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The instrument name comes from the category plasmaphones, in which the sound comes from plasma. unpitched percussion: Pyrophone: plasmaphone: Uses explosions to produce sound in pipes. Weak similarity to pipe organ or calliope (which run air/steam through pipes, but producing sound through the friction of air on ducts). pitched percussion ...
In later music, the instrument made of ox horn fills the gap between the flageolet and the recorder. [60] The mouthpiece of the instrument is at the top of the wide end of the horn; the large hole has been filled in with a blowing hole left at the top. A soundhole to create the sound is cut into the sidewall of the horn, along with fingerholes ...
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.
Musical instrument, a device designed to produce musical sounds Experimental musical instrument ; Percussion instrument, which is struck; String instrument, uses vibrating strings; Transposing instrument, allows music to be played in a different key; Wind instrument, which is blown Brass instrument, a sub type of wind instruments
An instrument consisting of two attached, parallel, end-blown flutes of differing length, dating to the fifteenth or sixteenth century, was found in poor condition near All Souls College in Oxford. The instrument has four holes finger-holes and a thumb hole for each hand. The pipes have an inverted conical "choke" bore (see Renaissance structure).
The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...