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Musical instrument ... a specific musical purpose such as a piano.
The academic study of musical instruments is called [[organology]].
... "primitive".<ref name="Sachs61">{{harvnb|Sachs|1940|p=61}}</ref>
Ordering instruments by geography is also partially unreliable,
as one cannot determine when a ...
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Musical Instrument Digital Interface ... [synthesizer]]s, [[MIDI
controller]]s, [[sound card]]s, [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]s
and [[drum machine]]s to control one another, and to exchange ...
... data "event messages" such as the [[Pitch (music)|pitch]]
and intensity of musical notes to play, control signals for parameters
such as volume, [[vibrato]] ...
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Sampler (musical instrument) ... mples]]”) of different sounds,
and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured.
Because these samples are usually stored in [[RAM]], the i ... The
sampler has become an important instrument in [[hip hop]], [[electronic
music]], and [[avant-garde music]].<ref>[http ...
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Electronic musical instrument ... ectronics]]. In contrast, the
term [[electric instrument]] is used to mean instruments whose sound
is produced mechanically, and only amplified or altered elect ...
... synthesizer]], respectively, with the two devices communicating
through a musical performance description language such as [[MIDI]]
or [[OSC]].
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Koto (musical instrument) ... 13 strings that are strung over 13
movable bridges along the length of the instrument. Players can
adjust the string pitches by moving these bridges before play ...
... of other names, these terms almost always refer to similar,
but different instruments, such as the Chinese ''[[guzheng]]'' (箏)
or ''[[guqin]]'' (琴, called ...
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Experimental musical instrument ... instruments are created from
electronic spare parts, or by mixing acoustic instruments with electric
components. The instruments created by the earliest builders of
experimental musical instruments, such as [[Luigi Russolo]] ([[1885]]–[[1947]]),
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Organ (music) {{about|the musical instrument|the biological term|Organ
(anatomy)}} ... e oldest [[musical instrument]]s in the [[European
classical music|Western musical tradition]], and carries a rich
history connected with [[Christian liturgy ...
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Guitar {{Infobox Instrument |classification=[[String instrument]]
([[Pizzicato|plucked]], nylon-stringed guitars usually played with
finge ...
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Fife (musical instrument) The fife is a simple instrument usually
consisting of a tube with 6 finger holes, and [[diatonic]]ally tun
... ... C are also common, and fifes in various other keys are sometimes
played in musical ensembles. Fife music is commonly written in the
key of D, and played as ...
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Drum The '''drum''' is a member of the [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
group, technically classified as a [[membranophone]].<ref nam
... ... [[Thumb roll]]". Drums are the world's oldest and most
ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained
virtually unchanged for thousands of y ...
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Musical instrument classification ... times, and in various different
cultures, various schemes of '''[[musical instrument]] classification'''
have been used. ... ruments into [[string instrument]]s, [[wind
instrument]]s and [[percussion instrument]]s. However other ones
have been devised, and some cultures also use diffe ...
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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation |company_name=Fender Musical
Instruments Corporation |industry=[[Musical instruments]]
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Kèn (musical instrument) The '''''kèn''''' is an instrument used
in traditional Vietnamese music. It has a [[double reed]] and a
conic ... {{woodwind-instrument-stub}}
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Triangle (instrument) {{Infobox Instrument [[Image:Triangle_instrument.png|frame|203px|right|
An old-fashioned triangle, with wand (beater)]]
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Hang (musical instrument) ... low shells. It also has the capacity
to ring like a [[singing bowl]]. The instrument has sometimes been
referred to by owners and others as a '''hang drum''', ... ... rent
'Sound Models'. The center note (Ding) ranged from a E3 to A3 in
the instruments often referred to as the First Generation Hanghang.
The Hang Makers took ...
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Piano {{redirect6|Pianoforte|earlier versions of the instrument|Fortepiano|other
uses of "Piano"|Piano (disambiguation)}} ... ions Project]].</ref>
These vibrations are transmitted through a [[Bridge (instrument)|bridge]]
to a [[Sounding board|soundboard]] that amplifies them.
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Helicon (musical instrument) {{otheruses4|the musical instrument|other
uses of "helicon"|Helicon (disambiguation)}} The '''helicon'''
is a [[brass instrument|brass]] [[musical instrument]] in the BB-flat
Bass family.
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Bow (music) ... o play a string instrument. For the musical instrument
called "bow", see [[musical bow]]'' ... s are used with
[[string instrument]]s, although some bows are used with [[musical
saw]]s and other bowed [[idiophone]]s.
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Jug (musical instrument) The '''jug''' as a musical instrument reached
its height of popularity in the 1920s, when [[jug band]]s, such
as ... ... ) played with the mouth. With an [[embouchure]] like
that used for a brass instrument, the musician holds the mouth of
the jug about an inch from his or her mou ...
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Pepa (musical instrument) ... ancer blowing a '''Pepa''']]''''''Pepa''''''
is a [[flute]]-like [[musical instrument]] that is used in traditional
music in [[Assam]]. ... ith a very short stem made from small diameter
[[bamboo]]/[[cane]]/[[reed (instrument)|reed]] with the end away
from the mouth capped with the horn of a [[Domes ... |
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