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31percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
32Bridge (instrument) — A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air. Explanation Most… …
33Kora (instrument) — Kora String instrument Classification West African stringed instrument with 21 strings Hornbostel–Sachs classification …
34musical instrument — I (Roget s IV) n. Types of musical instruments include: lyre, bell, tubular bells, chimes, pipes of Pan, flute, piccolo, flageolet, oboe, clarinet, licorice stick*, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, A clarinet, E flat clarinet, B flat clarinet,… …
35Cuatro (instrument) — The cuatro is any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. The cuatro is smaller than a guitar. Cuatro means four in Spanish, although current instruments may have more than four strings. An instrument of the guitar… …
36Bow instrument — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… …
37Chikara (instrument) — Chikara String instrument Classification String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification (Composite chordophone) Developed Bengal, India. The Chikara is a stringed musical instrument from Bengal …
38Goura (musical instrument) — The goura is a single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch. It is considered the national… …
39wind instrument — wind in|stru|ment [ˈwınd ˌınstrumənt] n a musical instrument made of wood or metal that you play by blowing, such as a ↑flute, or one that air is passed through, such as an ↑organ →↑brass, percussion ↑percussion, stringed instrument ↑stringed… …
40musical instrument — noun any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑instrument • Derivationally related forms: ↑instrumental (for: ↑instrument), ↑instrumentalist ( …
