BassoonThe bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for…View analysis →
MarimbaThe marimba (/məˈrɪmbə/ mə-RIM-bə) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe…View analysis →
ClarinetThe clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell.View analysis →
Electronic musical instrumentAn electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical…View analysis →
Percussion instrumentA percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed…View analysis →
Brass instrumentA brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. The…View analysis →
XylophoneThe xylophone (from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon) 'wood' and φωνή (phōnḗ) 'sound, voice'; lit. 'sound of wood') is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of…View analysis →
AerophoneAn aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively…View analysis →
MIDI controllerA MIDI controller is an input device and electronic musical instrument which typically converts physical interaction to Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) information…View analysis →
Struck idiophoneStruck idiophones is one of the categories of idiophones (that is, any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of…View analysis →
SamickSamick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. (Korean: 삼익악기KRX: 002450, also known as Samick) is a South Korean musical instrument manufacturer. Founded in 1958 as Samick Pianos, it is…View analysis →
IdiophoneAn idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones), strings…View analysis →
DaxophoneThe daxophone, invented by Hans Reichel, is an electric wooden experimental musical instrument of the friction idiophones category.View analysis →
MembranophoneA membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the…View analysis →
KacapiThe kacapi is a traditional zither of Sundanese people in Indonesia. This musical instrument is similar to Chinese guzheng, Japanese koto, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean…View analysis →
Ranat ekThe ranat ek (Thai: ระนาดเอก, pronounced , "also xylophone") is a Thai musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of 22 wooden bars suspended by cords over a…View analysis →
ThereminThe theremin (/ˈθɛrəmɪn/; originally known as the ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical…View analysis →
TambourineThe tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically…View analysis →
Sampler (musical instrument)A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples (portions of sound recordings). Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech…View analysis →
Afoxé (musical instrument)The afoxé (also known as the cabaça or cabaca) is an Afro-Brazilian unpitched percussion instrument in the idiophone family. It is composed of a hollowed vessel wrapped in a net…View analysis →
Musical instrument classificationIn organology, the study of musical instruments, many methods of classifying instruments exist. Most methods are specific to a particular cultural group and were developed to…View analysis →
Clapper (musical instrument)A clapper is a basic form of percussion instrument. It consists of two long solid pieces that are struck together producing sound. They exist in many forms in many different…View analysis →
