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The mandolin is a stringed instrument that looks a lot like a teardrop-shaped guitar. Like the guitar, it is strummed or plucked with a pick in order to play the instrument, and the strings are placed over a bridge to let them vibrate freely. A member of the lute family, the mandolin was developed from [...]
In general, a lute is a stringed instrument that loosely resembles a guitar, but has a round body, a deep and round back, a fretted or unfretted neck and is a member of the family of European lutes. The instrument is played by plucking the strings, which vibrate and create the sound. The strings are [...]
When most people first hear the term “saxhorn,” the first thing that may come to mind is the saxophone; however, the saxhorn is a completely different instrument all together. Well, maybe not completely different, it is a brass instrument, after all. It is a tapered bore instrument, which means that the tubing of the instrument [...]
The bass saxophone is one of the largest instruments of the saxophone family, but is not one that is commonly used. The instrument is so large that it can be awkward to carry around and there is not as much music written for the bass saxophone as there is for other saxophones like the alto [...]
The piano is an important musical instrument for jazz bands since the origin of jazz music and it can be played in the style of a solo performance or as part of a band. Like the guitar, the piano is one of the few musical instruments in a jazz band which can play chords as [...]
Most people are familiar with the slide whistle, but do not often view it as an instrument that is to be played for the same reasons that someone would pick up the saxophone or violin to play. It is a great little instrument that most will use as a sound effect, or to use in [...]
The xylophone was first created in Indonesia and is a member of the percussion family. The instrument has a set of different sized bars that are made out of wood and are each made to make a particular note when struck. The different bars are struck with wooden, rubber or plastic mallets to make different [...]
When thinking of a bass instrument, many people will immediately think of the double base, but there are numerous different types of bass instruments. These types of instruments are meant to produce sounds at a low pitched range. It is a common misconception by many that this type of musical instrument is quite limited, but [...]
Brass instruments are instruments that are played by the musician blowing into a tub in order to make a sound. The vibration of the lips as the player blows into the instrument is what really makes the sound. The valves on these instruments are opened and closed by using the keys pressed by the player’s [...]
