| A musical instrument or a music gear is a | | | | control, which reeds receive air flow and |
| device constructed or modified with the | | | | therefore the tones produced. Modern |
| purpose of making music. In principle | | | | accordions consist of a body in two parts, |
| anything that, produces sound, and can | | | | each generally rectangular in shape, |
| somehow be controlled by a person playing it, | | | | separated by a bellows. On each part of the |
| can serve as a musical gear. The expression, | | | | body is a keyboard containing buttons, levers |
| however, is reserved generally for items that | | | | or piano style keys. When pressed, the |
| have a specific musical purpose. The academic | | | | buttons travel in a direction perpendicular |
| study of musical instruments is called | | | | to the motion of the bellows. |
| organology. The different kinds of music | | | | |
| gears include guitar, piano, drums, | | | | Synthesizer |
| synthesizer, flute and the list is endless. | | | | |
| | | | A synthesizer is generally any kind of |
| Bass Guitar | | | | electronic musical instrument, or electronic |
| | | | device capable of producing or manipulating |
| Bass guitar is a stringed instrument played | | | | audio tones, such as musical notes, through |
| with the fingers either by plucking, | | | | audio signal processing. The term originates |
| slapping, popping, tapping or using a pick. | | | | from the Greek word syntithetai. Synthesizers |
| Bass guitar has a large body, long neck. | | | | work by manipulating electrical signals, |
| | | | which appear as sound when they are used to |
| Piano | | | | drive audio amplifiers. These tones are |
| | | | generated by electrical circuits which may |
| The piano is a musical instrument played by | | | | work by manipulating a signal through a |
| means of a keyboard. It produces sound by | | | | series of oscillators and filters in an |
| striking steel strings with felt hammers that | | | | analog circuit. |
| immediately rebound allowing the string to | | | | |
| continue vibrating at its resonance | | | | Flute |
| frequency. These vibrations are transmitted | | | | |
| through the bridges to the soundboard, which | | | | The flute is a musical instrument of the |
| amplifies them. The piano is widely used in | | | | woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind |
| Western music for solo performance, chamber | | | | instruments, a flute is a reed less wind |
| music, and accompaniment. It is also very | | | | instrument that produces its sound from the |
| popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. | | | | flow of air against an edge, instead of using |
| Although not portable and often expensive, | | | | a reed. In its most basic form, a flute can |
| the versatility and ubiquity of the piano | | | | be an open tube which is blown like a bottle. |
| have made it one of the most familiar musical | | | | There are several broad classes of flutes. |
| instruments. It is sometimes classified as | | | | With most flutes, the musician blows directly |
| both a percussion and a string instrument. | | | | across the edge of the mouthpiece. However, |
| | | | some flutes, such as the whistle, gemshorn, |
| Accordion | | | | flageolet, recorder, tin whistle, tonette, |
| | | | fujara, and ocarina have a duct that directs |
| An accordion is a musical instrument of the | | | | the air onto the edge. These are known as |
| handheld bellows driven free reed aerophone | | | | fipple flutes. The fipple gives the |
| family, sometimes referred to as squeeze | | | | instrument a distinct timbre which is |
| boxes. The accordion is played by compression | | | | different from non fipple flutes and makes |
| and expansion of a bellows, which generates | | | | the instrument easier to play, but takes a |
| air flow across reeds. A keyboard or buttons | | | | degree of control away from the musician. |