringers, they are now often rung in conjunction with handbells. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| HandClaps | The Percussion-Unpitched Instrument Hand Claps. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| HiHatCymbal | Two cymbals pressed together facing opposite ways with their edges touching. They can open and close, and are controlled by a foot pedal. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| JamBlock | Various plastic woodblock like instruments. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Jawbone | A horse, donkey, or cattle jawbone that has jingles or rattles that make noise when the instrument is struck. Can sometimes be interchanged with a vibraslap. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Jawharp | A small, metal instrument, which is placed in the mouth. A piece of metal is plucked with the finger and the pitch and harmonic content of the sound is shaped with the mouth. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Jug | A jug which produces a tone when blown into. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Kanjira | A South Indian frame drum with a single or multiple tambourine jingles on the side. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Katsa | A rattle played by shaking it with one hand and hitting it with the other in the Malagasy music of Madagascar. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Kendang | A two-headed drum used in multiple cultures throughout southeast Asia. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Khamak | A single-headed drum with a string attached to the head which is plucked. Originating in India. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Khartal | An Indian shaker instrument with tambourine jingles. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Khol | A North Indian double-headed terracotta pot drum played with the palms and fingers. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| KhongWongLek | A circle of 18 high-pitched, tuned bossed gongs used in classical Thai Music. Smaller and higher in pitch than the khong whong yai. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| KhongWongYai | A circle of pitched, tuned, bossed gongs that are used in Thai Classical Music. Larger and lower-pitched than the khong whong lek. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Knuckles | The Percussion-Unpitched Instrument Knuckles. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| LatinPercussion | Percussion instruments primarily used in Latin music, such as timbales, cowbells, bongos, congas, cabasas, claves, güiros, maracas, etc. Many of these instruments are based on African predecessor instruments. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| Lithophone | Tuned rocks that are struck like a xylophone to produce sounds. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Lokole | A slit drum / log drum. A log with a slit carved in it and played with sticks. Originating in the Congo region. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Madal | The main hand drum used for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese Music. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Maracas | Wooden rattles used in Latin music. Usually played in pairs. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Marimba | A large mallet instrument with bars made of rosewood or other woods. Derived from ancient African xylophone instruments. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Marimbaphone | A tuned percussion instrument with shallow, steel bars, made by the J.C. Deagan Company in the early 20th century. It has a similar timbre to the celesta. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Marimbula | A kalimba-like, Afro-Caribbean instrument with pluckable metal tines. The performer sits on the instrument, similar to with a cajon. It is generally used to play basslines. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Mazhar | A large, heavy tambourine instrument, used in Arabic music. The larger cousin of the riq. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Kalimba | African musical instrument consisting of small, pitched, metal tines attached to a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator). |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| MetalCans | Metal cans… pretty much how it sounds. You hit them with sticks and stuff. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| MouthPercussion | Slapping the cheeks and mouth while manipulating the tongue and cheeks to change the resonant pitch of the mouth. See Bobby McFerrin. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Mridangam | An ancient Indian instrument with two rope-tensioned heads. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Muharsing | An Indian Jaw Harp. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Naal | An Indian two-headed, lug-tensioned drum used in folk and wedding music. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Nagara | Various African rope-tensioned, single-headed drums with an upside down teardrop shape. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| OboromDrum | A Nigerian slit drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Octoban | Long, single-head tube drums. Basically small but deep tom-toms. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| OrchestralPercussion | Percussion instruments used in an orchestra. Typical instruments include timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, auxiliary percussion instruments, and various mallet instruments, such as the marimba and glockenspiel. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| PaddleDrums | A tennis racket with a drum head instead of strings. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Pandeiro | A Brazilian tambourine like frame drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| PercussionInstrument | Instruments that are struck either with sticks, mallets, or hands to produce sound. |
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| PitchedPercussionInstrument | Percussion instruments which produce pitches and can be played melodically. |
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PercussionInstrument Child: AgogoBells Child: Angklung Child: Balafon Child: Berimbau Child: BinghiDrum Child: Bongos Child: Carillon Child: Chimes Child: Congas Child: Crotales Child: Duggi Child: Gambang Child: Gamelan Child: GlassHarmonica Child: GlassHarp Child: Glockenspiel Child: HandBells Child: HandChimes Child: Jawharp Child: Jug Child: Kalimba Child: Kendang Child: KhongWongLek Child: KhongWongYai Child: Lithophone Child: Madal Child: Marimba Child: Marimbaphone Child: Marimbula Child: Octoban Child: PaddleDrums Child: PongLang Child: Ranat Child: Rototoms Child: Saw Child: SingingBowls Child: SteelDrums Child: Tabla Child: TalkingDrum Child: TempleBell Child: TempleBlocks Child: TibetanBells Child: Timbales Child: Timpani Child: TongueDrum Child: Vibraphone Child: Waterphone Child: Xylophone Child: Xylorimba |
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| PongLang | A marimba-like mallet instrument from Thailand with bars suspended by strings and sticks. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| PotsAndPans | Pots and Pans hit with sticks or mallets. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Qarkabeb | Moroccan hand cymbals that are tied to the fingers and clanged together. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Rainstick | A hollow wooden stick with beads inside that trickle down and sound like rain when the stick is turned upside down. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Ranat | A Thai xylophone like mallet instrument. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Ratchet | A crank-operated gear plucks wooden tines that slap against the next ridge in the gear to make a clicking sound. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Rattle | A hollow sphere on a stick with beads inside. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| RecoReco | A scraper instrument of African origin. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Repinique | A medium-sized, two-headed drum used in Brazilian Samba Baterias. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| RhythmStick | Drum sticks used together. One of the sticks has ridges. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Riq | A small, tambourine-like frame drum used in Arabic music. The smaller cousin of the Mazhar. Unlike many other frame drums, it is often played alone, rather than simultaneously as the player sings. It is typically played dramatically and freely, alternating between being violently shaken above the head and lowered down to the knee. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Rnga | A Tibetan two-headed drum with a wooden shell. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Rolmo | Hand cymbals used by Tibetan monks in Buddhist rites. It has a broad central boss and is struck vertically. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Rototoms | Drum heads on frames that rotate. Rotating the drum heads increases and decreases tension, making them easily tunable. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Sabar | A single-headed, long-bodied drum, played with one hand and one stick. It is a traditional drum of the Serer people of Senegal and Gambia. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SandBlocks | Woodblocks wrapped in sand paper and rubbed together. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Saw | Musical Saw is held between the legs and bowed with a violin bow. The saw is bent and manipulated to change the pitch produced. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Scratcher | A general term for a guiro-like instrument (any in which sound is produced by scraping its ridges), as well as a specific term for a scratcher used in the musical traditions of Trinidad & Tobago. In the Trini one, a cylinder made from a sheet of aluminum punched with nail holes is scraped with a teethed comb (often an afro pick). |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Shaker | A hollowed instrument with grains or beads inside. When it is shaken, the grains or beads rattle around inside and create noise. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Shekere | A gourd with a woven net of beads around it. The instrument is shaken to rattle the beads against the dried gourd. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SingingBowls | Tibetan Singing Bowls are pitched bowls that are struck or rubbed around the edge with a stick or mallet to produce a sustained note. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Sistrum | A sacred, ancient Egyptian instrument consisting of a metal frame with transverse metal rods that rattle when the instrument is shaken. Similar in sound, though definitely not in appearance, to the tambourine. Still used today as a liturgical instrument in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Slapstick | Two pieces of wood hinged together so they can be pushed together to make a slapping sound. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SleighBells | Santa's Reindeer sounding things. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SnareDrum | A shallow drum with wires stretched across one of the drum heads giving it a 'crack' sound when played. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SnareDrum(Marching) | A snare drum that is deeper than a normal snare drum and is carried by a sling or harness and marched with. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Spoons | Two spoons held in one hand and clicked together in various ways. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SpringDrum | A small drum with a long, thin spring attached to one head. The spring sounds like thunder when shaken. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| SteelDrums | Steel Drums originate from Trinidad and Tobago. A concave piece of steel with many dimples that produce different pitches when struck. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Sticks | The Percussion-Unpitched Instrument Sticks. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Surdo | A large bass drum used in Brazilian Baterias. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Taal | Indian finger cymbals. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Taarija | A Moroccan drum similar to a Darabuka. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tabla | A pair of Indian drums with skin heads on ceramic bowls. One drum is high-pitched, with a ringing sound quality, and the other is low-pitched. The pitch of each drum varies with the amount of pressure placed on the head. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tabor | A portable, traditional English snare drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Taiko | A broad range of Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese, Taiko means drum, but outside of Japan, Taiko generally refers to the Wadaiko forming a Taiko ensemble. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TalkingDrum | A West African drum with an hour glass shape. The two heads of the drum are connected by ropes. Head tension is changed when the ropes are squeezed under the performer's arm. The performer's other arm is used to play the drum with a curved stick. The pitch of the drum is controlled in patterns to mimic talking. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tambora | A two-headed drum. Perhaps the most prominent is a type used in Dominican merengue music, traditionally made from old rum barrels. There are many other national variants of the Tambora, from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia to Mexico and Venezuela. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tamborim | A small Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin. The instrument is played with a stick and has a very sharp sound. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tambourine | A small frame drum with many pairs of jingles. Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me… |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TaongaPuoro | Traditional Māori percussion instruments from New Zealand. Many of the instruments are meant to imitate nature's sounds. Pahū Pounamu is the main percussion instrument used in Taonga Puoro. It is a gong instrument made of wood, greenstone, and whale jawbone. |
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PercussionInstrument |
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| Tar(Percussion) | An ancient, single-head frame drum, struck with one hand. Commonly played in the Middle East and North Africa. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tarol | A Brazilian snare drum. Shallower than the caixa. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TempleBell | A Hindu bell instrument placed in a Temple. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TempleBlocks | A set of five pitched blocks made out of wood or composited plastics that are struck with mallets or sticks. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TenorDrum | A snare drum without the snares. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Thavil | An Indian barrel-shaped drum used in temple, folk, and Carnatic music. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| ThunderSheet | A large sheet of metal that is shaken to sound like thunder. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TibetanBells | Small, cymbal-like bells. Common Tibetan bells used are Tingsha and Shang. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Timbales | Shallow, single-headed drums with metal shells used in Latin music. The player, or timbalero, can play very expressively using a variety of stick strokes, rim shots, and rolls. It is often as a featured or solo instrument, as typified by the virtuosic timbalero Tito Puente. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Timbau | A Brazilian hand drum derived from the caxambu drum. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Timpani | Drums with a single head attached to a metal bowl. The tension and pitch of the drums are changed by a foot pedal. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tingsha | Tibetan finger cymbals used in Buddhist prayer and rituals. They are very thick, and they produce a unique, long sustaining tone. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Tompak | A Persian goblet drum. The principal percussion instrument of Persian music. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Toms | A cylindrical drum with no snares and less tensioned heads. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| TongueDrum | Metal or wood instruments with pitched tongues carved into the face of the instrument. When the tongues are struck, they produce a pitched sound. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Triangle | A metal triangle struck with a metal beater. Makes a ding-a-ling sound. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Txalaparta | Variously sized planks of wood or stone struck with the butt end of large sticks. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Udu | A spherical clay pot with an open stem and a big hole on the side. Udu is a Igbo word meaning 'vessel'. The Udu is played by quickly hitting the big hole, which produces a bass sound. The pitch can be changed by adjusting the position of the hand above the upper hole at the top of the stem. Traditionally played by Igbo women for ceremonial use. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| UliUli | Hawaiian feathered gourd rattles, similar to maracas. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| UnpitchedPercussionInstrument | Percussion Instruments that are not made to have certain pitch. Played percussively rather than melodically. |
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PercussionInstrument Child: Anvil Child: Atumpan Child: BassDrum(Concert) Child: Bata Child: BellTree Child: Bendir Child: Bodhran Child: BodyPercussion Child: Bombo Child: BomboLeguero Child: Bones Child: Bottles Child: Cabasa Child: Caixa Child: Caja Child: Cajon Child: Calabash Child: Castanet Child: Caxixi Child: Chocalho Child: Clapstick Child: Claves Child: Claypot Child: Cowbell Child: Cymbal(Crash) Child: Cuica Child: Cymbals Child: Daf Child: Damaru Child: Davul Child: Dayereh Child: Defi Child: Dhol Child: Dholak Child: Djembe Child: Dohol Child: Doumbek Child: DrumSticks Child: Dunun Child: ElephantBell Child: FingerClicks Child: FingerCymbals Child: FingerSnaps Child: Flexatone Child: FootStomp Child: Frog Child: Ganga Child: Gong Child: Guacharaca Child: Guache Child: Guira Child: Guiro Child: HandClaps Child: HiHatCymbal Child: JamBlock Child: Jawbone Child: Kanjira Child: Katsa Child: Khamak Child: Khartal Child: Khol Child: BassDrum(Kick) Child: Knuckles Child: Lokole Child: Maracas Child: Mazhar Child: MetalCans Child: MouthPercussion Child: Mridangam Child: Muharsing Child: Naal Child: Nagara Child: OboromDrum Child: Pandeiro Child: PotsAndPans Child: Qarkabeb Child: Rainstick Child: Ratchet Child: Rattle Child: RecoReco Child: Repinique Child: RhythmStick Child: Cymbal(Ride) Child: Riq Child: Rnga Child: Rolmo Child: Sabar Child: SandBlocks Child: Scratcher Child: Shaker Child: Shekere Child: Sistrum Child: Slapstick Child: SleighBells Child: SnareDrum Child: SnareDrum(Marching) Child: Spoons Child: SpringDrum Child: Sticks Child: Surdo Child: Cymbal(Suspended) Child: Taal Child: Taarija Child: Tabor Child: Taiko Child: Tambora Child: Tamborim Child: Tambourine Child: Tar(Percussion) Child: Tarol Child: TenorDrum Child: Thavil Child: ThunderSheet Child: Timbau Child: Tingsha Child: Tompak Child: Toms Child: Triangle Child: Txalaparta Child: Udu Child: UliUli Child: Urumee Child: Vibraslap Child: Washboard Child: WindChimes Child: WindMachine Child: WobbleBoard Child: WoodBlock Child: Zerbaghali Child: ZydecoRubboard |
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| Urumee | An Indian, two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum. The heads are perforated with seven or eight holes. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Vibraphone | A mallet instrument with aluminum bars and a foot controlled sustain system. Each bar of a Vibraphone is paired with a resonator tube with a motor-driven butterfly valve at the upper end. All the valves are mounted on a common shaft, which, powered by an electronic motor, can spin and produce a tremolo or vibrato effect. Common in jazz music, particularly in 'Tiki lounge' exotica. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Vibraslap | The vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent into a U-shape) connecting a wood ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball (usually against the palm of their other hand). The box acts as a resonating body for a metal mechanism placed inside with a number of loosely fastened pins or rivets that vibrate and rattle against the box. The instrument is a modern version of the jawbone. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Washboard | A washboard performed by scraping the ribbed metal surface. Prominent in the American Southern genres of zydeco, skiffle, jug band music, and old-time music, as well as in early jazz. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Waterphone | Metal tines attached to a pan that is partially filled with water. The tines are struck or bowed to produce sound, and the pitch and resonance of the instrument is controlled by manipulating the water in the pan. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| WindChimes | Small metal tubes or bars hung from a piece of wood that produce sound when two of the bars or tubes touch. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| WindMachine | A cylinder of wood that is turned by a crank. The wood is wrapped with a belt that creates friction and a wind-like noise when the crank is turned. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| WobbleBoard | A metal sheet that makes a wobbly whoop noise when shaken. Invented by the Australian musician Rolf Harris and prominently featured in his 1960 novelty song, 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport'. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| WoodBlock | A block of wood with a resonant chamber carved out of the side. The instrument is struck on the top surface with a stick or mallet and it makes a loud clicking or popping sound. |
Parent:
UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Xylophone | A medium-to-high-pitched mallet instrument with wooden bars struck with a hard rubber or plastic mallet. |
Parent:
PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Xylorimba | A xylophone with an extended lower range - it extends into the lower range of the marimba, thus the name Xylorimba. |
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PitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Zerbaghali | An Afghani folk instrument - a goblet-shaped, single-headed drum. |
Parent:
UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| ZydecoRubboard | The metal ribbing of a washboard without a frame and hung around the neck. Played like a washboard, with spoon handles, bottle openers, or hands, by strumming, scratching, tapping, and rolling. Used in zydeco music. |
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UnpitchedPercussionInstrument |
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| Fortepiano | Earlier, slightly different version of the modern piano - the instrument for which Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven in his youth and their contemporaries wrote their piano music. Softer and with less sustain than modern pianos, Fortepianos also tend to have quite different tone quality in their different registers – slightly buzzing in the bass, 'tinkling' in the high treble, and more rounded (closest to the modern piano) in the mid range. Common between 1700 and the early 1800s. |
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| GrandPiano | Large piano in which the strings are horizontal and the action lies below the strings. Has a brilliant, singing and sustaining tone quality. |
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| Lutheal | Hybrid piano with an extended range that produces cimbalon-like sounds. It also has register stops which change the sound of certain registers of the instrument. Used in a few pieces by Maurice Ravel. |
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| Piano | Keyboard instrument with chromatic keys which, when pressed, move hammers to hit strings in the body of the instrument. There are also foot pedals for dampening and sustaining the sound. |
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| PianoHarp | Upright piano with exposed strings on a grand piano shaped plate. |
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| Pianola | Self-playing piano containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls, with more modern implementations using MIDI. |
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| PreparedPiano | Piano with various alterations, such as objects like screws and wires placed in between the piano strings. Popularized by John Cage. |
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| SquarePiano | Piano with a square shape in which the strings lay horizontally and diagonally in the body of the piano. The most popular keyboard instrument of the late 18th century, it enjoyed continued popularity through the 19th century, but was eventually eclipsed in popularity by the upright piano. |
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| TackPiano | Piano with tacks or nails placed in the hammers so the metal part strikes the strings. |
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| UprightPiano | Piano with vertical strings. Not as brilliant-sounding as a typical grand piano, but generally more affordable and more portable. |
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| AnimalSounds | Sounds made by (non-human) animals. |
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| Applause | Cheering or clapping from a crowd. |
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| BirdSong | [missing definition] |
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| CarSounds | Car alarms, beeping, car doors, cars driving, cars crashing, tires screeching, car radio, etc. |
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| Chatter | Background talking noise from a party or crowd environment. |
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| ChewingSounds | Mouth noise of chewing food or other objects. *Om nom nom* |
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| Gizmo | An effects device for electric guitar that gives the guitar a shimmery, synth pad-like sound. Created prior to the advent of the polyphonic synthesizer by members of the British rock group 10cc in 1969 to add more texture to their music on the cheap. Listen to it on 'Old Wild Men' by 10cc. |
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| Gunshots | The sound of guns firing. |
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| MagneticTapeTreatments | Cutting, splicing, or otherwise manipulating analog magnetic tape with sound recorded to it. Frequently done by early electronic music pioneers, such as the musique concrète composer Pierre Schaeffer. Listen to his and Pierre Henry's Orphée 53. |
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| OrchestralHit | A short single note with sharp attack that sounds like an entire orchestra playing at once. |
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| RecordNoise | [missing definition] |
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| Siren | Police siren, ambulance, fire truck, emergency siren, etc. *wee-ooh wee-ooh* |
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| SoundDesign | [missing definition] |
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| SoundEffects | The Effects Instrument Sound Effects. |
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AnimalSounds Child: Applause Child: BirdSong Child: CarSounds Child: Chatter Child: ChewingSounds Child: Gizmo Child: Gunshots Child: MagneticTapeTreatments Child: OrchestralHit Child: RecordNoise Child: Siren Child: SoundDesign Child: TrainSounds Child: Treatments Child: UnintendedArtifacts |
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| TrainSounds | Train horns. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo noises. |
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| Treatments | The Effects Instrument Treatments. |
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| UnintendedArtifacts | Static, clicks, pops and other noises that come from the degradation of old recording masters, as well as from the editing or manipulation of sound. |
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| 5-StringBanjo | Banjo with five strings instead of the typical four. The fifth string is usually the same gauge as the first, but starts from the fifth fret, three quarters the length of the other strings. This lets the string be tuned to a higher open pitch than possible for the full-length strings. |
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StringInstrument |
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| AfricanHarp | The String Instrument African Harp. |
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| AltoViol | A particular tuning of the six or seven stringed Viola de Gamba or Viol. Alto tunings are (C3,F3,A3,D4,G4,C5) or (A2,D3,G3,B3,E4,A4) |
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| AndeanHarp | The String Instrument Andean Harp. |
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| ArchLute | Lute instrument used in 17th century Europe that had a lower range than the tenor lute to extend into the range only previously achieved by the theorbo (a very large lute type instrument). |
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| Autoharp | Musical instrument in the chorded zither family. It features a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when pressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord. |
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| Baglama | Long-necked lute originating in the Ottoman Empire. |
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| Balalaika | Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body and three strings. Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the third string is a perfect fourth higher. |
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| Bandura | Ukrainian folk instrument combining elements of the zither and lute. It has 5 to 12 strings. |
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| Bandurria | Small, round-bodied Spanish folk instrument similar to the mandolin. |
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| Banhu | A traditional Chinese dual-stringed instrument. |
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| Banjo | Four, five, or six-stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity as a resonator, called the head, which is typically circular. |
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| BanjoGuitar | Six-string banjo with the standard tuning of a guitar. |
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| Banjolin | Short-neck banjo with the tuning of a mandolin. |
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| BaroqueCello | A cello with gut strings and lower tension used during the baroque period. |
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| BaroqueViola | A viola with gut strings and lower tension used during the baroque period. |
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| BaroqueViolin | A violin with gut strings and lower tension used during the baroque period. |
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| Baryton | An instrument similar to the viol, but with an extra set of plucked strings in addition to the bowed strings. |
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| BassBanjo | There are many variants of bass banjos. They all have longer necks and a larger resonating drum than a regular banjo. Typical bass banjos are tuned to the same range as a cello. |
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| BassCittern | Larger, lower cittern. |
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| BassRebec | The low variant of an ancient Middle Eastern fiddle instrument. |
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| BassViol | A particular tuning of the six or seven stringed Viola de Gamba or Viol. Bass tuning is (A1,D2,G2,C3,E3,A3,D4) |
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| BassoDaBraccio | A bass violin which is an ancestor to the modern cello. |
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| Biwa | Japanese short-neck lute, often played to accompany narrative storytelling. Plucked with a large wooden pick. |
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| Bouzouki | Greek string instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long, thin neck. Commonly used in Rebetiko music. |
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| BowedStrings | Produces sound by a bow being rubbed on the strings to create vibrations. |
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| Bozoq | Turkish long-neck fretted lute. Used in Rahbani music. |
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| BufoBass | A type of bass ukulele. |
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| Cavaquinho | Small Portuguese guitar with four strings. Kind of like a standard guitar mixed with a ukulele. |
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| Cello | Four-string, fretless string instrument that is stood on the ground via a peg and held between the legs. Voicelike and with a warm, rich tone. The cello has a range of C2-C6. |
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| CelloBanjo | Another name for the bass banjo manufactured by S.S. Stewart with a lower range than a standard banjo and a 3' deep and 16' diameter rim. |
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| CelticHarp | The String Instrument Celtic Harp. |
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| Charango | Small five-stringed Andean instrument in the lute family. |
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| Cimbalom | Large Eastern European hammered dulcimer. |
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| Citole | One of the earliest plucked, necked instruments to appear in Europe. |
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| Cittern | Renaissance instrument, descended from the citole. Resembles a modern mandolin or bouzouki. Easier to play, smaller, less delicate and more portable than the lute. |
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| ConcertHarp | [missing definition] |
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| Craviola | Guitar with an asymmetric body shape different than a standard guitar designed by Paulinho Nogueira. Its sound is similar to a Harpsichord. |
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| Crwth | A bowed lyre particularly associated with Welsh music and the medieval folk music of England. |
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| Cuatro | Small Puerto Rican/South American guitar that sounds similar to a mid-sized classical guitar, but it has a body shape similar to a viola. |
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| Cumbus | Turkish instrument similar to an oud, but with an aluminum drum and head as a body like a banjo. |
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| DanBau | Vietnamese single-string zither. |
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| DanTranh | Vietnamese zither originating in the 13th or 14th century. Between 104 and 120 cm long and has 17 to 21 strings. |
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| Dilruba | A fretted string instrument - a predecessor to the esraj. It resembles a combination of the sitar and sarangi. |
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| Dombra | Long-necked lute from central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. |
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| Domra | Small long-neck lute with a round body and three or four metal strings from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. |
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| DoubleBass | Largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument in a modern orchestra. Deep and full-sounding. |
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| DoubleHarp | [missing definition] |
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| DoubleViolin | A violin with two sets of strings on two separate fretboards attached by the body of the instrument. |
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| DoublebassViol | A large viol with the tuning A1,D2,G2,B2,E3,A3. |
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| Dranyen | Traditional Himalayan folk lute with six strings. It is used to accompany singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture. |
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| Dutar | Traditional long-neck two-stringed lute from Iran and Central Asia. |
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| Dzuddahord | A combination of guitar, sitar, mandola, and gusli. Similar to a double-necked guitar. |
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| Ektara | One-string drone lute most often used in traditional music from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, and Pakistan. |
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| Electric6StringViolin | A violin with six strings that is electric. |
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| ElectricCello | A cello with an electric output and built in pickups. |
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| ElectricHarp | [missing definition] |
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| ElectricMandolin | A mandolin with electric pickups. |
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| ElectricViola | A viola with an electric output and built in pickups. |
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| ElectricViolin | A violin with an electric output and built in pickups. |
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| ElectroAcousticHurdyGurdy | A Hurdy Gurdy with acoustic elements and electronic elements (pickups, EQ capabilities, etc.) |
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| Ennanga | A type of Sub-Saharan African Harp. |
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| EpinetteDesVosges | A type of zither that was developed and used only in the Vosges mountains in France. |
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| Erhu | A Chinese dual-stringed spike fiddle. |
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| Esraj | A fretted string instrument descended from the dilruba. It resembles a combination of the sitar and sarangi. |
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| Fiddle | A folk term for the violin. Essentially synonymous with violin, but as 'fiddle' generally refers to a folk instrument and not a highfalutin expensive orchestral thingy, the 'fiddle' is sometimes smaller or more primitively constructed than a typical orchestral violin. Typically taught and played by ear, rather than with written music. |
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| FolkHarp | [missing definition] |
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| Gadulka | A traditional Bulgarian bowed lute with a nasally sound. It has three (sometimes four or five) main strings, and anywhere from zero to sixteen sympathetic resonating strings underneath those. |
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| Gardon | Traditional Transylvanian instrument that has the appearance of a cello but has strings that are plucked or hit with sticks. |
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| Gayageum | Traditional Korean zither with 12 strings. Similar to the Dan Tranh. |
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| Ghaychak | A Persian bowed lute with 4 or more strings. |
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| Gittern | Small lute with gut strings used in 13th century Europe. |
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| Guqin | Seven-string Chinese zither. |
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| Gusli | East Slavic string instrument of unknown origin. Similar to the Japanese koto, and believed to be derived from the ancient Greek lyre. |
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| Guzheng | 16 or 21-string Chinese zither that is 64 inches long. |
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| Haegeum | Traditional Korean bowed string instrument |
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| HammeredDulcimer | Dual-bridge, 29-string instrument with a trapezoidal sound board. The player holds a small, spoon-shaped mallet hammer in each hand to strike the strings. |
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| HammeredStrings | Hit with a stick or metal spoon-like hammer to produce sound. |
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| HardangerFiddle | A traditional Norwegian fiddle. Unlike the standard violin, this instrument has eight or nine strings, thinner wood, and a flatter bridge. |
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| Harp | Stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. |
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| Huapanguera | Large, deep-bodied Mexican guitar-like instrument with 8 strings on 5 courses. It is usually used in a conjunto huasteco ensemble. |
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| HurdyGurdy | The Hurdy Gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. |
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| IrishBouzouki | Like a classic, 4-course Greek bouzouki, but with unison strings and a three-piece, partially staved back. |
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| Jakhay | Thai three-string fretted zither that rests on the floor. |
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| JaranaJarocha | Small guitar-like instrument from the southern part of Veracruz Mexico with 8 strings in 5 courses. |
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| Jinghu | A Chinese bowed string instrument with 2 strings customarily tuned a 5th apart. The highest-pitched instrument in the huqin family. Unlike other members of the huqin family, the Jinghu is made of bamboo. Often used in Beijing opera. |
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| Kacapi | Sudanese zither-like instrument used in Tembang Sunda, Mamaos Cianjuran, kacapi suling, pantun story recitation, or Gamelan Degung. |
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| Kantele | Finnish zither with 5-15 strings belonging to the Baltic box zither family of instruments. |
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| Kanun | Large zither instrument used throughout the Middle East, west Africa, central Asia, and Southeastern Europe. |
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| Kemenche | A name used for various Mediterranean string instruments, usually with three strings. It is held upright with the butt end resting in the performer's lap. |
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| Khim | Southeast Asian hammered dulcimer derived from the Persian Santur. |
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| Kora | 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa. |
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| Koto | Traditional Japanese instrument similar to the Chinese Zheng. They have 13 strings and 13 moveable bridges to change the tuning. The national instrument of Japan. |
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| Kugo | Ancient Chinese harp. Commonly used in court music during the Ming Dynasty, but went extinct until its revival in the 20th century as a double bridge harp. The revived version of the instrument does not resemble the ancient one, but is more similar to modern concert harps. |
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| Langeleik | Norwegian drone zither with 8 drone strings. |
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| Laouto | Long-necked fretted lute from Greece and Cyprus, similar to the oud. It is played with a lone plectrum. |
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| Leona | Low-pitched, guitar-like instrument in the son jarocho string instrument family originating in Veracruz, Mexico. |
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| Lirone | The bass member of the lira family of fretted Renaissance string instruments with gut strings. |
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| Lute | Any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity. |
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| LyraViol | The smallest bass viol. |
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| Lyre | Small harp used in Greek classical antiquity and later periods. The lyre is different from harps as it is actually a yoke lute because the strings are attached to a yok/soundbox and a crossbar. |
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| Mandocello | Baritone/bass member of the mandolin family, with four paired courses tuned C2, G2, D3, A3. |
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| Mandola | Tenor member of the mandolin family. Violin is to viola as mandolin is to mandola. |
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| Mandolele | Mandolin with nylon strings that has a sound between that of a mandolin and that of a ukulele. |
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| Mandolin | Small, guitar-like instrument in the lute family with 8 strings in 4 courses. Commonly played with a pick. Strings are tuned to the same pitches as a violin. |
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| Mandolino | Predecessor of the mandolin. Italian lute instruments with flat soundboards and gut strings. |
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| Mandore | Small French lute instrument originating in the late 16th century. Tuned in the treble range. Descendant of the gittern and also considered a predecessor of the modern mandolin. |
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| Marxophone | Fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers. It features two octaves of double melody strings in the key of C major and four sets of chord strings (C major, G major, F major, and D7). Sounding somewhat like a mandolin, the Marxophone's timbre is also reminiscent of various types of hammered dulcimers. |
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| MedievalFiddle | A fiddle with a flat guitar-like body used in medieval times. |
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| MedievalHarp | [missing definition] |
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| MohanVeena | A name used to refer to two different instruments used in Hindustani music, either a modified sarod created by Radhika Mohan Maitra or a modified Hawaiian guitar created by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. |
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| MusicalBow | South African instrument. A tight string attached to a curved stick. The string is struck with a thin stick while the performer's mouth is wrapped around the string creating different resonant formants. Another thicker stick is used to apply pressure to the string to change its pitch. |
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| Ngoni | Six-string instrument originating in West Africa. The instrument is made of wood or calabash with a dried animal skin head wrapped over it. |
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| Njarka | A small fiddle made from a gourd. Originating in Mali. |
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| Nyatiti | 5 to 8 string Kenyan lyre. |
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| Nyckelharpa | A Nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument, or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string. Structurally, it is closely related to the hurdy-gurdy, with key-actuated tangents that are used to change the pitch. |
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| Organistrum | A early form of hurdy gurdy, dating from the late 10th or early 11th century. It consists of a wheel inside the body of an instrument, on which the strings rest, connected to a neck of wooden tangents, or keys, which change the pitch by tensioning the strings. Unlike later forms of hurdy-gurdy, the Organistrum was played by two people: one to turn the crank, and the other to pull the keys. |
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| Orpharion | Metal-stringed lute instrument from the Renaissance in the cittern family. It had a tilted nut and bridge to vary string length from the treble to the bass notes. A softer pluck was required to play the orpharion versus the lute because the metal strings had very low tension and could distort if plucked too hard. |
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| Oud | Short-neck lute with a pear-shaped body. Used throughout the Middle East. It has 11 or 13 strings in 5 or 6 courses. |
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| Pandura | A type of ancient Greek lute or guitar used from the 3rd or 4th century B.C. and onward. |
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| ParaguayanHarp | [missing definition] |
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| Phin | Lute with a pear-shaped body originating in the Isan region of Thailand. |
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| Phonofiddle | Phonofiddle is a class of stringed musical instruments that are played with a bow and use a phonograph type reproducer as a voice-box. |
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| Pipa | Four-string Chinese lute instrument with 12 to 26 frets. |
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| PluckedDulcimer | Fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States. The body extends the length of the fingerboard, and its fretting is generally diatonic. |
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| PluckedStrings | Produces sound by a performer plucking its strings. |
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| Psaltery | Present in numerous ancient cultures in the zither family either as a harp or a dulcimer-like instrument. |
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| Rabel | A Spanish folk fiddle that originated in the 12th century. Typically has two or three strings made of gut, steel, or twisted horse hair. Today, it is still used in the Spanish provinces of Cantabria and Asturias, as well as in parts of Latin America. |
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| Rebab | A bowed string instrument that originated in the Middle East in the 8th century or earlier. It consists of a small, usually rounded body, the front of which is covered in a membrane and has a long neck with between 1 and 4 strings. A peg at the bottom allows it to be placed on the floor or any surface when being played. The instrument was spread throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East along trade routes. Other 'spike fiddles', such as the Chinese huqin, are generally considered to be descendants of the Rebab. |
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| Rebec | Bowed, 1 to 5-string instrument with a narrow, boat-shaped body. Used in the medieval and Renaissance eras. |
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| Santoor | Hammered dulcimer of Persian origin. |
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| Sarangi | A short-necked fiddle used in Hindustani classical music. |
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| Sarod | Indian 17 to 25-string lute instrument popularly used in Hindustani music. Has a deep, introspective sound. |
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| Saung | [missing definition] |
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| SawDuang | A two-stringed spike fiddle used in traditional Thai music. |
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| Shamisen | Three-string traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. Played with a plectrum called a bachi. |
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| Simsimiyya | Traditional lyre instrument used in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen. |
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| Sintir | Three-string, skin-covered bass plucked lute. Used by the Gnawa people. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from a log and covered on the playing side with camel skin. The camel skin has the same acoustic function as the membrane on a banjo. The neck is a simple stick with one short and two long goat strings that produce a percussive sound similar to a pizzicato cello or double bass. |
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| Sitar | Indian instrument used in classical Hindustani music. Gets its unique sound from its sympathetic strings, bridge design, long neck, and gourd shaped resonant chamber. The sound is very rich in overtones. |
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| SopranoDomra | Small domra with a higher pitch than the standard domra. |
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| StringInstrument | Instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays the strings in some manner, usually by bowing, plucking, or striking. |
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| StrohlViolin | A violin fretboard attached to an aluminum diaphragm with an amplifying horn. It was used in the time when recordings were made with phonographs because a standard violin wasn’t loud enough to make a clean recording. |
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| Surbahar | A bass sitar. |
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| Swarmandal | Harp-like zither instrument used in Hindustani music with 21 to 36 strings. |
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| Tambura | Long-necked lute with 8 strings on 4 courses from Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, and Bulgaria. |
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| Tanbour | Long-necked Middle Eastern string instrument. |
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| Tanpura | Long-necked lute instrument used in many genres of music in the Indian subcontinent. |
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| Tar(String) | Iranian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and others near the Caucasus region. |
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| TenorBanjo | Banjo with a shorter neck than a standard banjo, either with 17 or 19 frets. Even though it is called a tenor, its pitch is not lower than that of a normal banjo. |
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| TenorRebec | The second largest and second lowest-pitched Rebec |
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| TenorViol | A particular tuning of the six or seven stringed Viola de Gamba or Viol. Tenor tuning is (G2,C3,F3,A3,D4,G4) |
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| Theorbo | Plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. |
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| Timple | Five-string ukulele-like instrument from La Palma in the Canary Islands. |
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| TogamanGuitarViol | A guitar and viol combined. |
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| TrebleRebec | The original version of a Rebec with five strings tuned in fifths. Tuned in the same range as a violin. It has a boat shaped body and was used in the medieval and Renaissance periods. |
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| TrebleViol | A particular tuning of the six or seven stringed Viola de Gamba or Viol. Treble tuning is (D3,G3,C4,E4,A4,D5) |
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| TrombaMarina | A seven-foot long, single-stringed instrument. The body of the instrument has a thin triangular cone shape. The instrument was used in medieval and Renaissance Europe. |
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| Tumbi | Traditional North Indian musical instrument from Punjab. The high-pitched, single-string instrument is associated with the folk music of Punjab and is presently very popular in Western Bhangra music. |
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| Tzouras | Greek lute instrument with 6 or 8 strings. It is very similar to the bouzouki. |
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| Ukulele | A member of the lute family of instruments. It generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings. Some strings may be paired in courses, giving the instrument a total of six or eight strings. |
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| Valiha | Tube zither from Madagascar made from a species of local bamboo. Considered the national instrument of Madagascar. |
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| Veena | Ancient Indian lute instrument that developed into more modern Indian instruments. |
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| VenezuelanHarp | [missing definition] |
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| VeracruzHarp | [missing definition] |
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| ViTar | A cross between a violin and guitar, it was essentially a fiberglass bodied electric violin with built-in distortion. |
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| VichitraVeena | Used in Hindustani music. It is similar to the Carnatic gottuvadhyam (chitra vina). It has no frets and is played with a slide. |
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| Vielle | A European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, three to five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs, sometimes with a figure-8 shaped body. |
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| Vihuela | Guitar-shaped string instrument from 15th- and 16th-century Spain, Portugal and Italy, usually with five or six doubled strings. |
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| Viol | A six-stringed instrument with a body similar to that a modern viola. There are multiple tunings of the viol which determines the instrument's range. |
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| Viola | String instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques. It is slightly larger than a violin, and has a lower pitch and deeper sound. A standard orchestral instrument. |
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| ViolaDAmore | The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. |
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| ViolaPomposa | The viola pomposa is a five-stringed instrument developed around 1725. There are no exact dimensions applicable to all instruments used under this name, although in general the pomposa is slightly wider than a standard viola. |
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| Violin | Wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. Smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Used in many styles of music, and capable of a wide variety of timbres and sounds, depending on the performance method. |
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| ViolinoPiccolo | A small violin tuned a minor third or a perfect fourth higher than a standard violin. The instrument was most popular during the Baroque period. |
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| WelshTripleHarp | [missing definition] |
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| WireStrungHarp | [missing definition] |
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| Xalam | Traditional West African lute with five strings. |
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| Yangqin | Chinese hammered dulcimer. |
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| YayliTambur | A long-necked Turkish lute with a round soundbox and a skin head similar to that of a banjo. |
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| Yokin | Small, 13-string Japanese plucked string instrument. |
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| Yueqin | Short-neck Chinese lute. Also referred to as a moon zither because of its round body shape. |
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| Zeze | Single or double-stringed instrument from Sub Saharan Africa. The strings are attached to a curved stick with a gourd attached to the stick as a resonator. |
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| Zhonghu | A low-pitched Chinese spike fiddle. |
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| Zither | A class of string instruments with many strings stretched across a thin flat body. |
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| SynthBass | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Bass. |
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| SynthBrass | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Brass. |
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| SynthChoir | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Choir. |
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| SynthFX | [missing definition] |
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| SynthLead | [missing definition] |
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| SynthPad | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Pad. |
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| SynthSteelDrums | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Steel Drums. |
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| SynthStrings | The Synthesizer-Part Instrument Synth Strings. |
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| Synthesizer | An electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals via oscillators. |
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| GroupBackgroundVocalists | A group of BackgroundVocalists. |
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| BoyVoice | The Gender Voice Boy. | ||
| ChildVoice | The Gender Voice Child. | ||
| ChildrensBackgroundVocalist | Children's Backgrounds. |
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| FemaleVoice | The Gender Voice Female. | ||
| FemaleBackgroundVocalist | Female Backgrounds. |
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| GirlVoice | The Gender Voice Girl. | ||
| LeadVocalist | A Party who is a lead Vocalist. | ||
| MaleVoice | The Gender Voice Male. | ||
| MaleBackgroundVocalist | Male Backgrounds. |
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| MixedVoice | The Gender Voice Mixed. | ||
| MixedBackgroundVocalist | Mixed Backgrounds. |
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| NeutralVoice | The Gender Voice Neutral. | ||
| Alboka | Basque woodwind made up of a single reed, two small diameter melody pipes with finger holes, and a bell typically made from animal horn. The two pipes allow for simultaneous performance of two notes. |
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| Alpenhorn | A very long natural horn with conical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. Most often made of softwood - typically spruce, but sometimes pine. It was traditionally used by Western European mountain dwellers for communication, but is now primarily used as a musical instrument. The Alpenhorn has no pitch-altering devices and can only play notes in the harmonic series. |
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| AltoClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Alto Clarinet. |
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| AltoCrumhorn | Second highest crumhorn. There are Alto Crumhorns pitched in both G and in F, each with a typical range of a major ninth. |
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| AltoFlute | The Wind Instrument Alto Flute. | ||
| AltoHorn | Also called the Tenor Horn, the Alto Horn is a conical bore saxhorn developed by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. It is most commonly used in British brass bands, and it is similar to the French Horn in range and timbre. |
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| AltoRecorder | The Wind-Reed Instrument Alto Recorder. |
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| AltoSackbut | The smallest sackbut, with the highest range. |
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| AltoSaxophone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Alto Saxophone. |
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| AltoShawm | Mid-range shawm, lower than the soprano and higher than the tenor. |
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| AltoTrombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Alto Trombone. |
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| Apito | Shrill and loud whistles which are typically played by Brazilian samba bandleaders. | ||
| Arghul | Ancient Egyptian, single-reed, double-pipe woodwind. One pipe is longer and is a drone pipe, while the other one, the melodic pipe, is shorter and has several tone holes that change the pitch. |
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| Aulochrome | Two soprano saxophones fused together that can be played separately or together at the same time by one player. It was developed by the Belgian François Louis and prototyped in 1999. |
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| Bagpipes | Woodwind instrument which produces sound by enclosed reeds fed from a reservoir of air in a bag. Bagpipes are typically made up of several parts - the bag which holds air and regulates its flow, the chanter, which is a melody pipe with a reed at the top, played with two hands, and the drone, a pipe which is not fingered and which produces a constant drone. Though Scottish bagpipes are the most well-known, bagpipes were developed by 1000 BC by the ancient Hittites, and have historically been played across Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. |
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| Bansuri | Soft and woody-sounding Indian side blown flute made of bamboo. It is one of the most common instruments in Hindustani classical music. | ||
| BaritoneHorn | A low-pitched saxhorn with a conical bore. It is similar to the euphonium, but has a slightly lighter sound. |
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| BaritoneOboe | The Wind-Reed Instrument Baritone Oboe. |
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| BaritoneSaxophone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Baritone Saxophone. |
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| BaroqueBassoon | The Wind-Reed Instrument Baroque Bassoon. |
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| BaroqueClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Baroque Clarinet. |
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| BaroqueFlute | The Wind Instrument Baroque Flute. | ||
| BaroqueOboe | The Wind-Reed Instrument Baroque Oboe. |
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| BaroqueRecorder | Redesign of the recorder that came around in the late 17th century. Constructed in three separate pieces, with a fully chromatic range of two octaves to two octaves and a fifth. | ||
| BassClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Bass Clarinet. |
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| BassDulcian | Largest, lowest-pitched, and most common dulcian, pitched in F. |
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| BassFlute | The Wind Instrument Bass Flute. | ||
| BassHarmonica | Uncommon, large, low-pitched harmonica, often with two rows of reeds. |
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| BassRecorder | Large recorder in F, pitched an octave lower than the alto recorder. | ||
| BassSackbut | The largest sackbut, with the lowest range. |
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| BassSaxophone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Bass Saxophone. |
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| BassShawm | Larger, lower-pitched shawm. |
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| BassTrombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Trombone. |
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| BassTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Trumpet. |
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| BassTuba | The Wind-Brass Instrument Bass Tuba. |
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| BassetClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Basset Clarinet. |
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| BassetHorn | Member of the clarinet family, and like the clarinet, a single-reed woodwind with a cylindrical bore. However, the Basset Horn is larger than most clarinets, and has bends near the mouthpiece and the bell. |
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| Bassoon | The Wind-Reed Instrument Bassoon. |
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| Bawu | Mellow and open-sounding Chinese free reed, cylindrical-bore instrument with a single metal reed. It is played horizontally. | ||
| BirdWhistle | Approximates the sound of birdcall. Simple, hand-held, mouth-blown, and consists of a tube leading to a lip that splits the air stream. | ||
| Bombard | Conical-bore, double-reed woodwind used to play traditional Breton music. Member of the shawm family, and like most shawms, has a broad and powerful sound. |
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| BosunsWhistle | Shrill, loud, simple pipe or whistle used on ships by a boatswain to give commands. A tube directs air over a metal sphere with a hole in the top. Opening and closing a hand over the hole changes the pitch. | ||
| BrassInstrument | A brass Instrument. |
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| Bugle | A small brass instrument with no pitch-altering devices. It is limited to the notes of the harmonic series. It is commonly used in the military. |
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| Calliope | Airy-sounding instrument which produces sound by sending steam or compressed air through large whistles. Often extremely loud, and there is no way to vary tone or loudness. Variants exist which can be controlled mechanically, by keyboard, and more recently, by MIDI. When steam power was commonly used, the Calliope was often used on riverboats and in circuses. It was originally patented by the American inventor Joshua C. Stoddard in 1855. | ||
| Chalumeau | Smooth-sounding, voice-like, single-reed, cylindrical-bore woodwind folk instrument of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. Predecessor of the modern clarinet. |
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| ChromaticHarmonica | Type of harmonica with a button-activated sliding bar that can adjust the pitch of each reed by a semitone when depressed, thus allowing the playing of the full chromatic scale. |
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| Cimbasso | The Wind-Brass Instrument Cimbasso. |
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| Clarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Clarinet. |
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| ClarinoTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Clarino Trumpet. |
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| ConchShell | An instrument made out of a conch shell, which naturally has a conical bore. It may be played unmodified, or a mouth hole be created by breaking off the point of the shell or by drilling a hole, and mouthpieces may even be inserted into the hole. Typically, no tone holes are drilled, and the conch is used as a natural horn. | ||
| ContraAltoClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Contra-Alto Clarinet. |
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| ContrabassClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Contrabass Clarinet. |
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| ContrabassRecorder | Large recorder that plays an octave lower than the ordinary bass recorder. | ||
| ContrabassSarrusophone | Large, low-pitched sarrusophone, pitched in Eb, an octave below the baritone sarrusophone. |
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| ContrabassSaxophone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Contrabass Saxophone. |
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| ContrabassTrombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Contrabass Trombone. |
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| Contrabassoon | The Wind-Reed Instrument Contrabassoon. |
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| Cornet | Similar to the trumpet, but has a conical bore and a mellower tone quality, and is more compact. |
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| Cornetto | Conical wooden pipe covered in leather, with finger holes and a small horn or ivory mouthpiece. It was popular from 1500 to 1650, and was commonly played in alta cappellas, or town wind bands in continental Europe. |
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| Crumhorn | Sounds like an oboe had a baby with a saxophone. Capped reed (double reed mounted inside a long windcap, played by blowing through a slot in the windcap) instrument common in the Renaissance. The end is bent upwards in a long curve, and the instrument resembles the letter 'J'. |
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| Daegeum | Korean Bamboo Transverse Flute | ||
| Didgeridoo | Timbrally deep and kaleidoscopic Indigenous Australian drone pipe. Generally 3 to 10 feet long, and can have either a cylindrical or conical bore. Traditionally played as accompaniment to ceremonial dancing and singing. | ||
| Diple | Can describe two different instruments, both used in the Balkan nations of Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro. One is a double clarinet with two pipes bored in one piece of wood, each with its own reed. It can produce two notes at once. It was traditionally used by shepherds to signal each other, and is played at dances and weddings. The other Diple is a bagpipe which lacks a drone and instead has a double chanter with two separate single reeds. |
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| Dizi | Warm and airy Chinese transverse flute, typically made of bamboo. | ||
| Duduk | Warm, soft, and nasally ancient Armenian double-reed woodwind made of apricot wood. It is commonly played in pairs, with one player playing a steady drone and the other playing the melody. | ||
| Dulcian | Double-reed Renaissance woodwind with a folded conical bore. It was popular between 1550 and 1700, and is the predecessor of the modern bassoon. |
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| Dungchen | Also called the Tibetan Horn, the Dungchen is a long, straight, natural horn that is used in Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist ceremonies. |
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| EnglishHorn | The Wind-Reed Instrument English Horn. |
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| Euphonium | The Wind-Brass Instrument Euphonium. |
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| Fife | Shrill, small, high-pitched, transverse flute that originated in medieval Europe and which has been historically commonly used in military and marching bands. | ||
| Fiscorn | Essentially a bass flugelhorn, the Fiscorn was formerly used in German and Czechoslovakian polka bands and Italian military bands, but is now most commonly played in Catalonian cobla bands. |
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| Flabiol | Airy and delicate-sounding Catalan fipple flute commonly played in cobla bands. | ||
| Flageolet | Woody and bright fipple flute popular in Europe and America from the late 16th century to the early 20th century, particularly among amateur musicians. | ||
| Floyera | Breathy, simple, end-blown bamboo flute used in Greek folk music. | ||
| Flugelhorn | Similar to a trumpet, but with a wider, conical bore and a warmer sound. |
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| Flute | The Wind Instrument Flute. | ||
| FrenchHorn | The Wind-Brass Instrument French Horn. |
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| Fujara | Deep, breathy, low-pitched, and large Slovakian fipple flute traditionally played by shepherds for recreation. It has only three tone holes, but the high aspect ratio of the sound chamber allows for playing of the diatonic scale by use of overtones. | ||
| Gasba | Breathy, dispersed-sounding flute that is widespread in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. | ||
| Gemshorn | Mellow-sounding European ocarina, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal, and now more commonly made from cattle horns. They date at least back to the 15th century. | ||
| GermanFlute | A term used in the medieval period to refer to early European transverse flutes, used to differentiate them from end-blown flutes, which had been used for much longer in Europe. | ||
| Ghaita | North African double reed instrument. Nearly identical to the Turkish zurna and Arabic mizmar. |
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| GreatBassRecorder | Refers either to the contrabass recorder in F, or to recorders pitched higher than that, in C and Bb. | ||
| Guanzi | Mellow yet piercing Chinese cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument, traditionally made from bamboo. |
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| Gyaling | Brassy-sounding and piercing traditional Tibetan double-reed woodwind. It has a long hardwood body with 8 fingerholes and a copper brass bell. It is a part of the typical Tibetan ritual orchestra and is associated with devotion and peaceful deities. |
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| Harmonica | Breathy, reedy, and timbrally expressive. The Harmonica is a small, hand-held, mouth-blown instrument made up of a series of free reeds, each with a fixed pitch. |
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| Heckelphone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Heckelphone. |
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| Helicon | The Wind-Brass Instrument Helicon. |
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| HeraldTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Herald Trumpet. |
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| HighlandPipes | Bagpipe native to Scotland. It is widely recognized due to its historic use in the British military and among piping bands. It consists of a bag, a chanter, a blowpipe, two tenor drones, and one bass drone. |
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| HotFountainPen | Novelty instrument from the early 20th century, particularly known for being played by jazz musician Adrian Rollini. Essentially a miniature, primitive clarinet. It is bell-less, has tone holes which are covered directly by the fingers, and uses a miniature mouthpiece and an Eb clarinet reed. |
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| IrishLowWhistle | Clear-sounding, larger and lower-pitched tin whistle. | ||
| Jagdhorn | A valveless cylindrical brass instrument with a cupped mouthpiece. It was traditionally used to signal the arrival or departure of post riders and mail coaches. |
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| Kaval | Breathy, dispersed-sounding end-blown flute traditionally played in Armenia, the Balkans, and Turkey. | ||
| KeyedTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Keyed Trumpet. |
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| Khene | Clear and full-sounding Laotian mouth organ that is similar to the Chinese sheng. It has a free reed made of brass or silver encased in a small, hollowed-out, hardwood reservoir, which is connected to the pipes, which are most often made out of bamboo. |
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| Khlui | Breathy-sounding Thai vertical duct flute, typically made of bamboo. | ||
| Launeddas | Buzzy and reedy Sardinian polyphonic woodwind instrument made of three pipes. One pipe drones as the other two play a melody in thirds and sixths. |
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| Lur | A long natural horn historically played by Nordic and Germanic peoples. | ||
| Mellophone | A conical bore, middle-voiced brass instrument that is used in place of the French Horn in marching bands and drum and bugle corps, and occasionally to play French Horn parts in sitting ensembles. |
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| Melodica | Thin-sounding, small, mouth-powered, free-reed keyboard instrument. Popular in music education, but also embraced by professionals such as the dub reggae musician Augustus Pablo. |
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| Mijwiz | Double-pipe, single-reed woodwind that is commonly played in the Levant as an accompaniment to belly dancing or dabke. | ||
| MiniatureKhene | Miniature version of the khene, the Laotian mouth organ. |
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| Mizmar | Any single or double reed wind instrument in Arabic music. Typically similar to the Turkish zurna and Algerian ghaita. |
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| MouthOrgan | Any mouth-played free reed aerophone with air chambers containing a free reed, such as the harmonica or sheng. |
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| Nadaswaram | Reedy and smooth-sounding South Indian conical-bore double reed instrument. Used in the traditional classical music of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. |
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| Nai | Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century. | ||
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| NaturalHorn | An ancestor of the modern French horn, similar in appearance to it, but without any valves. Like other valveless brass instruments, the different notes of the harmonic series can be played, but in addition to that, the pitch can be changed by changing the position of the hand within the bell or by changing out crooks and thus changing the key. |
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| NaturalTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Natural Trumpet. |
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| NeyFlute | Deep, breathy Middle Eastern end-blown flute that may be as much as 5000 years old. Traditionally made from a piece of hollow cane or giant reed, though modern ones may be made of metal or plastic. | ||
| Oboe | The Wind-Reed Instrument Oboe. |
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| OboeDAmore | The Wind-Reed Instrument Oboe D'amore. |
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| OboeDaCaccia | The Wind-Reed Instrument Oboe Da Caccia. |
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| Ocarina | Clear-sounding vessel flute with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that extrudes from the body. | ||
| Ophicleide | A keyed, conical bore brass instrument that was developed and used in the 19th century before eventually being superseded by the tuba. |
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| Paixiao | Ancient Chinese pan flute, with notches at the tops of the pipe holes that allow the pitch to be bent down a minor second. | ||
| PanFlute | End-blown instrument made of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length. Each pipe typically has a fixed pitch, and the player plays melodically by blowing from pipe to pipe. | ||
| Pi | Generic term used for a variety of quadruple reed oboes used in traditional Thai music. |
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| PiccoloClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Piccolo Clarinet. |
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| PiccoloFlute | The Wind Instrument Piccolo Flute. | ||
| PiccoloTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Piccolo Trumpet. |
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| Pinkillu | Andean end-blown duct flute played with one hand, often while the other hand plays a drum. | ||
| PocketTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Pocket Trumpet. |
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| PoliceWhistle | Loud, shrill metal whistle historically used by (at least) English police. | ||
| PostHorn | A valveless, cylindrical-bore natural horn with a cupped mouthpiece. Traditionally used to signal the arrival or departure of post riders and mail coaches. |
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| Pungi | Clear, mellow, and reedy Indian wind instrument made up of a mouth-blow air reservoir (typically made out of a gourd) that channels air into two reedpipes. Commonly played by snake charmers. |
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| Quena | Dark-sounding traditional Andean end-blown flute. | ||
| Quenacho | Larger, lower-pitched quena. | ||
| Rackett | Renaissance-era double reed instrument that is small in size but which has a low range due to a folded bore. Mostly replaced by the bassoon by the end of the 17th century. |
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| Rauschpfeife | Piercing, reedy, capped conical reed woodwind used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Very loud, and commonly used in outdoor performances in its day. Similar to the shawm. |
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| Recorder | Sounds clear and sweet. Prominent family of duct flutes in the Western classical tradition of music. Generally has seven finger holes for adjusting the pitch. Common from the medieval period up through the Baroque era, but fell out of favor after that. Often used in modern times as an educational instrument for children. | ||
| ReedInstrument | A reed Instrument. |
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Accordion Child: Alboka Child: AltoClarinet Child: AltoCrumhorn Child: AltoRecorder Child: AltoShawm Child: Arghul Child: Aulochrome Child: Bagpipes Child: BaritoneOboe Child: BaroqueBassoon Child: BaroqueClarinet Child: BaroqueOboe Child: BassClarinet Child: BassDulcian Child: BassHarmonica Child: BassSaxophone Child: BassShawm Child: BassetClarinet Child: BassetHorn Child: Bassoon Child: Bombard Child: Chalumeau Child: ChromaticHarmonica Child: Clarinet Child: ContraAltoClarinet Child: ContrabassClarinet Child: ContrabassSarrusophone Child: ContrabassSaxophone Child: Contrabassoon Child: Cornetto Child: Crumhorn Child: Diple Child: Dulcian Child: EnglishHorn Child: Ghaita Child: Guanzi Child: Gyaling Child: Harmonica Child: Heckelphone Child: HighlandPipes Child: HotFountainPen Child: Khene Child: Launeddas Child: Melodica Child: MiniatureKhene Child: Mizmar Child: MouthOrgan Child: Nadaswaram Child: Oboe Child: OboeDAmore Child: OboeDaCaccia Child: Pi Child: PiccoloClarinet Child: Pungi Child: Rackett Child: Rauschpfeife Child: Sarrusophone Child: Saxophone Child: Serpent Child: Shawm Child: Sheng Child: Sho Child: ShrutiBox Child: SlideSaxophone Child: SopraninoSaxophone Child: SopranoClarinet Child: SopranoCrumhorn Child: SopranoDulcian Child: SopranoShawm Child: Sordun Child: Tarogato Child: TenorCrumhorn Child: TenorDulcian Child: TenorShawm Child: UilleanPipes Child: Xaphoon Child: Zummara Child: Zurna |
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| Regal | Small portable organ, furnished with beating reeds and having two bellows. Most widely used during the Renaissance. |
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| Rondador | Clear-sounding national instrument of Ecuador. A kind of pan flute in which the pipes are arranged pentatonically, so that a melody may be readily played in parallel thirds by a single player. | ||
| Sackbut | An early kind of trombone that was in use primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque eras. It evolved from the slide trumpet, but unlike that instrument, it has a U-shaped slide with two parallel sliding tubes, which extends the range of the instrument down. Compared to modern trombones, the sackbut had a smaller, more cylindrically-proportioned bore and a less flared bell. It could play softly more easily than modern trombones. |
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| Sarrusophone | Reedy and somewhat harsh-sounding family of single and double-reed woodwinds created by Pierre-Louis Gautrot in the mid-19th century to serve as a replacement for oboes and bassoons in outdoor wind bands. Sarrusophones had carrying power which oboes and bassoons of the time lacked. Now infrequently used as more of a novelty instrument in classical and jazz settings. |
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| Saxophone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Saxophone. |
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| Serpent | Bass wind instrument made of wood, the pitch of which is controlled with side holes, and which is played with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument. It is considered a distant ancestor of the modern tuba. It was invented in the late 16th century and was commonly used in Europe until the 19th century. |
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| Shakuhachi | Japanese end-blown flute, typically made of bamboo and tuned to the pentatonic scale. Mellow in its low tones, although it is equally capable of producing loud, penetrating and breathy tones in its middle and upper registers. | ||
| Shawm | Reedy and clear-sounding conical-bore, double-reed woodwind that was common in Europe from 12th century up through the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually replaced by the oboe family. |
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| Shenai | Reedy and smooth-sounding Indian double-reed instrument with a metal or wooden flared bell at the end. Commonly used in marriages, processions, and temples. Similar to the nadaswaram. | ||
| Shelltone | Inspired by the conch shell, designed to emulate whale songs. | ||
| Sheng | Clear and full-sounding polyphonic Chinese mouth organ. Consists of a series of pipes played by way of encased free reeds and a set of toneholes. Images depicting the Sheng date all the way back to 1100 BC. |
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| Sho | Japanese variant of the sheng, which was introduced to Japan in the 8th century. Tends to be slightly smaller than the sheng. Fundamental part of traditional gagaku music. |
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| Shofar | An ancient musical horn, typically made of a ram's horn, that is used for Jewish religious purposes. |
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| ShrutiBox | Deep and full-sounding Indian instrument powered by bellows (or powered electronically) which is used to provide drones. |
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| ShviWhistle | Shrill, high-pitched Armenian fipple flute with a labium mouth piece. | ||
| Siku | Traditional Andean pan pipe with two rows of pipes. | ||
| SlideSaxophone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Slide Saxophone. |
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| SlideTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Slide Trumpet. |
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| SlideWhistle | Simple tube with a piston inside and a fipple at the top. A slide plunger extends from the bottom, and is moved in and out, which produces a glissando effect. | ||
| SopraninoRecorder | Second-smallest and second-highest member of the recorder family. | ||
| SopraninoSaxophone | The Wind-Reed Instrument Sopranino Saxophone. |
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| SopranoClarinet | The Wind-Reed Instrument Soprano Clarinet. |
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| SopranoCornet | Pitched in Eb, a perfect fourth higher than the standard Bb cornet. |
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| SopranoCrumhorn | Highest-pitched crumhorn. |
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| SopranoDulcian | Smallest and highest-pitched dulcian. |
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| SopranoRecorder | Third-smallest and third-highest member of the recorder family. | ||
| SopranoSaxophone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Soprano Saxophone. |
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| SopranoShawm | Small, high-pitched shawm. |
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| SopranoTrumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Soprano Trumpet. |
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| Sordun | Family of cylindrical-bore, double-reed woodwinds that were used in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in Europe. |
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| Sousaphone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Sousaphone. |
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| Suling | Breathy, strong-sounding Southeast Asian bamboo ring flute. Used in gamelan orchestras. | ||
| Suona | Chinese double-reed instrument with a conical wooden body and a flared, detachable metal bell. | ||
| Tarka | Andean fipple flute with six finger holes, an angular shape, and a soft sound with a raspy low range. | ||
| Tarogato | Refers to two distinct instruments, the newer of which was intended to be a recreation of the older, although they are essentially completely different instruments. The early Tárogató is a Hungarian instrument of Turkish origin, a type of shawm, with a double reed, conical bore, and no keys. It was commonly played as a signaling instrument in battle. The modern Tárogató was invented by Vencel József Schunda, a Hungarian instrument maker. It is a single-reed, conical-bore, keyed woodwind and it is commonly used in Hungarian and Romanian folk music. |
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| TenorCrumhorn | Mid-range crumhorn, between the alto and bass in range. |
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| TenorDulcian | Mid-range dulcian, between the alto and bass dulcians in range and size. |
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| TenorFlute | The Wind Instrument Tenor Flute. | ||
| TenorRecorder | Tuned in C, an octave lower than the soprano recorder. Because of its larger size, the tenor recorder often has keys to make it easier to play the lowest notes. | ||
| TenorSackbut | The middle-sized and middle range sackbut. |
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| TenorSaxophone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Tenor Saxophone. |
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| TenorShawm | Mid-range shawm, between the alto and bass shawms in range. |
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| TenorTrombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Tenor Trombone. |
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| TinWhistle | Clear-sounding simple fipple flute with six tone holes. Commonly associated with Celtic music. | ||
| Trombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Trombone. |
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| Trumpet | The Wind-Brass Instrument Trumpet. |
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| Tuba | The Wind-Brass Instrument Tuba. |
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| Tusselfloyte | Traditional Norwegian end-blown flute. | ||
| UilleanPipes | The characteristic bagpipe of Ireland. They are not blown - rather, the bag is inflated by a set of bellows that the player pumps with their elbow. Sweeter and quieter than many other kinds of bagpipe. A full set of Uilleann Pipes generally consists of bellows, a chanter, three drones - a tenor, a baritone, and a bass - as well as three regulators - a tenor, a baritone, and a bass - which provide harmonic accompaniment. |
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| ValveTrombone | The Wind-Brass Instrument Valve Trombone. |
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| Vuvuzela | The Wind Instrument Vuvuzela. |
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| WagnerTuba | More or less a modified French Horn with a lower range that was originally created at the request of composer Richard Wagner for use in his Ring cycle. |
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| WillowFlute | Nordic folk flute - a transverse fipple flute with no finger holes, on which the pitch is changed by covering or not covering the end and by varying the force of air blown into the flute. | ||
| WindInstrument | An instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. |
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| WoodFlute | Any flute made of wood. | ||
| WoodTrumpet | A trumpet made of wood rather than brass. |
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| Wot | Dispersed-sounding circular pan pipe played in Laos and Thailand and often used in Pong-Lang ensembles. | ||
| Xaphoon | Sounds mellow and reedy. Chromatic, keyless, cylindrical-bore, single-reed woodwind with a slightly flared bell that was developed by Brian Wittman in 1972. |
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| Xiao | Mellow-sounding ancient Chinese end-blown flute, typically made of bamboo. | ||
| Xun | Breathy and mellow-sounding ancient Chinese globular vessel flute, similar to an ocarina but without a fipple mouthpiece. It was initially made of baked clay or bone, and later came to also be made of clay or ceramic. | ||
| Zummara | Made up of two parallel pipes, each with a single reed. On some instruments, both pipes have five or six holes, while on others, one pipe acts a drone. |
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| Zurna | Penetrating and reedy central Eurasian, cylindrical-bore, double-reed woodwind typically made of the wood of fruit trees such as plum and apricot. |
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| Choir | A group of Parties who perform vocally together. Typically, Choirs consist of at least 2 people in an combination of different vocal ranges. | ||
| PercussionSection | An OrchestraSection consisting of Musicians with PercussionInstruments. | ||
| StringSection | An OrchestraSection consisting of Musicians with StringInstruments. | ||
| WindSection | An OrchestraSection consisting of Musicians with WindInstruments. | ||
| UserDefined | A Type of an Entity which is defined by a sender of a DdexMessage in a manner acceptable to its recipient. |
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