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String Instrument
Guitar: a musical instrument, usually made of wood, with six strings and a long neck, played with the fingers or a plectrum
Violin: a wooden musical instrument with four strings that is held against the neck and played by moving a bow across the strings
Banjo: a string musical instrument with a long neck and a hollow circular body
Bass (double bass): the largest musical instrument of the violin family. It plays the lowest line of music in orchestral music and in jazz.
Cello: a wooden musical instrument with four strings, that is held vertically between the legs and is played by moving a bow across the strings.
Harp: a large wooden musical instrument with many strings that you play with the fingers
Mandolin: a musical instrument with four pairs of metal strings and a round back.
Percussion Instruments
Piano: a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys that are pressed to play notes
Organ: a musical instrument with a keyboard in which sound is produced by air being forced through pipes of different sizes and lengths when you press the keys with your hands or feet, or in which sound is produced electronically.
Drum: a musical instrument, especially one made from a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or bowl, played by hitting with the hand or a stick
Bass drum: a large drum that produces a low sound
Bongo drum: one of a pair of small drums that are played with the hands
Snare drum: a small drum with twisted wires stretched across the bottom that shake against it when it is hit.
Cymbal: a flat, round musical instrument made of brass that makes a loud noise when hit with a stick or against another cymbal.
Triangle: a musical instrument consisting of a thin metal bar bent into a triangle shape that is hit with a metal bar to make a sound.
Tambourine: a small musical instrument consisting of a circular wooden frame with metal discs loosely attached to it, shaken or hit with the hand to make the discs ring
Maracas: a musical instrument consisting of two hollow containers filled with beans or small stones. They are shaken to provide the rhythm for some types of music.
Xylophone: a musical instrument consisting of flat wooden bars of different lengths that are hit with sticks.
Brass Instruments
Trombone: a large, brass musical instrument that you play by blowing into it and sliding a U-shaped tube in and out to change the length and produce different notes.
Trumpet: a brass musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one narrow end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change note.
Tuba: a brass musical instrument consisting of a long, bent metal tube that the player blows into, producing low notes.
Horn: a curved metal musical instrument that is narrow at the end you blow into and much wider at the other end.
Woodwind Instruments
Saxophone: a musical instrument usually made of metal, that is played by blowing into it to make a reed vibrate. They are made of different sizes.
Flute: a tube-shaped musical instrument with a hole that you blow across at one end while holding the tube out horizontally to one side.
Clarinet: a tube-shaped musical instrument that is played by blowing through a single reed.
Oboe: a tube-shaped musical instrument, played by blowing through a double reed at the top.
Bassoon: a large musical instrument that is played by blowing into a long, curved tube.
Definitions from dictionary.cambridge.org
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