instrument
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arodbeatthat on March 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 guitar | a stringed instrument usually having six strings |
| saxophone | a curved wind instrument made of brass with a reed mouthpiece and keys for the fingers |
| violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family |
| flute | a high-pitched woodwind instrument |
| piano | a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| bass | the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments |
| viola | a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower |
| harp | a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole |
| drums | An instrument that you have to hit to make a sound; an instrument used to make a beat |
| triangle | a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle |
| tambourine | A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand. |
| electric guitar | a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means |
| pipe | a tubular wind instrument |
| recorder | a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece |
| trumpet | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
| xylophone | a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators |
| trombone | a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide |
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