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