The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. It is essentially consists of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic … Read more
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Unlike most other brass instruments, which have valves that, when pressed, alter the pitch of the instrument, trombones instead have a telescoping … Read more
An electric guitar is a guitar that produces sound by vibrating strings over a pickup that converts the vibrations into electrical signals. Those signals are fed into an amplifier, which projects the musical performance at a wide range of volumes. Electric guitar design and construction varies greatly in the shape of the body and the … Read more
The ukulele is a musical instrument with four strings. It is also called the uke for short. The ukulele is a member of the lute family of instruments. It is seldom more than 60 cm (24 inches) long and normally have nylon strings or gut strings. The strings are usually tuned G, C, E, A’ … Read more
The banjo is a stringed instrument of African origin. The defining characteristic of the banjo is the use of a stretched membrane, originally an animal skin, to amplify the vibration of its strings. This arrangement creates the banjo’s characteristic sound and differentiates it from instruments of European origin known in the Americas. The modern banjo … Read more
The guitar is a musical instrument. Guitars can be divided into two broad categories, acoustic and electric guitars. It is used in a wide variety of musical styles, as acoustic and electric models, in both classical and contemporary forms. The guitar is most recognized in popular culture as the primary instrument in blues, country, reggae, … Read more
The accordion is a musical instrument operated by air pressure, belonging to the family of theaerophones. It consists of three different parts: the right hand keyboard for the melody, the bellows, and the left hand keyboard (or buttons) for the accompaniment. The accordion is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or … Read more
The French horn is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. Since the 1930s the instrument is known simply as the horn in professional music circles. The horn is very similar to the trumpet in that sound is produced through the vibration of the lips. The horn is … Read more
The saxophone referred to colloquially as the sax is a family of woodwind instruments usually made of brass. It is played with a single-reed mouthpiece. They are considered woodwinds because they use a reed and not a brass mouthpiece. Although most saxophones are made from brass, they are categorized as woodwind instruments, because they use … Read more