| There are hundreds of different kinds of musical | | | | sounds when struck. The size of the instrument |
| instruments in the world. Almost every country | | | | along with the shape of the resonating cavity |
| has its own traditional music and musical | | | | determines the sound produced. Some percussion |
| instruments that have been developed over the | | | | musical instruments include the cymbals, the snare |
| centuries. Each musical instrument has its own | | | | drum, bells, gong chime, xylophone, the bass |
| melody, pitch, rhythm, timbre, loudness, and | | | | drum, maracas, castanet and the timpani. |
| duration, as well as the notes and chords.Musical | | | | Drums include the goblet drums, the barrel drum, |
| instruments can be classified on the basis of the | | | | the frame drum, the tambourine, and the friction |
| kind of instrument: chordophones (strings), | | | | drum. Other kinds of musical instruments are the |
| aerophones (woodwinds and brasses), idiophones | | | | piano, keyboards, organ, harpsichord, and the |
| (percussion), and membranophones (drums). | | | | Glockenspiel. Each of these musical instruments |
| Stringed instruments or chordophones are those | | | | has sub-categories within them. Musical |
| that produce sounds when a string is plucked or | | | | instruments can also be categorized on the basis |
| strummed. The kind of sound produced depends | | | | of their playing levels—some are suitable for all |
| on the mass of the string, length of the vibrating | | | | kinds of players while some are meant only for |
| portion of the string, tension in the string, and the | | | | beginners. Pictures of musical instruments can be |
| point at which the string is strummed apart from | | | | found at most music stores that sell musical |
| the kind of resonating cavity in the instrument. | | | | instruments. Since musical instruments are |
| Viola, violin, cello, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, harp, lute, | | | | selected based on the model, it is not possible to |
| banjo, balalaika, koto, ukulele, etc. are some of | | | | have all the models in the store. Hence, most |
| the string instruments. Woodwinds and brasses | | | | dealers have pictures of some instruments to |
| generate music when air enters the instrument by | | | | select from. Pictures are also found in |
| blowing. This air vibrates inside the instrument in a | | | | advertisements and classifieds. There are several |
| particular frequency, thus producing sound. The | | | | websites that have attractive and colorful pictures |
| kind of music depends on the method of tone | | | | of musical instruments. They also feature |
| production, the shape of the instrument, the | | | | exhaustive information about the product. Most of |
| length of the column of air in addition to the | | | | the pictures can also be downloaded on the |
| construction of the instrument. Flute, piccolo, | | | | computer, or they can be viewed online. Having |
| clarinet, oboe, horn, mouth organ, saxophone, and | | | | these pictures helps the buyer to make a better |
| bassoon are some of the winds instruments, while | | | | choice when ordering the instrument. Pictures are |
| the French horn, tuba, trumpet, and trombone are | | | | especially useful for locating a particular kind or |
| brass instruments.Percussion instruments produce | | | | rare kinds of musical instruments. |