| Musical instruments are devices that are used | | | | Flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, horn, mouth |
| to generate music. Musical instruments are | | | | organ, saxophone, and bassoon are some of the |
| generally controlled by the player or the | | | | winds instruments, while the French horn, |
| musician to produce the desired sound | | | | tuba, trumpet, and trombone are brass |
| effects. | | | | instruments. Percussion instruments, on the |
| | | | other hand, are those that produce sounds |
| Musical instruments are as old as music, and | | | | when struck. The shape of the resonating |
| there are still some traditional instruments | | | | cavity and the size of the instrument |
| that date back to centuries before. Each | | | | determine the sound created. Some percussion |
| musical instrument has its own melody, pitch, | | | | musical instruments include the cymbals, the |
| rhythm, timbre, loudness, and duration, as | | | | snare drum, bells, gong chime, xylophone, and |
| well as the notes and chords. | | | | the timpani. Drums include the frame drum, |
| | | | the tambourine, the goblet drums, the barrel |
| There are many kinds of musical instruments. | | | | drum, and the friction drum. |
| The main categories are: chordophones | | | | |
| (strings), aerophones (woodwinds and | | | | Other kinds of musical instruments are the |
| brasses), idiophones (percussion), and | | | | keyboards and electronic instruments. These |
| membranophones (drums). Stringed instruments | | | | include the piano, organ, harpsichord, and |
| produce a sound when a string is plucked or | | | | the Glockenspiel. Each of these musical |
| strummed. The sound depends on the mass of | | | | instruments has sub-categories within them. |
| the string, length of the vibrating portion | | | | |
| of the string, its tension, and the point at | | | | Musical instruments can also be categorized |
| which the string is plucked or strummed. It | | | | on the basis of their playing levels. Some |
| also depends on the kind of resonating cavity | | | | are suitable for all kinds of players while |
| in the instrument. Viola, violin, cello, | | | | some are for novices. Expert players have |
| guitar, mandolin, fiddle, harp, lute, banjo, | | | | their own preferences for musical |
| etc, are some of the string instruments. | | | | instruments. |
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| Woodwinds and brasses generate music when air | | | | There are many professional dealers of |
| is made to enter and vibrate within the | | | | musical instruments who would be able to |
| instrument. The kind of music depends on the | | | | provide all types information about each |
| shape of the instrument, the length of the | | | | instrument in particular. There are also |
| column of air, the method of tone production | | | | online stores for musical instruments. |
| and the construction of the instrument. | | | | |