Category
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musical instrument
device created or adapted to make musical sounds
woodwind instrument
family of musical wind instruments
Membranophone
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A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification.
transposing instrument
instrument for which music is conventionally written transposed to a different pitch
list of musical instruments
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instrumentation
instrumental combination of a composition
acoustic resonance
phenomenon where acoustic systems amplify sound waves whose frequency matches one of its own natural frequencies of vibration (its resonance frequencies)
zill
Zills, zillia, zils, or sagat, also known as finger cymbals or fanglesnaps, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances. They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. In Western music, several pairs can be set in a frame to make a tambourine.
musical instrument classification
classification scheme of musical instruments
folk instrument
musical instrument that developed among common people and usually does not have a known inventor
music technology
technology related to music
Thomann
German-based, Europe-centric retailer of musical instruments, studio, lighting, and pro-audio equipment
family of musical instruments
grouping of different but related types of instruments
sound-on-film (optical)
storing sound recordings on film
electric organ
electric keyboard instrument
Fontomfrom
Fontomfrom is a Bono type of hourglass-shaped drum mostly used in a royal music ensemble of Bono people in order to relay Bono monarchy messages within a Bono people ethnic group setting. The Fontomfrom ensemble provides music for ceremonies honoring Bono chiefs and Bono monarchy royal processions. The Fontomfrom is also used to recite proverbs or replicate patterns of speech at most Bono monarchy royal gatherings or a Bono monarchy royal durbar.
action
distance between strings and fingerboard on string instrument
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