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  2. Category:Swiss musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Music portal; Switzerland portal; Pages in category "Swiss musical instruments" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  3. Music of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Traditional instruments included alphorn, hammered dulcimer, fife, hurdy-gurdy, castanets, rebec, bagpipe, cittern and shawm. At the beginning of the 19th century, Swiss folk music was largely performed by ensembles made of itinerant musicians and solo acts using an instrument, with only a few duos.

  4. Alphorn - Wikipedia

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    The alphorn may have developed from instruments like the lituus, a similarly shaped Etruscan instrument of classical antiquity, although there is little documented evidence of a continuous connection between them. A 2nd century Roman mosaic, found in Boscéaz near Orbe in Switzerland, depicts a shepherd using a similar straight horn. The use of ...

  5. Category:Music of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Swiss musical instruments (14 P) L. Music in Lugano (4 P) M. Music organisations based in Switzerland (5 C, 9 P) N. Number-one singles in Switzerland (1 C, 539 P) R.

  6. Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente - Wikipedia

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    The Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente (GEFAM) (Society of friends of old musical instruments) was founded in 1951 in Zürich, Switzerland, by a number of music lovers and collectors of historical musical instruments.

  7. Music Museum (Basel) - Wikipedia

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    The Music Museum is located in Basel, Switzerland and houses the country's largest collection of musical instruments. The museum is one of three components of Historisches Museum Basel . It presents five centuries of music history with three areas of emphasis: the history of music-making in Basel; concerts, choral music and dance; parades ...

  8. Schwyzerörgeli - Wikipedia

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    The Schwyzerörgeli is a type of diatonic button accordion used in Swiss folk music. The name derives from the town/canton of Schwyz where it was developed. Örgeli is the diminutive form of the word Orgel (organ). Outside of Switzerland the instrument is not well known and is hard to find.

  9. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    The musical instrument, which has 6 wires and is the main instrument in traditional Iranian music, is produced by Mazzrab. 314.122-4: Ireland: Irish Harp (Cruit or Cláirseach) Polychord wire-strung harp with a fore-pillar 322.221: Ireland: Great Irish Warpipes Píob Mhór: In modern times this instrument is essentially identical to the Great ...